24th May 2012 09:17
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
("GPG" or the "Company")
Announcement
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
GPG announces that at the AGM which was held in Auckland, New Zealand on 24 May 2012, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll by the requisite majority.
The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
Resolution | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes cast | Votes | |||
For | Against | as % of Issued | Withheld | ||||
Share Capital | |||||||
% | % | % | |||||
1 | Receipt of Annual Report 2011 | 890,548,260 | 99.20% | 7,145,963 | 0.80% | 55.52% | 3,160,598 |
2 | Approval of Remuneration Report | 505,989,881 | 56.51% | 389,469,036 | 43.49% | 55.52% | 5,429,232 |
3 | Re-election of Sir Ron Brierley | 456,521,630 | 50.75% | 442,995,788 | 49.25% | 55.52% | 1,455,011 |
4 | Election of Scott Malcolm | 890,940,698 | 99.04% | 8,652,615 | 0.96% | 55.52% | 1,379,116 |
5 | Re-appointment of Auditor | 889,718,883 | 99.12% | 7,922,490 | 0.88% | 55.52% | 3,324,026 |
6 | Approval of remuneration of Auditor | 889,850,917 | 99.13% | 7,766,075 | 0.87% | 55.52% | 3,348,407 |
7 | Authority to allot relevant securities | 875,482,745 | 98.62% | 12,256,436 | 1.38% | 55.53% | 13,294,227 |
8 | Authority to offer Scrip dividend alternative | 871,319,322 | 96.99% | 27,057,884 | 3.01% | 55.53% | 2,658,011 |
9 | Authority to disapply pre-emption provisions ** | 874,335,789 | 98.64% | 12,061,199 | 1.36% | 55.53% | 14,645,943 |
10 | Authority to purchase own shares on market ** | 897,646,878 | 99.88% | 1,086,265 | 0.12% | 55.53% | 2,296,011 |
11 | Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice ** | 862,335,755 | 95.99% | 36,028,922 | 4.01% | 55.53% | 2,678,254 |
Notes:
* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "for" or "against" the resolution.
** Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Total Voting Rights
The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 22 May 2012 was 1,622,676,844.
Chris Healy
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
+44 20 7484 3370
24 May 2012
Enquiry details are:
New Zealand and Australian media: Geoff Senescall on: +64 9 309 5659
UK media: Kevin Smith on: +44 20 7282 1054
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