Associated British Foods plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 5 December 2008. All resolutions were passed by the required majority.
Resolution | Votes for (i) | % (ii) | Votes against | % (ii) | Vote withheld (iii) |
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1 | To receive the accounts and reports | 627,107,001 | 99.96 | 259,800 | 0.04 | 11,355 |
2 | To approve the directors’ remuneration report | 572,419,238 | 91.88 | 50,616,182 | 8.12 | 4,340,114 |
3 | To approve the dividend payment of 13.5p per ordinary share | 627,145,862 | 100.00 | 5,332 | 0.00 | 229,266 |
4 | To elect Charles James Francis Sinclair as a director | 625,698,035 | 99.85 | 915,416 | 0.15 | 766,159 |
5 | To re-elect Willard Gordon Galen Weston as a director | 578,946,614 | 92.65 | 45,929,591 | 7.35 | 2,503,370 |
6 | To re-elect Martin Gardiner Adamson as a director | 546,206,187 | 91.40 | 51,365,472 | 8.60 | 29,807,611 |
7 | To re-elect John George Bason as a director | 626,319,591 | 99.86 | 869,090 | 0.14 | 178,078 |
8 | To re-elect George Garfield Weston as a director | 626,337,487 | 99.86 | 865,228 | 0.14 | 176,490 |
9 | To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration | 619,744,664 | 98.85 | 7,200,982 | 1.15 | 428,513 |
10 | To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities | 625,585,616 | 99.84 | 1,012,911 | 0.16 | 772,139 |
11 | To authorise the directors to allot equity securities for cash
(special resolution) | 626,131,515 | 99.92 | 475,324 | 0.08 | 769,276 |
12 | To approve and adopt amendments to the Articles of Association
(special resolution) | 625,814,251 | 99.92 | 529,952 | 0.08 | 1,011,820 |