18th Jul 2012 12:00
18 July 2012
METRIC PROPERTY INVESTMENTS PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the second Annual General Meeting of Metric Property Investments plc held on 18 July 2012, the resolutions set out below were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands. Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:
Resolution | Votes for (including discretionary) | % For* | Votes against | % Against* | Votes withheld* | |
1 | To receive and adopt the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012. | 133,494,411 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 10,189,758 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 127,411,940 | 95.0% | 6,744,044 | 5.0% | 9,527,185 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 2.3 pence per ordinary share. | 143,684,670 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
4 | To re-elect Sue Ford as a Director. | 141,000,442 | 98.1% | 2,684,228 | 1.9% | 0 |
5 | To re-elect Andrew Huntley as a Director. | 140,712,742 | 97.9% | 2,971,928 | 2.1% | 0 |
6 | To re-elect Mark Stirling as a Director. | 141,012,442 | 98.1% | 2,672,228 | 1.9% | 0 |
7 | To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company. | 133,997,053 | 99.9% | 197,858 | 0.1% | 9,489,758 |
8 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors. | 143,086,978 | 99.6% | 597,692 | 0.4% | 0 |
9 | To confer on the Directors a general authority to allot ordinary shares. | 129,278,963 | 96.4% | 4,805,436 | 3.6% | 9,600,270 |
10** | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to ordinary shares allotted under the authority granted by resolution 9. | 143,680,836 | 100.0% | 1,834 | 0.0% | 2,000 |
11** | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares. | 143,283,904 | 100.0% | 466 | 0.0% | 400,300 |
12** | To enable a general meeting other than an AGM to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 108,142,456 | 75.3% | 35,542,214 | 24.7% | 0 |
* Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
** Special Resolution.
The number of shares in issue as at date of this announcement is 190,000,000.
Votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 143,684,670 ordinary shares representing 75.6% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the meeting.
A copy of the resolutions passed as special business at today's Annual General Meeting have, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
For further information please contact:
Richard Howell - Company Secretary
020 7129 7000
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