Result of AGM 2012

Wednesday, 09 May 2012

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at 12noon today at 14 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HN.

The Company is pleased to report that all resolutions were passed upon a show of hands.

The proxy votes cast ‘for’, ‘against’ and ‘withheld’ on the resolutions were as follows:

Resolutions For &
Discretionary		 Against Vote Withheld
1. To receive and adopt the Directors’ Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011 together with the reports of the directors and auditors. 61,581,453 728,612 179,896
2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2011. 61,187,118 729,561 573,282
3. To re-elect Lord Bell as a director of the Company. 40,420,880 5,574,350 16,494,731
4. To re-elect Piers Pottinger as a director of the Company. 39,346,203 6,649,027 16,494,731
5. To re-elect Christopher Satterthwaite as a director of the Company. 41,197,700 4,882,962 16,409,299
6. To re-elect Mark Smith as a director of the Company. 41,197,700 4,882,962 16,409,299
7. To re-elect Rodger Hughes as a director of the Company. 40,886,296 4,938,396 16,665,269
8. To re-elect Richard Alston as a director of the Company. 41,106,665 4,969,457 16,413,839
9. To re-elect Catherine Biner Bradley as a director of the Company. 33,972,220 9,183,657 19,334,084
10. To re-elect Paul Richardson as a director of the Company. 42,025,037 17,589,714 2,875,210
11. To authorise the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011. 62,489,961 0 0
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors. 62,393,592 95,467 902
13. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors. 62,393,654 95,285 1,022
14. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. 59,849,129 1,354,927 1,281,365
15. To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities. 59,609,038 10,107 2,870,816
16. To authorise the Company to allot relevant equity securities, subject to the passing resolution 15. 62,476,178 11,083 2,700
17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases. 62,391,704 9,187 89,070
18. To authorise the Company to call general meetings of the Company, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days’ notice. 58,620,120 3,869,841 0

 

Note: The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

Tom Tolliss
Deputy Secretary
Chime Communications PLC
9 May 2012
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 861 8515