11th May 2012 17:16
11 May 2012
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF CENTRICA PLC - 2012 POLL RESULTS
The Centrica plc Annual General Meeting was held at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre at 2.00 pm on Friday, 11 May 2012. In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting. Each resolution was passed and the results of the poll on each resolution are set out below:
| Resolution | For* | % | Against | % | Total votes cast | % Issued Capital | Withheld** | ||||||||||
| 1 | To receive the Report and Accounts | 3,203,930,310 | 99.98 | 624,488 | 0.02 | 3,204,554,798 | 61.82 | 2,706,342 | |||||||||
| 2 | To approve the Remuneration Report | 2,687,947,000 | 88.09 | 363,374,799 | 11.91 | 3,051,321,799 | 58.86 | 155,878,917 | |||||||||
| 3 | To declare a final dividend | 3,204,385,395 | 99.96 | 1,351,926 | 0.04 | 3,205,737,321 | 61.84 | 1,606,275 | |||||||||
| 4 | To re-appoint Sir Roger Carr | 3,174,604,659 | 99.08 | 29,486,201 | 0.92 | 3,204,090,860 | 61.81 | 3,110,460 | |||||||||
| 5 | To re-appoint Sam Laidlaw | 3,063,977,049 | 95.69 | 138,111,988 | 4.31 | 3,202,089,037 | 61.77 | 5,119,288 | |||||||||
| 6 | To re-appoint Phil Bentley | 3,187,671,087 | 99.48 | 16,740,476 | 0.52 | 3,204,411,563 | 61.81 | 2,806,760 | |||||||||
| 7 | To re-appoint Margherita Della Valle | 3,191,236,573 | 99.59 | 13,018,942 | 0.41 | 3,204,255,515 | 61.81 | 2,935,683 | |||||||||
| 8 | To re-appoint Mary Francis | 3,191,457,537 | 99.60 | 12,901,030 | 0.40 | 3,204,358,567 | 61.81 | 2,852,532 | |||||||||
| 9 | To re-appoint Mark Hanafin | 3,187,755,292 | 99.49 | 16,453,865 | 0.51 | 3,204,209,157 | 61.81 | 2,981,130 | |||||||||
| 10 | To re-appoint Lesley Knox | 3,178,341,458 | 99.19 | 25,850,582 | 0.81 | 3,204,192,040 | 61.81 | 3,001,809 | |||||||||
| 11 | To re-appoint Nick Luff | 3,188,089,439 | 99.49 | 16,192,150 | 0.51 | 3,204,281,589 | 61.81 | 2,908,365 | |||||||||
| 12 | To re-appoint Andrew Mackenzie | 3,191,850,279 | 99.62 | 12,281,342 | 0.38 | 3,204,131,621 | 61.81 | 3,043,823 | |||||||||
| 13 | To re-appoint Ian Meakins | 3,112,397,259 | 97.57 | 77,633,091 | 2.43 | 3,190,030,350 | 61.53 | 17,136,963 | |||||||||
| 14 | To re-appoint Paul Rayner | 3,182,602,584 | 99.34 | 21,207,763 | 0.66 | 3,203,810,347 | 61.80 | 3,270,215 | |||||||||
| 15 | To re-appoint Chris Weston | 3,185,223,678 | 99.41 | 18,810,516 | 0.59 | 3,204,034,194 | 61.80 | 3,064,572 | |||||||||
| 16 | To re-appoint the Auditors | 3,146,530,719 | 99.13 | 27,576,618 | 0.87 | 3,174,107,337 | 61.23 | 33,016,320 | |||||||||
| 17 | To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration | 3,201,472,976 | 99.91 | 2,967,327 | 0.09 | 3,204,440,303 | 61.81 | 2,681,988 | |||||||||
| 18 | Authority for political donations and political expenditure in the European Union | 3,079,213,997 | 96.28 | 118,958,446 | 3.72 | 3,198,172,443 | 61.69 | 8,986,540 | |||||||||
| 19 | Authority to allot shares | 3,001,115,827 | 95.26 | 149,301,868 | 4.74 | 3,150,417,695 | 60.77 | 56,675,540 | |||||||||
| 20 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights*** | 3,178,161,331 | 99.70 | 9,643,955 | 0.30 | 3,187,805,286 | 61.49 | 19,206,459 | |||||||||
| 21 | Authority to purchase own shares *** | 3,188,684,399 | 99.55 | 14,336,402 | 0.45 | 3,203,020,801 | 61.79 | 4,040,225 | |||||||||
| 22 | To authorise the Directors to continue to operate the Centrica Share Incentive Plan | 3,191,657,085 | 99.65 | 11,151,885 | 0.35 | 3,202,808,970 | 61.78 | 4,353,845 | |||||||||
| 23 | Notice of General Meetings*** | 2,944,247,254 | 91.88 | 260,342,294 | 8.12 | 3,204,589,548 | 61.82 | 2,515,745 | |||||||||
Notes to the disclosure:
* Includes discretionary votes received
** A 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
*** Indicates a special resolution
This announcement will be available for viewing on the Company's website, www.centrica.com
Further enquiries:
Luke Thomas
Head of Governance, Centrica plc
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