22nd Jul 2010 12:52
RIT Capital Partners plc
22 July 2010
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc was held on Thursday 22 July 2010.
All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 15 June 2010 were passed, and prints of the items of special resolutions passed will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Tel. No. 020 7676 1000
The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follows:
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FOR/ |
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VOTES |
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RESOLUTION |
DISCRETIONARY |
AGAINST |
WITHHELD |
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ORDINARY BUSINESS: |
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1. |
Approval of the Directors' Report and Accounts |
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for the year ended 31 March 2010 |
60,384,167 |
273,401 |
19,207 |
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2. |
Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report |
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for the year ended 31 March 2010 |
55,724,335 |
1,928,463 |
3,023,977 |
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3. |
Election of Lord Douro as a Director |
60,048,296 |
62,337 |
566,003 |
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4. |
Re-election of Lord Rothschild as a Director |
57,128,776 |
622,246 |
2,924,953 |
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5. |
Re-election of Duncan Budge as a Director |
60,631,475 |
13,299 |
32,001 |
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6. |
Re-election of John Elkann as a Director |
60,422,153 |
217,692 |
36,931 |
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7. |
Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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as auditors |
60,039,607 |
607,689 |
29,479 |
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8. |
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration |
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of the auditors |
60,273,045 |
336,895 |
63,458 |
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SPECIAL BUSINESS: |
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9. |
To renew the power to allot equity securities |
59,909,739 |
190,212 |
576,824 |
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10. |
To increase the annual limit of fees payable to |
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non-executive directors |
60,005,973 |
321,465 |
348,387 |
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11. |
To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities |
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for cash. |
60,547,753 |
54,397 |
73,164 |
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12. |
To renew the authority to repurchase up to 14.99 |
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per cent. of the Company's issued share capital |
60,596,818 |
41,902 |
44,548 |
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13. |
To adopt the Company's new Articles of |
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Association |
60,581,451 |
28,717 |
66,607 |
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14. |
To change the notice period for general meetings |
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other than annual general meetings to 14 days |
59,859,863 |
746,772 |
70,141 |
Resolutions 1 to 10 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 11 to 14 were passed as special resolutions.
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