27th Jul 2007 17:02
Biffa Plc27 July 2007 BIFFA PLC - RESULT OF AGM 27 July 2007 At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Biffa Plc, held yesterday, all theresolutions put to the meeting were passed on a show of hands. For information,the details of the proxy voting are shown in a table below. The full text of theresolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained withinthe Annual Report and Accounts which is available on our website atwww.biffa.co.uk Copies of the special business transacted at the AGM, together with the newArticles of Association of Biffa Plc approved by the Company's shareholders atthe AGM, have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly bemade available at the UK Listing Authority's Documents Viewing Facility, 25 TheNorth Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS. AGM - Proxy Voting Resolution Votes in favour Votes against Discretionary Votes Withheld* (% of votes (% of votes Votes (% of (% of issued cast) cast) votes cast) share capital) 1. Accounts 124,631,096 417,305 1,518,191 41,459 (98.47%) (0.33%) (1.20%) (0.01%) 2. Dividend 125,089,599 12,342 1,485,904 20,206 (98.82%) (0.01%) (1.17%) (0.01%) 3. Bob 124,214,457 619,447 1,599,409 174,738 Davies (98.24%) (0.49%) (1.27%) (0.05%) 4. Martin Bettington 124,220,423 619,579 1,599,952 168,097 (98.24%) (0.49%) (1.27%) (0.05%) 5. Tim Lowth 124,217,432 612,368 1,600,769 177,482 (98.25%) (0.48%) (1.27%) (0.05%) 6. Roger Payne 124,246,457 565,540 1,601,401 194,653 (98.28%) (0.45%) (1.27%) (0.06%) 7. Angie Risley 124,193,601 621,758 1,603,920 188,772 (98.24%) (0.49%) (1.27%) (0.05%) 8. Gareth Llewellyn 124,213,105 597,840 1,605,811 191,295 (98.26%) (0.47%) (1.27%) (0.06%) 9. Auditors 124,808,793 138,823 1,575,039 85,396 (98.65%) (0.11%) (1.24%) (0.03%) 10.Directors'Remuneration Report 119,266,079 2,806,269 1,581,635 2,954,068 (96.45%) (2.27%) (1.28%) (0.85%) 11. Allot shares 121,267,082 3,314,890 1,595,835 430,244 (96.11%) (2.63%) (1.26%) (0.12%) 12. Disapply pre-emption rights 123,804,344 692,206 1,686,046 425,455 (98.11%) (0.55%) (1.34%) (0.12%) 13. Market purchases 124,406,598 344,236 1,646,325 210,892 (98.43%) (0.27%) (1.30%) (0.06%) 14. Group political donations 115,621,478 5,281,090 1,560,716 4,144,767 (94.42%) (4.31%) (1.27%) (1.19%) 15. Subsidiary company political donations 117,640,595 5,322,888 1,558,052 2,086,516 (94.48%) (4.27%) (1.25%) (0.60%) 16. new Articles 124,008,908 377,100 1,691,408 530,635 (98.36%) (0.30%) (1.34%) (0.15%) * a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation ofvotes Issued share capital: 349,871,336 For further information, please contact: Keith Woodward, Company SecretaryTel: 01494 521221 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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