28th Jul 2009 11:00
Vedanta Resources plc (the 'Company')
28 July 2009
Annual General Meeting 2009 Resolutions
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 27 July 2009 all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. The votes cast were as follows:
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FOR |
AGAINST |
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|
Resolution |
Description |
Number of Votes |
% of votes cast |
Number of Votes |
% of votes cast |
Votes withheld |
|
1 |
Receipt of 2009 Report and Accounts |
223,861,769 |
99.98 |
34,846 |
0.02 |
126,697 |
|
2 |
Approve 2009 Directors' Remuneration Report |
192,382,062 |
88.22 |
25,692,904 |
11.78 |
5,948,340 |
|
3 |
Approve Final Dividend |
223,871,951 |
100 |
4 |
0 |
151,356 |
|
4 |
Elect Mahendra Mehta |
221,905,495 |
99.51 |
1,102,967 |
0.49 |
1,013,849 |
|
5 |
Re-elect Anil Agarwal |
219,107,562 |
97.88 |
4,737,120 |
2.12 |
177,629 |
|
6 |
Re-elect Naresh Chandra |
223,038,426 |
99.61 |
877,687 |
0.39 |
106,198 |
|
7 |
Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors |
222,652,647 |
99.87 |
283,483 |
0.13 |
1,086,180 |
|
8 |
Authorise directors to agree the auditors' remuneration |
223,830,192 |
99.98 |
38,539 |
0.02 |
153,579 |
|
9 |
Authorise directors to allot shares |
221,642,365 |
99.50 |
1,124,489 |
0.50 |
1,256,874 |
|
10 |
Disapply pre-emption rights |
223,861,538 |
99.98 |
52,922 |
0.02 |
109,267 |
|
11 |
Authority to facilitate full conversion of 2016 Bonds in ordinary shares |
223,419,585 |
99.99 |
30,946 |
0.01 |
573,192 |
|
12 |
Authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares |
223,912,125 |
100 |
5,002 |
0.00 |
106,597 |
|
13 |
Authorise general meetings, other than AGMs, to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
223,354,753 |
99.77 |
516,223 |
0.23 |
152,752 |
Two copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority (the 'FSA') and will shortly be available for inspection at the FSA Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000
For further information please contact:
Deepak Kumar
Company Secretary
+44 (0)29 7659 4734
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