9th May 2008 12:11
Laird Group PLC09 May 2008 9 May 2008 THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 9 MAY 2008 At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today the voting results wereas set out below. Proxy votes, expressed as number of votes and as a percentage of shares voted,were received in respect of a total number of 131,784,583 shares and in respectof the following Resolutions: Ordinary Business For or at Against "Vote Discretion Withheld"* To receive and adopt the Report of the 131,673,742 109,953 888Directors and Accounts to 31 December 99.92% 0.08% Less than2007 0.001% To declare a final dividend 131,781,149 3,434 0 99.99% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Mr N J Keen as a Director 128,893,101 2,886,029 5,453 97.81% 2.19% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Mr P J Hill as a Director 131,170,287 612,567 1,729 99.54% 0.46% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Mr M L Rapp as a Director 131,170,428 612,426 1,729 99.54% 0.46% Less than 0.001% To re-elect Mr A M Robb as a Director 129,363,749 2,419,105 1,729 98.16% 1.83% Less than 0.001%To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as 127,909,278 3,875,304 0Auditors and to authorise the Board to 97.06% 2.94%fix their remuneration Special Business For or at Against "Vote Discretion Withheld"* Ordinary ResolutionsTo approve the Directors' Remuneration 108,742,086 2,638,598 20,403,898Report 97.63% 2.37% 11.49% To approve the new Share Price 96,057,812 35,232,708 494,062Improvement Plan 73.16% 26.84% 0.28% To give the Directors the authority to 130,741,719 1,036,519 6,345allot shares 99.21% 0.79% Less than 0.001% Special Resolutions To change the Company's name to Laird 131,775,965 4,167 4,451PLC 99.99% Less than Less than 0.001% 0.001% To disapply pre-emption rights 131,095,660 681,469 7,454 99.48% 0.52% Less than 0.001% To authorise the Company to purchase its 131,456,585 324.621 3,377own ordinary shares 99.75% 0.25% Less than 0.001% To amend the Articles of Association 131,666,717 112,793 5,073 99.91% 0.09% Less than 0.001% * A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculationof the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution and thereforethe figures shown for "vote withheld" are a percentage of issued share capital. For enquiries: The Laird Group PLC Maitland Peter Hill, Chief Executive Brian Hudspith Jonathan Silver, Finance Director Charlotte Walsh Tel: 020 7468 4040 Tel: 020 7379 5151 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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