AMVESCAP PLC: Results of Annual General Meeting.LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. -- AMVESCAP PLC (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVZ) (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :AVZ) (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :AVZ) announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today. "We are pleased that all the resolutions on the agenda were passed. Over the last weeks, AMVESCAP has initiated direct discussions with many of our company's major shareholders, and we believe we have a good understanding of their views" said AMVESCAP Chairman Rex Adams Rex Adams (born 1941) was a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, and is currently serving as Chairman and Non-Executive Director (USA) of the Invesco Board of Directors. . "From these discussions and the very positive performance of our stock, we believe that shareholders strongly support the business momentum that AMVESCAP is successfully building."
Votes % of Votes % of Votes
For Votes Against Votes Withheld
Cast Cast
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Resolution 1:
To receive the
Annual Report and
Accounts 139,312,882 99.54 646,233 0.46 5,747,589
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Resolution 2:
To receive the
Remuneration
Report 69,062,771 51.59 64,812,159 48.41 11,832,183
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Resolution 3:
To declare a final
dividend 145,226,236 99.99 19,935 0.01 460,536
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Resolution 4:
To elect Martin L.
Flanagan 137,637,400 97.94 2,891,218 2.06 5,178,087
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Resolution 5:
To elect J. Thomas
Presby 144,280,887 99.38 902,760 0.62 523,058
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Resolution 6:
To re-appoint Ernst
& Young LLP 144,778,702 99.69 450,111 0.31 477,892
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Resolution 7:
Section 80
Authority 144,705,067 99.63 536,971 0.37 464,668
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Resolution 8:
Section 90
Authority
(Special
Resolution) 142,381,282 99.06 1,351,366 0.94 1,974,055
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Resolution 9:
Market Purchase
Authority
(Special
Resolution) 145,154,815 99.94 88,862 0.06 463,028
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Resolution 10:
Amendment to
Articles of
Association
(Special
Resolution) 144,305,146 99.75 357,214 0.25 1,044,345
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All of the resolutions are declared carried by the required
majorities.
Ordinary shares in issue 821,692,837
Exchangeable Shares 22,626,114
Total shares 844,318,951
Total votes 211,079,738
AMVESCAP announces that Charles W. Brady, Dr. Thomas R. Fischer and
Bevis Longstreth retired from the Board and Rex D. Adams succeeds
Charles W. Brady as Chairman all with effect from the conclusion of
the Annual General Meeting.
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