8th Jun 2007 17:02
Signet Group PLC08 June 2007 SIGNET GROUP plc ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY Signet Group plc shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the annualgeneral meeting in London. The results are set out below. RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST VOTE WITHHELD 1. To receive the Report and Accounts for the year 1,274,594,363 1,910,144 1,120,359ended 3 February 2007. 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 1,092,631,296 181,532,380 3,461,189the year ended 3 February 2007. 3. To declare a final dividend on the Ordinary 1,277,228,823 21,694 374,349shares. 4. To re-elect as a Brook Land as a Director. 1,209,264,043 9,953,106 58,407,716 5. To re-elect Robert Blanchard as a Director. 1,259,484,898 17,789,649 350,319 6. To re-elect Walker Boyd as a Director. 1,272,021,616 3,448,086 2,155,164 7. To re-elect Dale Hilpert as a Director. 1,275,170,932 2,105,190 348,744 8. To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors of the 1,275,229,654 2,086,535 308,677Company and to authorise the directors to determinetheir remuneration. 9. That the directors are generally and 1,273,138,937 4,011,042 474,887unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 80 ofthe Companies Act 1985 to exercise all powers of theCompany to allot relevant securities (as defined inthat section) up to an aggregate nominal amount of$5,110,376 provided that: (i) this authority shallexpire at the conclusion of the next annual generalmeeting of the Company or on 6 September 2008whichever is the earlier date; (ii) before theexpiry of such authority the Company shall beentitled to make any offer or agreement which wouldor might require relevant securities to be allottedafter such expiry and, notwithstanding such expiry,the directors may allot relevant securities pursuantto any such offer or agreement as if such authorityhad not expired; and (iii) all unexercisedauthorities vested in the directors immediatelyprior to the passing of this resolution to allotrelevant securities be and are hereby revoked. 10. That, subject to the passing of resolution 9 1,276,143,062 823,380 658,424above, the directors are empowered pursuant to section 95 of the Companies Act 1985 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 94 of that Act) for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred on them by resolution 9 or by way of a sale of treasury shares as if section 89(1) of that Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power is limited to:(a) the allotment of equity securities in connectionwith a rights issue, open offer or other pre-emptiveoffer, in favour of shareholders (excluding shareholders holding treasury shares) open for acceptance for a period determined by the directors, to the holders of ordinary shares on the register on any fixed record date as the directors may determine in proportion (as nearly as may be) to their holdings of ordinary shares (and, if applicable, to the holders of any other class of equity security in accordance with the rights attached to such class), subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares or in relation to(i) fractions of such securities, (ii) the issue,transfer and/or holding of any securities in certificated form or in uncertificated form, (iii) the use of one or more currencies for making payments in respect of such an offer, (iv) any suchshares or other securities being represented by depositary receipts, or (v) any local or practical problems however arising under the lawsof, or the requirements of any regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory; and(b) the allotment (other than pursuant to paragraph(a)above) to any person or persons of equity securitiesfor cash up to an aggregate nominal amount of $766,556;and shall expire unless previously renewed, variedor revoked by the Company in general meeting atsuch time as the general authority conferred on thedirectors by resolution 9 expires save that, beforethe expiry of this power, the Company may makeany offer or agreement which would or might requireequity securities to be allotted after such expiryand, notwithstanding such expiry, the directors mayallot equity securities in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred had not expired. 11. That the Company is generally and 1,277,042,289 232,811 349,766unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 to make market purchases (as defined in section 163(3) of that Act) of ordinary shares of 0.9 US cents each of the Company, provided that:(a) the maximum number of such shares that may beacquired under this authority is 170,345,896; and(b) the minimum price which may be paid for such ashare is 0.9 US cents (exclusive of expenses); and(c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) whichmay be paid for such a share is an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which the share is contracted to be purchased; and(d) this authority shall expire at the conclusion ofthe next annual general meeting of the Company or on6 September 2008 whichever is the earlier date; and(e) the Company may complete or conclude, in wholeor in part, a purchase of shares after the expiry of this authority pursuant to a contract entered into before such expiry. 12. That the Company shall adopt new Articles of 1,275,465,992 330,315 1,828,559Association as set out in the form produced to themeeting and initialled by the Chairman for thepurposes of identification in substitution for and to the exclusion of all existing Articles of Association of the Company. Enquires: Mark A Jenkins - Group Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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