RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Babcock International Group PLC confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2019 were duly passed by shareholders. Each resolution was put to a poll.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The AGM Voting Results are as follows:
|
Resolution |
Total Votes For |
% |
Total Votes Against
|
% |
Total Votes Cast |
Votes Withheld |
|
|
1. |
Approval of Report and Accounts
|
361,668,616 |
99.99 |
40,830 |
0.01 |
361,709,446 |
265,714 |
|
2. |
Approval of Annual Statement and Annual Report on Remuneration
|
355,040,155 |
98.09 |
6,915,419 |
1.91 |
361,955,574 |
19,437 |
|
3. |
Declaration of Final Dividend
|
361,951,756 |
99.99 |
16,842 |
0.01 |
361,968,598 |
6,563 |
|
4. |
Appointment of Ruth Cairnie
|
344,166,039 |
98.81 |
4,162,098 |
1.19 |
348,328,137 |
13,646,873 |
|
5. |
Reappointment of Sir David Omand
|
326,293,582 |
91.14 |
31,720,075 |
8.86 |
358,013,657 |
3,961,353 |
|
6. |
Reappointment of Prof. Victoire de Margerie
|
359,711,094 |
99.46 |
1,968,828 |
0.54 |
361,679,922 |
295,088 |
|
7. |
Reappointment of Ian Duncan
|
352,284,596 |
97.40 |
9,393,066 |
2.60 |
361,677,662 |
297,348 |
|
8. |
Reappointment of Lucy Dimes
|
360,873,541 |
99.78 |
807,648 |
0.22 |
361,681,189 |
293,822 |
|
9. |
Reappointment of Myles Lee
|
359,765,592 |
99.47 |
1,912,751 |
0.53 |
361,678,343 |
296,668 |
|
10. |
Reappointment of Kjersti Wiklund
|
360,892,798 |
99.78 |
787,271 |
0.22 |
361,680,069 |
294,942 |
|
11. |
Reappointment of Jeff Randall
|
359,651,332 |
99.44 |
2,029,000 |
0.56 |
361,680,332 |
294,678 |
|
12. |
Reappointment of Archie Bethel
|
352,561,004 |
97.48 |
9,127,477 |
2.52 |
361,688,481 |
286,530 |
|
13. |
Reappointment of Franco Martinelli
|
352,422,731 |
97.44 |
9,259,336 |
2.56 |
361,682,067 |
292,944 |
|
14. |
Reappointment of John Davies
|
352,584,475 |
97.48 |
9,097,662 |
2.52 |
361,682,137 |
292,874 |
|
15. |
Reappointment of Auditors
|
341,975,169 |
94.55 |
19,707,268 |
5.45 |
361,682,437 |
292,723 |
|
16. |
Authority of Audit Committee to set Auditors Remuneration
|
356,615,108 |
98.52 |
5,344,150 |
1.48 |
361,959,258 |
15,900 |
|
17. |
Authority for Directors to make political donations as defined by the Companies Act 2006
|
326,805,898 |
90.29 |
35,154,707 |
9.71 |
361,960,605 |
14,406 |
|
18. |
Authority to allot shares pursuant to s.551 of the Act
|
357,889,618 |
98.88 |
4,053,763 |
1.12 |
361,943,381 |
31,630 |
|
19. |
Approval of the Babcock 2019 Performance Share Plan |
345,307,337 |
95.40 |
16,643,469 |
4.60 |
361,950,806 |
24,204 |
|
20. |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to s.570 and s.573 of the Act
|
345,277,351 |
95.40 |
16,660,449 |
4.60 |
361,937,800 |
37,211 |
|
21. |
Renew authority to make market purchases of own shares
|
347,997,723 |
96.19 |
13,800,036 |
3.81 |
361,797,759 |
175,771 |
|
22. |
Reduce notice of general meeting other than an AGM
|
349,720,151 |
96.62 |
12,240,494 |
3.38 |
361,960,645 |
14,366 |
Further information:
|
|
Babcock's 2019 AGM |
Babcock's 2018 AGM |
|
Issued share capital |
505,596,597 |
505,596,597 |
|
Total votes cast and votes withheld as a % of issued share capital |
71.59 |
66.81 |
Jack Borrett
Company Secretary
18 July 2019
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