8th Jul 2009 11:21
For Immediate Release
8 July 2009
Booker Group plc ('Booker' or the 'Company')
Results of AGM
Booker confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 8 July 2009 at 11.00 a.m. at Booker Branch St Pancras, 106 Camley Street, Elm Village, Camden, London NW1 0PF and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 12 June 2009 were duly passed by shareholders.
Booker Group Plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results
|
For |
Against |
Withheld |
Total |
||
|
01 |
Receive Directors' Report and Accounts |
940,451,603 |
0 |
0 |
940,451,603 |
|
02 |
Approve the Director's Remuneration Report |
939,641,918 |
781,376 |
28,309 |
940,423,294 |
|
03 |
Declare a final dividend |
940,451,603 |
0 |
0 |
940,451,603 |
|
04 |
Elect Karen Jones as a director |
935,654,684 |
4,777,211 |
19,708 |
940,431,895 |
|
05 |
Elect Bryan Drew as a director |
940,433,404 |
0 |
18,199 |
940,433,404 |
|
06 |
Elect Bryn Satherley as a director |
940,431,404 |
0 |
20,199 |
940,431,404 |
|
07 |
Elect Richard Farr as a director |
940,429,895 |
0 |
21,708 |
940,429,895 |
|
08 |
Re-elect Charles Wilson as a director |
940,437,780 |
0 |
13,823 |
940,437,780 |
|
09 |
Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors |
935,616,883 |
39,600 |
4,795,120 |
935,656,483 |
|
10 |
Authorise the directors to allot shares |
940,377,318 |
54,509 |
19,776 |
940,431,827 |
|
11 |
Authorise the directors to allot equity securities (Special) |
940,386,690 |
57,000 |
7,913 |
940,443,690 |
|
12 |
Authorise General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 days notice (Special) |
939,654,404 |
794,776 |
2,423 |
940,449,180 |
|
13 |
Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special) |
940,370,094 |
76,509 |
5,000 |
940,446,603 |
|
14 |
Authorise the amendment to the Articles of Association following the move to the Main Market (Special) |
940,415,404 |
0 |
36,199 |
940,415,404 |
In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6, two copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available shortly for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Service Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.
For more information contact:
Tulchan Communications (PR Adviser to Booker Group plc)
020 7353 4200
Susanna Voyle
Lucy Legh
Investec Bank plc
020 7597 5970
Keith Anderson
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