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Ocean Finance Loans:
Market Cap
£3,476.60m
Change Today
-1.75p ()
Share Price
220.50p
Result of AGM
09 July 2008
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Poll Results (see Note 1)
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Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 2.00pm
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Results of the poll taken at meeting
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Resolution
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For (see note 2)
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Against (see note 2)
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Number of votes Withheld (See note 3)
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Total Votes Cast
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No. of shares
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No. of shares
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1
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To receive Annual report and accounts
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774,731,982
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96.69
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26,511,063
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3.31
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12,915,378
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814,158,423
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2
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To approve the remuneration report
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678,626,041
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87.16
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99,956,289
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12.84
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35,615,891
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814,198,221
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To declare a final dividend
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813,500,429
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99.99
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53,993
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0.01
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466,658
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814,021,080
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4
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To elect Kate Bostock
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802,342,642
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98.65
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10,957,178
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1.35
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911,173
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814,210,993
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5
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Resolution withdrawn (see note 4)
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6
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To re-elect Sir Stuart Rose
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634,283,993
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94.08
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39,892,407
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5.92
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140,138,893
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814,315,293
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To re-elect Steven Sharp
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803,635,631
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98.82
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9,559,888
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1.18
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882,790
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814,078,309
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8
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To re-appoint the auditors
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794,445,169
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98.95
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8,399,007
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1.05
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10,314,853
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813,159,029
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9
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To authorise Audit committee to determine the auditors' remuneration
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807,205,879
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99.42
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4,731,416
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0.58
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1,217,234
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813,154,529
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To renew directors' authority to allot shares
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807,759,827
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99.35
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5,308,594
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0.65
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1,042,709
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814,111,130
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To renew disapplication of pre-emption rights
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808,003,942
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99.61
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3,181,713
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0.39
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2,878,152
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814,063,807
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To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
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809,966,749
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99.65
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2,864,553
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0.35
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1,205,580
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814,036,882
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To authorise the Company to amend the Articles of Association
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782,127,868
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96.30
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30,090,879
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3.70
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1,855,137
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814,073,884
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NOTES:
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1 All resolutions were passed.
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2 Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
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3 A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
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4 Steven Esom retired from the Board on 2 July 2008. This resolution proposing his election as a Director was therefore not put to the meeting.
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5 Total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 8 July 2008 = 1,576,680,715 shares. 51.6% of voting capital was instructed.
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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