20th Jul 2011 13:10
BTG plc
20 July 2011
BTG plc: Results of 2011 Annual General Meeting
BTG plc (LSE:BGC), the specialty pharmaceuticals company announces that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands.
The number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution prior to the meeting is as follows:
Total For* | Total Against | Votes Withheld | |||||
Resolution | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes
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1. | Receive and adopt the accounts together with the reports of the directors and auditor | 233,632,854 | 99.99 | 13,784 | 0.01 | 618,503 | |
2. | Approve the remuneration report | 232,762,907 | 99.89 | 256,301 | 0.11 | 1,245,932 | |
3. | Elect Melanie Lee | 233,297,441 | 99.86 | 330,579 | 0.14 | 637,121 | |
4. | Elect Ian Much | 233,304,083 | 99.86 | 331,101 | 0.14 | 629,957 | |
5. | Re-elect John Brown | 233,218,595 | 99.82 | 416,526 | 0.18 | 630,020 | |
6. | Re-elect Louise Makin | 233,262,253 | 99.84 | 372,813 | 0.16 | 630,075 | |
7. | Re-elect Rolf Soderstrom | 233,279,207 | 99.85 | 355,876 | 0.15 | 630,058 | |
8. | Re-elect Peter Chambré | 233,296,389 | 99.85 | 339,752 | 0.15 | 629,000 | |
9. | Re-elect Giles Kerr | 233,064,172 | 99.76 | 564,581 | 0.24 | 636,388 | |
10. | Re-elect James O'Shea | 233,304,530 | 99.86 | 331,235 | 0.14 | 629,376 | |
11. | Re-appoint Auditor | 232,257,868 | 99.70 | 697,943 | 0.30 | 1,309,329 | |
12. | Fix Auditor remuneration | 233,250,820 | 99.83 | 386,491 | 0.17 | 627,830 | |
13. | Political Donations | 232,677,680 | 99.68 | 735,336 | 0.32 | 852,125 | |
14. | Authority to allot shares | 232,836,468 | 99.80 | 457,946 | 0.20 | 970,727 | |
15. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 233,274,981 | 99.94 | 140,912 | 0.06 | 849,248 | |
16. | Call a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice | 231,032,218 | 98.89 | 2,596,633 | 1.11 | 636,290 | |
*includes discretionary votes appointing the Chairman
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
For Further information contact:
BTG Financial Dynamics
Andy Burrows, Director of Investor Relations Ben Attwell
+44 (0)20 7575 1741; mobile: +44 (0)7990 530605 +44 (0)20 7831 3113
Rolf Soderstrom, Chief Financial Officer
+44 (0)20 7575 0000
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