AGM Statement

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 14:08

Johnston Press plc (the "Company") - Results of Annual General Meeting.

Annual General Meeting - 30 April 2010

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at the Caledonian Hilton Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh on 30 April 2010, the following resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The table below shows the proxy votes received up to 48 hours before the time of the Annual General Meeting by the Company's Registrars, Computershare Investor Services plc, appointing the Chairman of the meeting as proxy:

 

Resolution  For incl Discretionary  Against  Votes withheld TOTAL exc votes withheld  % For
1 To receive the Accounts for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2010 and the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon 459,311,810 45,349 227,028 459,357,159 99.99%
2 To receive the Directors'Remuneration Report for the 53 week period ended 2 Janaury 2010 454,791,491 4,774,170 18,166 459,565,661 98.96%
3 To re-elect Mr I S M Russell as a Director of the Company 453,144,042 6,433,669 6,116 459,577,711 98.60%
4 To re-elect Mr S R Paterson as a Director of the Company 451,857,353 7,720,358 6,116 459,577,711 98.32%
5 To elect Mr M A Pain as a Director of the Company 452,941,342 6,618,869 23,616 459,560,211 98.56%
6 To elect Ms C A Rhodes as a Director of the Company 453,075,441 6,476,270 32,116 459,551,711 98.59%
7 To elect Mr G M Iddison as a Director of the Company 452,979,703 6,554,508 49,616 459,534,211 98.57%
8 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, as auditors of the Company 457,214,046 2,311,968 57,813 459,526,014 99.50%
9 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors 452,344,373 7,196,195 43,259 459,540,568 98.43%
10 To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company 443,209,893 14,619,482 1,754,452 457,829,375 96.81%
11 Special Resolution - To disapply pre-emption rights 453,607,834 5,861,903 114,090 459,469,737 98.72%
12 Special Resolution - To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 459,485,927 90,015 7,885 459,575,942 99.98%
13 Special Resolution - To adopt new Articles of Association 443,729,554 13,916,284 1,937,989 457,645,838 96.96%
14 Special Resolution - That a General Meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice 448,549,155 11,000,463 34,209 459,549,618 97.61%

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules, copies of resolutions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 will shortly be available for inspection at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewer which is situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS (telephone 020 7066 1000).

 

Contact

Peter McCall
Company Secretary
0131 225 3361