20th Jul 2007 15:45
Cable & Wireless PLC20 July 2007 CABLE AND WIRLESS PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON 20th JULY 2007 ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLL RESULTS Cable and Wireless plc held its Annual General Meeting today at The QueenElizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE. A poll was held on each resolution and all resolutions were passed. The full results of the poll are given below: RESOLUTIONS VOTES FOR % VOTES % VOTES AGAINST WITHELD 1 To receive the Annual Report 1,637,603,778 99.89 1,734,033 0.11 1,101,129 2 To approve the Remuneration Report 1,474,434,293 93.95 94,887,775 6.05 71,116,872 3 To declare a final dividend 1,640,221,410 99.99 106,092 0.01 111,438 4 To re-elect Richard Lapthorne1 1,458,217,971 96.74 49,082,415 3.26 133,138,554 5 To re-elect Clive Butler2 1,482,465,606 98.65 20,214,633 1.35 137,758,701 6 To re-elect Harris Jones 1,638,589,371 99.92 1,309,484 0.08 540,085 7 To re-appoint the Auditor 1,637,622,197 99.84 2,564,490 0.16 252,253 8 To authorise the Directors to set the 1,638,047,460 99.87 2,119,300 0.13 272,180 remuneration of the Auditor 9 To give authority to allot shares 1,628,745,888 99.32 11,152,072 0.68 540,980 10 To disapply pre-emption rights3 1,637,592,451 99.88 1,979,817 0.12 866,672 11 To amend the rules of the Long Term 1,352,386,662 89.34 161,309,195 10.66 126,743,083 Cash Incentive Plan 12 To authorise the use of a website for 1,638,368,240 99.92 1,365,301 0.08 705,399 shareholder communications3 13 To authorise the purchase of its own 1,636,840,726 99.81 3,174,193 0.19 424,021 shares by the Company3 14 To authorise political expenditure 1,624,334,233 99.11 14,636,499 0.89 1,468,208 1 Member of the Nominations Committee 2 Member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees 3 Special Resolution This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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