24th Aug 2007 16:01
Stagecoach Group PLC24 August 2007 Headline Results of AGM Stagecoach Group plc (the "Company") confirms that at the Annual General Meetingheld today, 24 August 2007, Shareholders duly passed all the resolutionsproposed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 12 and13 were passed as Special Resolutions. Proxy appointments were validly made inrespect of 479,794,721 Existing Ordinary Shares; being 67.40 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. The proxy votes received in respect of each of the resolutions were as follows: +--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+| |For |Against |Votes Withheld*|+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 1 - To receive and adopt the | | | ||Company's Annual Report, including the | | | ||Directors' report, the Auditors report and | | | ||the financial statements for the year ended | | | ||30 April 2007 |478,999,330 | 777,105 | 18,286 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 2 - To receive and approve the | | | ||Directors' remuneration report for the | | | ||financial year ended 30 April 2007 |464,340,086 | 8,847,304 | 6,607,331 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 3 - To declare a final dividend | | | ||of 2.9p per ordinary share |479,707,762 | 18,579 | 68,380 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 4 - To elect Garry Watts as a | | | ||Director |478,969,305 | 732,247 | 93,169 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 5 - To re-elect Janet Morgan as a| | | ||Director |478,944,457 | 777,888 | 72,376 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 6 - To re-elect Ewan Brown as a | | | ||Director |468,458,661 |11,078,598 | 257,462 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 7 -To re-elect Ann Gloag as a | | | ||Director |475,653,215 | 4,092,776 | 48,730 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 8 - To re-elect Robert Speirs as | | | ||a Director |475,562,746 | 4,190,658 | 61,317 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 9 - To re-elect | | | ||PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of | | | ||the Company |478,665,344 | 1,015,369 | 114,008 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 10 - To authorise the directors | | | ||to determine the auditors' remuneration |478,659,143 | 1,020,393 | 115,185 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 11 - To authorise the directors | | | ||to allot relevant securities |478,843,653 | 773,489 | 177,579 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 12 - To approve the | | | ||disapplication of pre-emption rights |478,678,311 | 790,115 | 326,295 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+|Resolution 13 - To renew the share buy-back | | | ||authority |479,079,573 | 486,357 | 228,791 |+--------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+---------------+ *A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution. Two copies of the resolutions have been submitted today to the FinancialServices Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKListing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at TheFinancial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E145HS. For further information, please contact: Stagecoach Group plc www.stagecoachgroup.com Ross Paterson, Company Secretary 01738 442111 Steven Stewart, Director of Corporate Communications 01738 442111 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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