24th Apr 2008 18:30
AstraZeneca PLC24 April 2008 ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 24 APRIL 2008 AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual GeneralMeeting today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decidedby poll vote. Resolution 1: Ordinary Resolution to receive the Company's Accounts and theReports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2007: VOTES FOR: 810,654,560 (97.28%) VOTES AGAINST: 22,692,193 (2.72%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 2: Ordinary Resolution to confirm dividends: VOTES FOR: 859,390,852 (99.98%) VOTES AGAINST: 177,582 (0.02%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 3: Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc, London asAuditor: VOTES FOR: 853,732,280 (99.75%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,105,945 (0.25%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 4: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to agree theremuneration of the Auditor: VOTES FOR: 854,079,349 (99.79%) VOTES AGAINST: 1,800,628 (0.21%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(a): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Louis Schweitzer as a Director: VOTES FOR: 788,292,372 (97.09%) VOTES AGAINST: 23,625,244 (2.91%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(b): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Hakan Mogren as a Director: VOTES FOR: 830,905,854 (96.83%) VOTES AGAINST: 27,212,444 (3.17%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(c): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect David Brennan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 844,725,775 (99.04%) VOTES AGAINST: 8,203,167 (0.96%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(d): Ordinary Resolution to elect Simon Lowth as a Director: VOTES FOR: 844,043,146 (99.03%) VOTES AGAINST: 8,246,074 (0.97%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(e): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Patterson as a Director: VOTES FOR: 844,593,712 (99.09%) VOTES AGAINST: 7,714,003 (0.91%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(f): Ordinary Resolution to elect Bo Angelin as a Director: VOTES FOR: 857,433,849 (99.73%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,282,868 (0.27%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(g): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Buchanan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 856,524,251 (99.63%) VOTES AGAINST: 3,190,358 (0.37%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(h): Ordinary Resolution to elect Jean-Philippe Courtois as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 857,180,582 (99.71%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,481,783 (0.29%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(i): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jane Henney as a Director: VOTES FOR: 857,009,726 (99.72%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,426,176 (0.28%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(j): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Michele Hooper as a Director: VOTES FOR: 856,964,055 (99.71%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,462,823 (0.29%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(k): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dame Nancy Rothwell as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 856,979,605 (99.68%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,730,189 (0.32%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(l): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Varley as a Director: VOTES FOR: 856,733,500 (99.69%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,692,602 (0.31%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(m): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as aDirector: VOTES FOR: 769,475,803 (94.52%) VOTES AGAINST: 44,579,259 (5.48%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 6: Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors' Remuneration Reportfor the year ended 31 December 2007: VOTES FOR: 749,311,648 (91.98%) VOTES AGAINST: 65,291,577 (8.02%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 7: Ordinary Resolution to authorise limited EU political donations: VOTES FOR: 833,970,325 (97.90%) VOTES AGAINST: 17,856,539 (2.10%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 8: Special Resolution to amend articles of association to increasethe limit of directors' remuneration VOTES FOR: 824,017,351 (98.09%) VOTES AGAINST: 16,036,917 (1.91%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 9: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot unissuedshares: VOTES FOR: 850,061,955 (98.93%) VOTES AGAINST: 9,214,517 (1.07%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 10: Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapplypre-emption rights: VOTES FOR: 856,535,120 (99.69%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,653,571 (0.31%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 11: Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its ownshares: VOTES FOR: 859,275,269 (99.94%) VOTES AGAINST: 527,201 (0.06%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 12: Special Resolution to amend the Articles of Association regardingconflicts of interest: VOTES FOR: 846,298,791 (99.54%) VOTES AGAINST: 3,908,570 (0.46%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. G H R MuskerCompany Secretary24 April 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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