THE WEIR GROUP PLC
12 May 2010
Voting Results
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 11 am. All resolutions were passed on a poll via electronic voting. Resolutions 1 to 10 and 15 being passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 11 to 14 being passed as special resolutions.
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No.
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Resolution
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No. of votes for the resolution
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Percentage of votes received
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No. of votes against the resolution
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Percentage of votes received
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No. of votes withheld
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1
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To approve and adopt the directors report and financial statements for the 53 weeks ended 1 January 2010
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131,672,063
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99.70
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397,406
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0.30
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2,543,084
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2
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To declare a dividend
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134,524,372
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100.00
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0
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0.00
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88,181
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3
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To approve the remuneration report for the 53 weeks ended 1 January 2010
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129,748,636
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97.85
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2,848,735
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2.15
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2,015,587
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4
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To elect Jon Stanton as a director
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133,668,919
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99.39
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824,257
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0.61
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120,419
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5
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To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a director
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131,198,038
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97.54
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3,307,917
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2.46
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97,598
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6
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To re-elect Alan Mitchelson as a director
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133,115,255
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99.27
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983,082
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0.73
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509,019
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7
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To re-elect Lord Smith as a director
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128,421,434
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95.48
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6,076,237
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4.52
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115,882
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8
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To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors
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131,660,657
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99.86
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189,646
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0.14
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2,763,250
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9
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To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors
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130,987,611
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99.98
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21,651
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0.02
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3,604,291
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10
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To renew the directors’ general authority to allot relevant securities
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114,974,319
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88.22
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15,359,321
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11.78
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4,279,912
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11
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To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares
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134,342,145
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99.91
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125,041
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0.09
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146,367
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12
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To renew the Company’s power to purchase its own shares
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134,374,860
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99.90
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132,090
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0.10
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106,603
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13
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To adopt new articles of association
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132,543,396
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99.65
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462,428
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0.35
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1,607,728
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14
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To reduce the notice period for general meetings
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126,221,086
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93.86
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8,262,574
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6.14
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129,314
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15
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To approve amendments to the Group Long Term Incentive Plan
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120,858,741
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91.03
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11,909,156
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8.97
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1,845,655
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a) Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the “for” total.
b) At close of business on 11 May 2010 there were 210,501,947 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the Resolutions passed has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority’s Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS