4th Dec 2006 12:01
St Ives plc - Annual General Meeting 2006
St Ives plc is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed on a show of hands.
In accordance with section 9.6 of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules two copies of the resolutions passed under special business (resolutions 10 to 12) have been forwarded to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HSTelephone: 020 7066 1000A breakdown of proxy votes lodged 48 hours prior to the Annual General Meetingis set out below: Votes 'For' & Votes Resolution 'Discretionary' Votes 'Against' 'Withheld' Number % Number % 1. Report and Accounts 2006 70,549,312 99.78% 156,546 0.22% 87,256 2. Directors' Remuneration 67,543,069 96.51% 2,444,983 3.49% 805,062Report 3. Final Dividend 70,742,306 99.93% 50,808 0.07% 0 4. Re-appoint Auditors 70,393,811 99.44% 398,923 0.56% 380
5. Fix remuneration of Auditors 69,410,272 99.43% 399,253 0.57% 983,589
6. Re-elect Patrick Martell 70,423,933 99.48% 365,657 0.52% 3,524 7. Re-elect David Wilbraham 70,232,950 99.42% 409,668 0.58% 150,496 8. Elect David Best 70,419,819 99.48% 368,649 0.52% 4,646 9. Elect Richard Stillwell 70,420,719 99.48% 367,749 0.52% 4,646
10. Authority for the directors 68,889,201 97.48% 1,778,309 2.52% 125,604 to allot ordinary shares
11. Partial disapplication of 69,070,358 97.74% 1,595,930 2.26% 126,826 pre-emption rights
12. Authority for Company to 70,659,693 99.99% 7,497 0.01% 125,924 purchase its own ordinary
shares
In total 271 proxy cards have been received by the registrars voting on average 70.59 million ordinary shares. This represents 68.17% of the issued share capital of the Company as at today's date.
The issued share capital of St Ives plc as at 4 December 2006 is 103,551,005 ordinary shares of 10 pence.
Votes `Withheld' have not been included in the proportion of votes cast `For' & `Discretionary' and `Against'.
A full summary of proxy votes can be obtained from the Company Secretary:
Company SecretarySt Ives plcSt Ives HouseLavington StreetLondon SE1 0NXTelephone: 020 7928 8844Enquiries:Philip HarrisCompany SecretaryTelephone: 020 7928 88444 December 2006
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