27th Apr 2007 07:00
AstraZeneca PLC26 April 2007 ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING : 26 APRIL 2007 AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual GeneralMeeting today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decidedby poll vote. Resolution 1: Ordinary Resolution to receive the Company's Accounts and theReports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2006: VOTES FOR: 860,890,995 (97.33%)VOTES AGAINST: 23,594,612 (2.67%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 2: Ordinary Resolution to confirm dividends: VOTES FOR: 908,634,212 (100%)VOTES AGAINST: 45,353 (0%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 3: Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc, London asAuditor: VOTES FOR: 892,728,682 (99.68%)VOTES AGAINST: 2,898,464 (0.32%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 4: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to agree theremuneration of the Auditor: VOTES FOR: 906,239,311 (99.86%)VOTES AGAINST: 1,279,285 (0.14%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(a): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Louis Schweitzer as a Director: VOTES FOR: 851,335,417 (98.63%)VOTES AGAINST: 11,862,809 (1.37%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(b): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Hakan Mogren as a Director: VOTES FOR: 883,948,298 (97.44%)VOTES AGAINST: 23,267,528 (2.56%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(c): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect David R Brennan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 892,147,778 (99.48%)VOTES AGAINST: 4,684,827 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(d): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Patterson as a Director: VOTES FOR: 891,350,402 (99.48%)VOTES AGAINST: 4,614,490 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(e): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jonathan Symonds as a Director: VOTES FOR: 891,635,719 (99.48%)VOTES AGAINST: 4,624,144 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(f): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Buchanan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 888,358,360 (99.20%)VOTES AGAINST: 7,179,449 (0.80%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(g): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jane Henney as a Director: VOTES FOR: 888,168,135 (99.13%)VOTES AGAINST: 7,830,923 (0.87%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(h): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Michele Hooper as a Director: VOTES FOR: 907,906,325 (99.90%)VOTES AGAINST: 943,965 (0.10%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(i): The Resolution was withdrawn prior to the meeting. Resolution 5(j): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dame Nancy Rothwell as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 906,758,198 (99.91%)VOTES AGAINST: 854,042, (0.09%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(k): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Varley as a Director: VOTES FOR: 904,573,536 (99.76%)VOTES AGAINST: 2,188,177 (0.24%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(l): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 885,326,451 (98.85%)VOTES AGAINST: 10,257,148 (1.15%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 6: Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors' Remuneration Reportfor the year ended 31 December 2006: VOTES FOR: 820,779,377 (95.14%)VOTES AGAINST: 41,945,824 (4.86%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 7: Ordinary Resolution to authorise limited EU political donations: VOTES FOR: 887,648,416 (98.77%)VOTES AGAINST: 11,083,491 (1.23%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 8: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot unissuedshares: VOTES FOR: 898,973,524 (98.91%)VOTES AGAINST: 9,913,596 (1.09%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 9: Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapplypre-emption rights: VOTES FOR: 901,098,301 (99.16%)VOTES AGAINST: 7,594,128 (0.84%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 10: Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its ownshares: VOTES FOR: 908,465,073 (99.94%)VOTES AGAINST: 544,863 (0.06%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 11: Special Resolution to authorise the electronic communication withshareholders: VOTES FOR: 907,901,669 (99.94%)VOTES AGAINST: 583,040 (0.06%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. G H R MuskerCompany Secretary26 April 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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