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SAB - SABMiller plc - AGM Poll Results
SABMiller plc
JSE ALPHA CODE: SAB
ISSUER CODE: SOSAB
ISIN CODE: GB0004835483
SABMILLER PLC
21 July 2011
The board of SABMiller plc announces the results of the polls taken on all
resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of the Company, held earlier today.
All resolutions were approved by substantial majorities, ranging from 84.05% to
99.99%. Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be
available on the Company`s website: www.sabmiller.com
RESOLUTION Votes % Votes % Total % Of Votes
For (i) For Against Against Shares Issued Withheld
Voted Share (iii
Capital
Voted
(ii)
1 To 1,394, 99.8 1,869,9 0.13 1,396, 87.92 1,164,37
receive 701,45 7 95 571,45 8
and adopt 5 0
the
financial
statement
s for the
year
ended 31
March
2011,
together
with the
reports
of the
directors
and
auditors
therein.
2 To 1,154, 84.0 219,058 15.95 1,373, 86.49 23,910,9
approve 766,87 5 ,173 825,04 55
the 1 4
Directors
`
Remunerat
ion
Report
2011
contained
in the
Annual
Report
for the
year
ended 31
March
2011.
3 To elect 1,395, 99.8 2,065,2 0.15 1,397, 87.96 508,859
Ms L M S 161,79 5 45 227,04
Knox as a 5 0
director
of the
Company.
4 To elect 1,395, 99.8 1,783,3 0.13 1,397, 87.96 508,908
Ms H A 443,63 7 01 226,93
Weir as a 0 1
director
of the
Company.
5 To elect 1,386, 99.2 10,392, 0.74 1,397, 87.96 508,878
Mr J S 834,95 6 170 227,12
Wilson as 0 0
a
director
of the
Company.
6 To re- 1,375, 98.4 21,432, 1.53 1,397, 87.95 612,371
elect Mr 690,98 7 597 123,57
M H 0 7
Armour as
a
director
of the
Company.
7 To re- 1,357, 97.4 35,760, 2.57 1,393, 87.70 4,593,68
elect Mr 381,27 3 811 142,08 0
G C Bible 6 7
as a
director
of the
Company.
8 To re- 1,348, 96.7 44,952, 3.23 1,393, 87.70 4,681,02
elect Mr 102,54 7 289 054,83 2
D S 7 6
Devitre
as a
director
of the
Company.
9 To re- 1,385, 99.2 11,229, 0.80 1,397, 87.96 572,374
elect Mr 934,49 0 001 163,49
E A G 3 4
Mackay as
a
director
of the
Company.
10 To re- 1,348, 96.5 48,366, 3.46 1,396, 87.92 1,129,33
elect Mr 240,15 4 263 606,41 2
P J 1 4
Manser as
a
director
of the
Company.
11 To re- 1,377, 98.6 19,239, 1.38 1,397, 87.95 627,444
elect Mr 869,01 2 292 108,30
J A 2 4
Manzoni
as a
director
of the
Company.
12 To re- 1,206, 87.2 177,063 12.80 1,383, 87.10 14,167,8
elect Mr 504,75 0 ,069 567,82 33
M Q 9 8
Morland
as a
director
of the
Company.
13 To re- 1,395, 99.8 2,192,1 0.16 1,397, 87.96 508,868
elect Dr 034,84 4 43 226,99
D F Moyo 7 0
as a
director
of the
Company.
14 To re- 1,369, 98.3 23,582, 1.69 1,393, 87.70 4,680,64
elect Mr 472,30 1 900 055,20 6
C A Perez 1 1
Davila as
a
director
of the
Company.
15 To re- 1,394, 99.8 2,501,5 0.18 1,397, 87.96 510,577
elect Mr 723,65 2 12 225,17
R 8 0
Pieterse
as a
director
of the
Company.
16 To re- 1,355, 97.6 32,807, 2.36 1,388, 87.41 9,197,62
elect Mr 730,76 4 369 538,13 5
M C 3 2
Ramaphosa
as a
director
of the
Company.
17 To re- 1,355, 97.3 37,670, 2.70 1,393, 87.70 4,593,69
elect Mr 467,56 0 294 137,85 0
A Santo 3 7
Domingo
Davila as
a
director
of the
Company.
18 To re- 1,369, 98.3 23,581, 1.69 1,393, 87.70 4,680,87
elect Mr 473,21 1 761 054,97 2
H A 4 5
Willard
as a
director
of the
Company.
19 To re- 1,261, 98.3 21,479, 1.67 1,283, 80.77 114,663,
elect Mr 592,54 3 482 072,02 787
J M Kahn 7 9
as a
director
of the
Company.
20 To 1,397, 99.9 515 0.01 1,397, 87.96 560,183
declare a 175,24 9 175,75
final 4 9
dividend
of 61.5
US cents
per
share.
21 To re- 1,384, 99.5 6,343,7 0.46 1,390, 87.53 7,307,67
appoint 084,20 4 52 427,95 3
Pricewate 3 5
rhouseCoo
pers LLP
as
auditors
to hold
office
until the
conclusio
n of the
next
general
meeting
at which
accounts
are laid.
22 To 1,389, 99.5 6,125,3 0.44 1,395, 87.86 2,054,27
authorise 556,22 6 19 681,54 2
the 6 5
directors
to
determine
the
remunerat
ion of
the
auditors.
23 To give a 1,274, 91.1 123,106 8.81 1,397, 87.96 435,796
general 194,13 9 ,001 300,13
power and 8 9
authority
to the
directors
to allot
shares.
24 To give a 1,271, 91,0 125,638 8.99 1,397, 87.96 436,099
general 658,81 1 ,942 297,76
power and 9 1
authority
to the
directors
to allot
shares
for cash
otherwise
than pro
rata to
all
sharehold
ers.
25 To give a 1,391, 99.8 2,650,4 0.19 1,393, 87.75 3,921,50
general 163,90 1 85 814,39 4
authority 7 2
to the
directors
to make
market
purchases
of
ordinary
shares of
US$0.10
each in
the
capital
of the
Company.
26 To 1,355, 97.0 41,449, 2.97 1,397, 87.96 461,154
approve 824,91 3 729 274,64
the 4 3
calling
of
general
meetings,
other
than an
annual
general
meeting,
on not
less than
14 clear
days`
notice.
Notes:
(i) Votes `For` include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
(ii) At 19 July 2011 there were 1,588,480,588 shares in issue with the right to
vote.
(iii) The votes `Withheld` are not counted towards the votes cast `For` or
`Against` at the Annual General Meeting.
Full details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting, dated 3 June 2011.
Resolutions 1 to 23 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of
shareholders` votes to be cast for the resolutions.
Resolutions 24 to 26 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of
shareholders` votes to be cast for the resolutions.
Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available for
inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
John Davidson, General Counsel and Group Company Secretary.
ENDS
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