12 May 2011 16:11
Huntsworth plc ("the Company")
Result of AGM
The Board of Huntsworth plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today, all resolutions were passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
Resolution | For & Discretionary | Against | Number of votes Withheld (see Note 1) | Total votes cast | |||
No. of shares | % Votes Cast | No. of shares | % Votes Cast | ||||
1 | To re-elect Richard Sharp | 185,840,551 | 99.96 | 74,236 | 0.04 | 125 | 185,914,787 |
2 | To re-elect Lord Chadlington | 185,767,758 | 99.91 | 171,271 | 0.09 | 125 | 185,939,029 |
3 | To re-elect Lord Puttnam | 181,395,241 | 97.56 | 4,543,788 | 2.44 | 125 | 185,939,029 |
4 | To re-elect Sally Withey | 185,713,215 | 99.88 | 225,814 | 0.12 | 125 | 185,939,029 |
5 | To re-elect Colin Adams | 185,683,032 | 99.87 | 250,997 | 0.13 | 5,125 | 185,934,029 |
6 | To receive Annual Report and Accounts | 185,892,840 | 99.98 | 46,189 | 0.02 | 125 | 185,939,029 |
7 | To approve the Remuneration Report | 180,229,690 | 96.96 | 5,650,422 | 3.04 | 59,042 | 185,880,112 |
8 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditors | 181,353,182 | 97.53 | 4,585,317 | 2.47 | 655 | 185,938,499 |
9 | To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 181,443,922 | 97.61 | 4,438,398 | 2.39 | 56,834 | 185,882,320 |
10 | To authorise the directors to offer shares instead of cash for any dividend declared | 185,924,919 | 99.99 | 14,108 | 0.01 | 127 | 185,939,027 |
11 | To approve and ratify any offers to shareholders to receive dividends in the form of shares during the period in which no authorising resolution was in place | 185,924,546 | 99.99 | 14,481 | 0.01 | 127 | 185,939,027 |
12 | To declare a final dividend | 185,939,029 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 125 | 185,939,029 |
13 | To authorise the Company to make political donations | 174,760,080 | 94.05 | 11,047,456 | 5.95 | 131,617 | 185,807,536 |
14 | To renew the directors' authority to allot shares | 176,659,646 | 95.04 | 9,215,506 | 4.96 | 64,002 | 185,875,152 |
15 | To renew disapplication of pre-emption rights* | 181,134,095 | 97.51 | 4,630,398 | 2.49 | 174,661 | 185,764,493 |
16 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 185,717,663 | 100 | 9,093 | 0 | 212,398 | 185,726,756 |
17 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice* | 180,929,919 | 97.31 | 5,009,110 | 2.69 | 125 | 185,939,029 |
*Special Resolution | |||||||
NOTES: 1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution. 2. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 246,999,608, of which 2,488,098 are held in treasury. | |||||||
The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website www.huntsworth.com .
In compliance with the LR9.6.2R, a copy of resolutions 15 to 17 is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the National Storage Mechanism. This document will shortly be available for viewing at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
For further information contact:
William James 020 7224 8778
Company Secretary
12 May 2011