15th May 2013 15:35
CHIME COMMUNICATIONS PLC
2013 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at 12 noon today at Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 1QT.
The Company is pleased to report that all resolutions were passed upon a show of hands.
The proxy votes cast 'for', 'against' and 'withheld' on the resolutions were as follows:
Resolutions | For & Discretionary
| Against | Vote Withheld |
1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012.
| 69,346,996 | 43,662 | 422,682 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2012.
| 36,129,830 | 16,030,584 | 17,652,926 |
3. To approve the bonus payment s to the executive directors in respect of 2012.
| 29,803,946 | 18,998,219 | 21,011,175 |
4. To elect Lord Davies as a director of the Company.
| 69,606,241 | 207,099 | 0 |
5. To elect Christopher Sweetland as a director of the Company.
| 61,719,036 | 7,435,021 | 659,283 |
6. To re-elect Christopher Satterthwaite as a director of the Company.
| 69,605,565 | 207,775 | 0 |
7. To re-elect Mark Smith as a director of the Company.
| 69,605,565 | 207,775 | 0 |
8. To re-elect Rodger Hughes as a director of the Company.
| 69,440,414 | 136,325 | 236,601 |
9. To re-elect Richard Alston as a director of the Company.
| 69,739,456 | 73,884 | 0 |
10. To re-elect Paul Richardson as a director of the Company.
| 61,415,450 | 7,738,607 | 659,283 |
11. To authorise the payment of a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 5.14p per share for the year ended 31 December 2012.
| 69,813,340 | 0 | 0 |
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.
| 69,296,207 | 113,862 | 403,271 |
13. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors.
| 69,339,952 | 113,680 | 359,708 |
14. To approve the establishment and the rules of the Chime Communications plc 2013 Performance Share Plan.
| 34,494,666 | 17,960,644 | 17,358,030 |
15. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure.
| 67,054,496 | 2,320,149 | 438,695 |
16. To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities.
| 69,483,493 | 86,286 | 243,561 |
17. To authorise the Company to allot relevant equity securities, subject to the passing resolution 16.
| 69,801,249 | 9,311 | 2,780 |
18. To authorise the Company to make market purchases.
| 69,759,492 | 10,287 | 43,561 |
19. To authorise the Company to call general meetings of the Company, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 65,346,760 | 4,466,580 | 0 |
The number of shares in issue as at today's date is 85,154,796.
Note: The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
Robert Davison
Company Secretary
Chime Communications plc
15 May 2013
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 096 5888
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