5th May 2011 16:40
Rexam Annual General Meeting 2011
Rexam PLC, the global consumer packaging company, announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today, all resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 28 March 2011 were passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Withheld* | |
1 | Adopt the Annual Report 2010 | 572,214,098 | 100.0 | 4,243 | 0.0 | 156,412 |
2 | Approve the Remuneration Report | 564,230,726 | 99.5 | 2,965,513 | 0.5 | 5,178,514 |
3 | Declare the 2010 final dividend | 572,250,373 | 100.0 | 5,669 | 0.0 | 118,711 |
4 | Re-elect Sir Peter Ellwood as a director | 564,088,149 | 98.6 | 8,121,118 | 1.4 | 165,486 |
5 | Re-elect Graham Chipchase as a director | 565,106,541 | 98.8 | 7,114,884 | 1.2 | 153,328 |
6 | Re-elect David Robbie as a director | 565,118,877 | 98.8 | 7,087,834 | 1.2 | 168,042 |
7 | Re-elect Carl Symon as a director | 568,016,988 | 99.3 | 4,184,249 | 0.7 | 173,516 |
8 | Re-elect Noreen Doyle as a director | 568,093,038 | 99.3 | 4,100,786 | 0.7 | 180,929 |
9 | Re-elect John Langston as a director | 568,130,551 | 99.3 | 4,063,420 | 0.7 | 180,782 |
10 | Re-elect Wolfgang Meusburger as a director | 568,128,685 | 99.3 | 4,075,211 | 0.7 | 170,857 |
11 | Re-elect Jean-Pierre Rodier as a director | 567,684,142 | 99.3 | 4,092,793 | 0.7 | 597,818 |
12 | Re-appoint Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC) as auditors | 568,772,718 | 99.4 | 3,453,901 | 0.6 | 148,134 |
13 | Authorise the directors to set PwC's remuneration | 569,372,379 | 99.5 | 2,829,726 | 0.5 | 172,648 |
14 | Authority to allot shares | 549,878,476 | 96.7 | 18,463,418 | 3.3 | 4,032,859 |
15 | Authority to allot equity securities for cash | 571,809,344 | 99.9 | 375,991 | 0.1 | 189,418 |
16 | Authority to make market purchases of own shares | 571,894,694 | 99.9 | 311,600 | 0.1 | 168,459 |
17 | Authority to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 524,586,754 | 91.7 | 47,596,461 | 8.3 | 191,538 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and will count neither "For" nor "Against" a resolution.
This announcement will be available for viewing in the Investors section of www.rexam.com.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries
David Gibson, Company Secretary + 44 (0)20 7227 4100
5 May 2011
Notes to EditorsRexam is a leading global consumer packaging company. We are one of the leading global beverage can makers and a major global player in rigid plastic packaging. We are business partners to some of the world's most famous and successful consumer brands.
Our vision is to be the best global consumer packaging company. Rexam's sales from ongoing operations in 2010 were in the region of £5 billion. We have close to 100 plants in more than 20 countries and employ around 20,000 people. Rexam is a member of the FTSE 100 and its ordinary shares are listed with the UK Listing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX. For further information, visit www.rexam.com
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