29th Oct 2009 15:03
The Go-Ahead Group plc
('Go-Ahead' or 'The Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of Go-Ahead held earlier today, 29 October 2009, all resolutions proposed at the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands. These resolutions were as follows:
1. To receive the financial statements for the year ended 27 June 2009 together with the Directors' and Auditors' Reports
2. To approve the final dividend of 55.5p per share
3. To elect Andrew Allner as a Non-Exective Director
4. To re-elect Sir Patrick Brown as a Non-Executive Director
5. To re-elect Rupert Pennant-Rea as a Non-Executive Director
6. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
7. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor of the Company
8. To give the Directors the authority to determine the remuneration of the Auditors
9. To give the Directors the authority to issue shares
10. To give the authority for shares to be issued for cash on a non pre-emptive basis (special resolution)
11. To give authority to the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special resolution)
12. To give authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure
13. To approve the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days notice (special resolution)
Further details of each of the resolutions, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2009 available on Go-Ahead's website, www.go-ahead.com. The proxy votes lodged can also be accessed at www.go-ahead.com.
Two copies of resolutions 9-13 inclusive have been submitted to the UKLA and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS:
For further information please contact:
Carolyn Sephton, Company Secretary - 0191 232 3123
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