2009 Annual General Meeting
Time and Place:
23rd July 2009 at 10.30am
The CII Insurance Hall
20 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HY
Notice of Meeting:
View the Notice of Meeting PDF document.
Form of Proxy:
View the Form of Proxy PDF document.
Proxy Votes
The proxy votes received from shareholders up to 48 hours prior to the meeting appointing the Chairman of the meeting on each resolution are outlined below.
|
Resolution |
For* |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld |
|
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for 2009
|
161,516,417 |
99.98 |
26,727 |
0.02 |
149,832 |
|
2. To approve the 2009 Remuneration Report
|
156,545,305 |
96.89 |
5,020,038 |
3.11 |
127,633 |
|
3. To declare a final dividend of 6.4 pence per ordinary share
|
161,389,346 |
99.99 |
1,013 |
0.01 |
302,617 |
|
4. To re-elect Ian Adamson
|
160,696,572 |
99.49 |
818,816 |
0.51 |
177,588 |
|
5. To re-elect Mark Moran
|
160,699,568 |
99.50 |
814,233 |
0.5 |
179,175 |
|
6. To re-elect Gerald Corbett
|
159,896,017 |
98.98 |
1,640,706 |
1.02 |
156,253 |
|
7. To elect Peter Johnson
|
161,159,048 |
99.75 |
404,977 |
0.25 |
155,252 |
|
8. To re-appoint KMPG Audit plc
|
158,035,896 |
98.68 |
2,119,307 |
1.32 |
1,564,074 |
|
9. To authorise the directors to set the auditors’ remuneration
|
159,876,853 |
98.95 |
1,693,623 |
1.05 |
148,801 |
|
10. To approve the establishment of the SSL International plc Sharesave Plan 2009 |
161,497,204 |
99.96 |
61,114 |
0.04 |
134,658 |
|
11. To increased the authorised share capital of the Company to £40,000,000 |
160,818,340 |
99.66 |
541,967 |
0.34 |
332,669 |
|
12. To renew the authority given to Directors to allot shares
|
154,669,130 |
99.19 |
1,258,253 |
0.81 |
5,765,593 |
|
13. To renew the authority given to Directors to allot equity securities for cash other than on a pro-rata basis |
161,438,763 |
99.94 |
93,946 |
0.06 |
160,267 |
|
14. To give the Company authority to purchase the Company’s shares |
161,064,144 |
99.70 |
477,805 |
0.3 |
151,027 |
|
15. To authorise the calling of general meetings of the Company (not being an annual general meeting) by notice of at least 14 clear days. |
158,592,684 |
98.27 |
2,795,194 |
1.73 |
305,098 |
The Company’s issued share capital at 21 July 2009 was 212,268,466. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 161,700,335 shares representing 76.12% of the issued share capital.
* Includes those votes giving discretion to the Chairman.
A “vote withheld” is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes against the resolution.