WINNERSH, United Kingdom, May 23, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Vernalis plc announces that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed.
All resolutions were approved on a show of hands. The number of proxy votes received for each resolution is set out below.
For (including
Resolution discretionary votes)* Against* Withheld
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Ordinary Resolution
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1. To receive the
audited accounts
and related
reports of the
Directors and
auditors 224,569,857 (99.99%) 10,707 (0.01%) 7,157
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2. To approve the
remuneration
report 217,328,467 (99.63%) 813,306 (0.37%) 6,445,948
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3. To re-elect as a
Director Dr A
Baxter 224,545,392 (99.99%) 33,176 (0.01%) 9,153
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4. To re-elect as a
Director Ms C C
Ferguson 224,544,267 (99.98%) 38,844 (0.02%) 4,610
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5. To re-elect as a
Director Mr
J A D Slater 224,553,615 (99.99%) 28,646 (0.01%) 5,460
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6. To elect as a
Director Mr I
Clark 224,542,703 (99.98%) 35,049 (0.02%) 9,969
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7. To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditors
and to authorise
the Directors to
determine their
remuneration 223,611,362 (99.65%) 792,957 (0.35%) 183,402
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8. To authorise the
Directors to
allot relevant
securities 224,537,200 (99.98%) 37,797 (0.02%) 12,724
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Special Resolution
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9. To authorise the
Directors to
allot equity
securities for
cash 224,527,782 (99.98%) 39,519 (0.02%) 20,420
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Ordinary Resolution
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10.To approve the
Vernalis plc
Bonus Long-Term
Incentive Plan 199,330,753 (91.39%) 18,789,501 (8.61%) 6,467,467
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*NB: Percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes