G4S plc UK DK : Result of AGM

 | Source: G4S plc G4S plc

4 June 2015

G4S PLC

AGM 2015 Poll Results

G4S plc, the parent company of the G4S global integrated security group, announces that, at its AGM held on 4 June 2015, all the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations; to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days' notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10% of its own shares.

The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business practice.

The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are:

Resolution

  		For % Against % Withheld* Total votes
1. To adopt
the financial
statements
and reports
of directors
and auditor

  		1,243,124,237 99.94 688,008 0.06 381,308 1,243,812,245
2.To approve
the Directors'
remuneration
report

  		1,205,582,283 96.92 38,297,746 3.08 334,376 1,243,880,029
3. To confirm
and declare
the dividend

  		1,243,894,185 >99.99 24,848 <0.01 312,119 1,243,919,033
4. Re-election
of
Ashley Almanza
as a director

  		1,240,258,360 99.71 3,596,894 0.29 330,664 1,243,855,254
5. Re-election
of
John Connolly
as a director

  		1,226,564,395 98.67 16,585,128 1.33 1,037,477 1,243,149,523
6. Re-election
of
Adam Crozier
as a director

  		1,243,696,787 99.99 157,577 0.01 342,637 1,243,854,364
7. Re-election
of
Mark Elliott
as a director

  		1,243,064,591 99.94 756,160 0.06 376,249 1,243,820,751
8. Re-election
of
Winnie
Kin Wah Fok
as a director

  		1,242,992,603 99.93 874,481 0.07 329,917 1,243,867,084
9. Re-election
of
Himanshu Raja
as a director

  		1,243,720,310 99.99 103,064 0.01 373,627 1,243,823,374
10. Re-election
of
Paul Spence
as a director

  		1,243,736,161 99.99 87,591 0.01 373,249 1,243,823,752
11. Re-election
of
Clare
Spottiswoode
as a director

  		1,159,042,348 95.71 51,976,012 4.29 33,178,640 1,211,018,360
12. Re-election
of
Tim Weller
as a director

  		1,243,489,236 99.97 326,647 0.03 381,118 1,243,815,883
13. To appoint
Price-
waterhouse-
Coopers LLP
as auditor

  		1,243,137,913 99.94 684,331 0.06 374,357 1,243,822,244
14. To authorise
the directors to
determine
the auditor's
remuneration

  		1,243,669,241 99.98 213,940 0.02 345,420 1,243,883,181
15. To authorise
the directors to
allot shares
up to
a specified
amount

  		1,220,843,823 98.24 21,879,888 1.76 1,503,808 1,242,723,711
16. Special
resolution
to give
authority to
directors to
disapply
statutory
pre-emption
 rights

  		1,163,712,744 93.57 79,942,519 6.43 571,756 1,243,655,263
17. Special
resolution
to give limited
authority
for the purchase
of its
own shares
by the company

  		1,243,341,459 99.99 144,521 0.01 743,962 1,243,485,980
18. Authority to
make political
donations and
incur political
expenditure

  		1,228,233,968 99.22 9,660,277 0.78 6,348,670 1,237,894,245
19. Special
resolution
to authorise
the calling of
general
meetings
(excluding
Annual
General
Meetings)
on 14 days'
notice 		1,143,716,724 91.96 100,025,306 8.04 454,961 1,243,742,030

Grahame Gibson and Mark Seligman retired from the board at the conclusion of the meeting and so there were no resolutions relating to their re-election.

As announced previously, John Daly will be appointed as a director on 5 June 2015. Mr Daly will be an independent non-executive director and upon appointment will be a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of resolutions 15 to 19 have been forwarded to the FCA for publication through its document viewing facility where they will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 80.2%**.

* Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution.

**Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 1,551,594,436. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.

For further enquiries, please contact:  
Nigel Fairbrass - Director of Media Relations +44(0) 1293 554400
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations +44 (0) 1293 554400

Notes to Editors:

G4S plc

G4S is the leading global integrated security company, specialising in the provision of security services and solutions to customers. Our mission is to create material, sustainable value for our customers and shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all of our markets.

G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S is active in over 110 countries and has 623,000 employees.

For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com.

GlobeNewswire