Annual General Meeting held on 30 July 2009
03 August 2009
Proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman
The 2009 Annual General Meeting of Halma p.l.c. took place on Thursday 30 July 2009 at the Millennium Hotel Mayfair, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HP. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The table below shows the number of proxy votes cast.
| Issued share capital excluding treasury shares | 375,289,720 |
|---|---|
| Total proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman | 257,505,947 |
| Total proxy votes as % of issued share capital excluding treasury shares | 69% |
| Resolution | Votes | % of total proxies lodged by resolution |
Poll Yes/no |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Report and Accounts | For | 254,838,731 | 99.70 | No |
| Open | 1,896,576 | |||
| Against | 444,586 | 0.17 | ||
| Withheld | 326,054 | 0.13 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 2. Declaration of dividend | For | 255,582,174 | 100.00 | No |
| Open | 1,911,863 | |||
| Against | 2,750 | 0.00 | ||
| Withheld | 9,160 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 3. Report on Remuneration | For | 251,997,861 | 98.61 | No |
| Open | 1,938,367 | |||
| Against | 836,571 | 0.33 | ||
| Withheld | 2,733,147 | 1.06 | ||
| Total | 257,505,946 | |||
| 4. Re-election: R A Stone | For | 254,462,893 | 99.57 | No |
| Open | 1,930,355 | |||
| Against | 838,869 | 0.33 | ||
| Withheld | 273,830 | 0.10 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 5. Re-appointment of Auditors | For | 252,197,737 | 98.69 | No |
| Open | 1,930,364 | |||
| Against | 999,438 | 0.39 | ||
| Withheld | 2,378,407 | 0.92 | ||
| Total | 257,505,946 | |||
| 6. Remuneration of Auditors | For | 254,668,195 | 99.66 | No |
| Open | 1,954,548 | |||
| Against | 610,407 | 0.24 | ||
| Withheld | 272,797 | 0.10 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 7. Authority to allot shares | For/open | 250,253,484 | 97.95 | No |
| Open | 1,976,802 | |||
| Against | 2,186,687 | 0.85 | ||
| Withheld | 3,088,974 | 1.20 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 8. Disapplication of pre-emption rights | For | 253,070,206 | 99.08 | No |
| Open | 2,070,358 | |||
| Against | 1,427,617 | 0.56 | ||
| Withheld | 937,766 | 0.36 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 9. Authority to purchase own shares | For | 255,040,062 | 99.82 | No |
| Open | 1,999,574 | |||
| Against | 200,297 | 0.08 | ||
| Withheld | 266,014 | 0.10 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 | |||
| 10. Notice of general meetings | For | 243,216,334 | 95.23 | No |
| Open | 2,001,464 | |||
| Against | 12,027,307 | 4.67 | ||
| Withheld | 260,842 | 0.10 | ||
| Total | 257,505,947 |
