24th Jun 2013 15:04
24 June 2013
Tarsus Group Plc
(the "Company")
2013 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") results
At the Company's AGM held at The Parknasilla Room, Radisson Blu Hotel Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland today, the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 9) and special resolutions (resolutions 10 and 11) set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 23 May 2012, were duly passed.
The final proxy voting position as received by the Company in advance of the meeting is set out below:
Resolution | Total | For(i) | Against | % of share capital voted (ii) | Votes withheld (iii) | ||
Number | Votes Cast | Number | % of shares voted | Number | % of shares voted | ||
1. To receive the 2012 Annual Report | 78,181,912 | 78,153,886 | 99.96% | 28,026 | 0.04% | 81.56% | 0 |
2. To approve the 2012 Remuneration Report | 70,304,983 | 58,269,738 | 82.88% | 12,035,245 | 17.12% | 73.34% | 7,876,929 |
3. To approve the final dividend | 78,181,912 | 78,181,912 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 81.56% | 0 |
4. To re-elect Neville Buch as a Director | 78,181,912 | 78,105,263 | 99.90% | 76,649 | 0.10% | 81.56% | 0 |
5. To re-elect Robert Ware as a Director | 68,633,864 | 55,251,594 | 80.50% | 13,382,270 | 19.50% | 71.60% | 9,548,048 |
6. To re-elect Hugh Scrimgeour as a Director | 70,660,117 | 70,557,785 | 99.86% | 102,332 | 0.14% | 73.71% | 7,521,795 |
7. To re-appoint the auditors | 78,135,801 | 78,135,801 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 81.51% | 46,111 |
8. To authorise the auditors remuneration | 78,160,275 | 78,160,275 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 81.53% | 21,637 |
9. To approve an update to the share allotment authority | 78,181,912 | 78,171,501 | 99.99% | 10,411 | 0.01% | 81.56% | 0 |
10. To approve the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights | 78,181,912 | 78,170,137 | 99.98% | 11,775 | 0.02% | 81.56% | 0 |
11. To approve the renewal of the authority to make market purchases of own shares | 78,157,438 | 78,145,579 | 99.98% | 11,859 | 0.02% | 81.53% | 24,474 |
Notes:
(i) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Company have been included in the 'For' total.
(ii) Issued ordinary share capital at 24 June 2013: 95,863,624 shares.
(iii) A 'Vote Withheld' is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
Tarsus Group plc
Simon Smith, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 8846 2700
+353 (0) 1234 3705
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