14th May 2009 17:40
Huntsworth plc ("the Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Board of Huntsworth plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 11am today at 29 Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7NN, all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
The proxy votes cast 'for', 'against' and 'withheld' were as follows:
|
Resolutions |
For & Discretionary |
Against |
Vote Withheld |
|
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008 |
127,433,848 |
14,195,440 |
434 |
|
2. To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2008 |
141,561,118 |
50,893 |
17,711 |
|
3. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors |
141,626,310 |
585 |
2,827 |
|
4. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors |
141,627,885 |
1,208 |
629 |
|
5. To declare a final dividend of 2 pence per ordinary share |
141,627,124 |
1,245 |
1,353 |
|
6. To authorise the Company to make political donations up to £75,000 |
138,405,472 |
3,059,297 |
164,953 |
|
7. To renew the directors' authority to allot shares |
127,589,085 |
14,009,575 |
31,062 |
|
8. To renew the authority to directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
141,559,609 |
52,278 |
17,835 |
|
9. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares |
141,524,992 |
70,596 |
34,134 |
|
10. To authorize a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
141,608,534 |
4,163 |
17,025 |
The number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 211,304,636 and the Company holds 707,707 ordinary shares in treasury.
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website www.huntsworth.com .
For further information contact:
Huntsworth plc 020 7224 8778
Tymon Broadhead
Company Secretary
Related Shares:
HNT.L