7th Sep 2006 15:22
Atkins (WS) PLC07 September 2006 The Annual General Meeting of WS Atkins plc was held at the Conference Centre,Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5BW on Wednesday 6 September2006. All 12 resolutions put to the members were passed by a show of hands. Accordingly Resolutions 1 to 7 and 10, 11 and 12 were passed as ordinaryresolutions and resolutions 8 and 9 were passed as Special Resolutions. A print of the resolutions concerning the items of special business passed atthe meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly beavailable for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document ViewingFacility, which is situated at: The Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonEC14 5HS The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set outbelow: Resolution (No. as Shares For % Shares % Shares % Shares Marked noted on proxy form) Discretionary Against As Votes Withheld* 1. To receive and adopt 53,838,466 99.55 239,813 0.44 2,672 0.01 15,761the Directors' Reportand Accounts for theyear ended 31 March2006 2. To approve the 52,010,451 99.39 223,063 0.43 93,774 0.18 1,769,423report on Directors'remuneration for theyear ended 31 March2006 3. To declare a final 53,873,516 99.58 223,063 0.41 28 0.01 105dividend of 11.5 penceper ordinary share forthe year ended 31 March2006 4. To re-elect Admiral 53,837,533 99.57 209,952 0.39 20,246 0.04 28,981the Lord Boyce as aDirector of the Company 5. To re-elect Keith 53,706,805 99.29 225,768 0.42 155,236 0.29 8,903Edward Frank Clarke asa Director of theCompany 6. To appoint 53,742,862 99.39 239,813 0.44 89,715 0.17 24,322PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP as auditors and toauthorise the directorsto fix theirremuneration 7. To renew the 53,621,895 99.16 224,952 0.42 224,507 0.42 25,358authority to allotshares (Section 80) 8. To renew the 53,832,252 99.55 224,952 0.42 16,231 0.03 23,277authority to allotequity securities forcash (Section 89) 9. To authorise the 53,835,824 99.55 225,218 0.42 14,670 0.03 21,000Company to purchase itsown shares 10. To authorise 53,358,208 98.76 215,415 0.40 455,780 0.84 67,309political expenditureunder the PPER Act 11. To approve 44,542,767 94.13 225,134 0.48 2,548,766 5.39 6,780,044amendments to the WSAtkins 2003 SeniorExecutive and KeyEmployee Long TermIncentive Plan 12. To approve 52,441,841 99.28 226,441 0.43 154,567 0.29 1,273,863amendments to the WSAtkins Deferred BonusPlan *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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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