17th May 2012 15:28
17 May 2012
UTV Media plc ("UTV Media" or the "Company")
Results of AGM
The Directors of UTV Media are pleased to report that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.
Resolutions 1, 3 and 8-13 were passed on a show of hands. The total number of proxy votes received in respect of each such resolution 48 hours prior to the meeting is set out below.
Resolutions 2 and 4-7 were passed on a poll. The votes cast in respect of each such resolution on such poll (whether by proxy received prior to the meeting or in person at the meeting) are set out below.
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Discretionary | Votes Against | Votes Withheld / Abstentions |
1. To receive and adopt the Company's Financial Statements and the Directors' and auditors' reports. | 47,531,170 (85.11%) | 8,317,473 (14.89%) | 1,192 (0.00%) | 5,013 |
2. To approve the report of the Board on the Directors' remuneration. | 47,426,760 (64.92%) | - | 25,628,077 (35.08%) | 27,051 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 4.5p per ordinary share.
| 47,533,642 (85.11%) | 8,317,057 (14.89%) | 0 (0.00%) | 4,149
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4. To re-elect R E Bailie as a Director.
| 47,802,639 (65.41%) | - | 25,275,100 (34.59%) | 4,149 |
5. To re-elect J McCann as a Director.
| 47,886,191 (99.89%) | - | 53,786 (0.11%) | 25,141,911 |
6. To re-elect N McKeown as a Director. | 72,736,559 (99.93%) | - | 53,053 (0.07%) | 292,276 |
7. To re-elect S Taunton as a Director | 73,025,997 (99.93%) | - | 53,053 (0.07%) | 2,838 |
8. To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors to the Company. | 47,438,728 (84.98%) | 8,327,557 (14.92%) | 57,725 (0.10%) | 30,838
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9. To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration. | 47,447,041 (85.07%) | 8,317,557 (14.91%) | 6,917 (0.01%) | 83,333 |
10. To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription or conversion rights. | 47,431,690 (84.97%) | 8,316,557 (14.90%) | 71,519 (0.13%) | 35,082
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11. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.
| 47,342,137 (84.97%) | 8,317,399 (14.92%) | 98,122 (0.18%) | 97,190
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12. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares. | 47,518,053 (85.07%) | 8,317,723 (14.89%) | 19,072 (0.03%) | 0 |
13. To permit General Meetings other than Annual General Meetings to be called on not less than 14 days' notice. | 46,995,677 (84.15%) | 8,318,723 (14.89%) | 535,598 (0.96%) | 4,850 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For further information please contact the Company's Communications Office on 028 90 262187.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.
For further information contact:
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Tom Buchanan/Rowan Brown | +44 (0) 20 7379 5151 |
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UTV Media plc |
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John McCann Group Chief Executive |
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Norman McKeown Group Finance Director |
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Orla McKibbin Head of Communications | +44 (0) 7879 666427 / +44 (0) 28 9026 2188
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