18th Oct 2006 18:15
Scott Wilson Group plc18 October 2006 For immediate release 18 October 2006 Scott Wilson Group plc Result of AGM The Annual General Meeting of Scott Wilson Group plc was held at The Brewery,Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SD on Tuesday 17th October 2006 at 10.00 am. All 14 resolutions put to the members were passed by a show of hands. Accordingly Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions andresolutions 13(a) and 14 were passed as Special Resolutions. A print of the resolutions concerning the items of special business passed atthe meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly beavailable for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document ViewingFacility, which is situated at: The Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonEC14 5HS The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set outbelow: Number of proxy cards at meeting date: 142Issued share capital at meeting date: 70,769,008 ordinary sharesNumber of votes per share: one Resolution (no as Shares For % Shares % Shares % Sharesstated on Form of Discretionary Against marked asProxy) Votes Withheld* 1 To receive and 32,075,013 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 32,669,257 adopt the Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2006 2 To approve the 31,980,293 45.19% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 94,720 Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 April 2006 3 To re-elect 29,442,235 41.60% 594,244 0.84% 2,542,538 3.59% 90,240 Pelham Allen as a Director 4 To re-elect 32,073,013 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 2,000 Hugh Blackwood as a Director 5 To re-elect 32,061,013 45.30% 602,244 0.85% 0 0% 6,000 Stuart Doughty as a Director 6 To re-elect 32,069,013 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 6,000 James Doughty as a Director 7 To re-elect 32,061,013 45.30% 594,244 0.84% 8,000 0.03% 6,000 Ron Wall as a Director 8 To re-elect 31,445,013 44.43% 1,218,244 1.72% 0 0% 6,000 Stephen Kimmett as a Director 9 To re-elect 31,563,522 44.60% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 511,491 Geoff French as a Director 10 To re-appoint 32,074,293 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 720 Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors 11 To authorize 32,074,293 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 0 0% 720 the Directors to fix the Auditors' remuneration 12 To authorize 32,069,773 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 5,000 0.01% 240 the Directors to allot shares (Section 80) 13 To disapply 32,064,196 45.31% 597,801 0.84% 7,020 0.01% 240(a) Section 89(1)** 14 To authorize 32,074,293 45.32% 594,244 0.84% 720 0.001% 0 the Company to purchase its own shares *A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation ofthe proportion of votes for, discretionary or against the resolution.** Resolution 13(b) was to deal with a technical correction to the Articles ofAssociation to deal with the allotment of treasury shares. Subsequent to theNotice being issued it was found that the required authority was alreadycontained in Article 2.6(B)(ii) and that there was no need to make theamendment. Accordingly 13(b) was not voted upon. G M RedwoodCompany Secretary End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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