6th Sep 2007 07:01
Atkins (WS) PLC06 September 2007 The Annual General Meeting of WS Atkins plc was held at the Conference Centre,Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5BW on Wednesday 5 September2007. All 13 resolutions put to the members were passed on a show of hands.Accordingly, resolutions 1 to 9 and 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions, andresolutions 10, 11 and 13 were passed as special resolutions. A print of the resolutions concerning the items of special business passed atthe meeting has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly beavailable for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facilitywhich is situated at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.Telephone +44 (0)20 7066 8333. The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set outbelow: Resolution (No. as noted Votes For % Votes % Votes % Votes Withheld*on proxy form) Discretionary Against 1. To receive and adopt 61,675,344 99.90 57,988 0.09 599 0.01 0the Directors' Report andAccounts for the yearended 31 March 2007 2. To approve the report 48,201,324 99.70 60,822 0.13 83,336 0.17 13,388,449on Directors'remuneration for the yearended 31 March 2007 3. To declare a final 61,671,204 99.90 50,084 0.08 11,773 0.02 870dividend of 14.0 penceper ordinary share forthe year ended 31 March2007 4. To re-elect Sir Peter 61,633,922 99.85 59,294 0.10 33,603 0.05 7,112Williams as a Director ofthe Company 5. To re-elect Robert 61,629,232 99.84 61,094 0.10 36,228 0.06 7,377James MacLeod as aDirector of the Company 6. To elect Fiona Jane 61,623,012 99.84 59,564 0.10 34,251 0.06 17,104Clutterbuck as a Directorof the Company 7. To elect Alun Hughes 61,631,209 99.85 60,350 0.10 33,199 0.05 9,173Griffiths as a Directorof the Company 8. To re-appoint 61,053,986 99.80 55,520 0.09 64,245 0.11 560,180PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP as auditors and toauthorise the directorsto fix their remuneration 9. To renew the authority 61,252,885 99.55 59,756 0.10 216,873 0.35 204,417to allot shares (Section80) 10. To renew the 61,458,906 99.89 62,409 0.10 7,934 0.01 204,682authority to allot equitysecurities for cash(Section 89) 11. To authorise the 61,501,659 99.63 222,395 0.36 6,273 0.01 3,604Company to purchase itsown shares 12. To authorise 60,608,959 98.32 215,274 0.35 822,667 1.33 87,031political expenditureunder the Act 13. To authorise the use 61,244,151 99.26 221,827 0.36 231,770 0.38 36,183of electroniccommunications withshareholders inaccordance with theCompanies Act 2006 *A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation ofthe proportion of votes for, discretionary or against the resolution. Richard WebsterDeputy Company Secretary6 September 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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