Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group
PLC was held on Wednesday 13 May 2009 at 11 am. All
resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting.
Resolutions 1-11 being passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 12, 13 and 14 being passed as special resolutions.
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No.
|
Resolution
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No. of votes for
the resolution
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Percentage of
votes received
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No. of votes
against the resolution
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Percentage of
votes received
|
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No. of votes
withheld
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1
|
To receive and adopt the financial statements
for the 52 weeks ended 26 December 2008, and the reports of the
directors and auditors thereon
|
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132,980,459
|
|
99.89
|
|
151,109
|
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0.11
|
|
1,656,889
|
|
2
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To declare a dividend
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|
134,493,325
|
|
99.99
|
|
11,382
|
|
0.01
|
|
374,750
|
|
3
|
To approve the Remuneration Committee Report
as set out in the annual report for the 52 weeks ended 26 December
2008
|
|
130,424,344
|
|
97.98
|
|
2,688,654
|
|
2.02
|
|
1,678,458
|
|
4
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To elect John Mogford as a director
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|
134,038,737
|
|
99.45
|
|
743,148
|
|
0.55
|
|
91,572
|
|
5
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To elect Richard Menell as a director
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|
132,891,113
|
|
98.61
|
|
1,872,449
|
|
1.39
|
|
110,231
|
|
6
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To re-elect Michael Dearden as a director
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|
132,446,210
|
|
98.27
|
|
2,329,094
|
|
1.73
|
|
98,489
|
|
7
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To re-elect Lord Robertson as a director
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132,336,792
|
|
98.19
|
|
2,440,952
|
|
1.81
|
|
102,049
|
|
8
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To re-elect Prof. Ian Percy as a director
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130,525,446
|
|
96.85
|
|
4,246,317
|
|
3.15
|
|
108,030
|
|
9
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To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as
auditors
|
|
134,637,036
|
|
99.89
|
|
150,858
|
|
0.11
|
|
91,899
|
|
10
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To authorise the directors to fix the
remuneration of the auditors
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|
134,765,423
|
|
99.98
|
|
22,476
|
|
0.02
|
|
91,894
|
|
11
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To renew the directors’ general authority to
allot relevant securities
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133,039,428
|
|
98.71
|
|
1,733,526
|
|
1.29
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|
100,839
|
|
12
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To disapply, within certain limits, the
statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares
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133,394,579
|
|
99.88
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|
165,409
|
|
0.12
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|
1,313,805
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|
13
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To renew the Company’s power to purchase its
own shares
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|
134,653,428
|
|
99.91
|
|
126,989
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|
0.09
|
|
93,376
|
|
14
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To authorise that general meetings, other than
the company’s annual general meeting, may be called on 14 clear
days notice.
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|
132,708,057
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|
98.45
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|
2,088,792
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|
1.55
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|
82,944
|
a) Any proxy
appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the “for” total.
b) At close of business on
12 May 2009 there were 210,293,264 relevant shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the Resolutions passed has been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available
for inspection at the UK Listing Authority’s Document Viewing
Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS
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