GLASGOW, U.K., July 25, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Scottish Power plc ("ScottishPower") (NYSE:SPI) (LSE:SPW):
Results of Annual General Meeting
ScottishPower announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of ScottishPower shareholders held on Friday, July 25, 2003, the following resolutions were duly passed and the result of the poll on each of the resolutions is shown below.
For Against
Ordinary Resolutions
1 To receive the 960,725,733 shares 4,656,134 shares
Annual Report 99.52% (of 0.48% (of shares
and Accounts for shares voted) voted)
the year ended
March 31, 2003
2 To approve the 839,025,740 shares 50,030,507 shares
Remuneration
Report 94.37% (of shares 5.63% (of shares
voted) voted)
3 To elect Nick Rose 970,092,237 shares 15,905,874 shares
as a director 98.39% (of shares 1.61% (of shares
voted) voted)
4 To elect Donald 973,095,705 shares 16,631,602 shares
Brydon as a director 98.32% (of shares 1.68% (of shares
voted) voted)
5 To re-elect 956,942,508 shares 21,215,871 shares
Charles Miller 97.83% (of shares 2.17% (of shares
Smith as a director voted) voted)
6 To re-elect David 973,461,734 shares 16,427,556 shares
Nish as a director 98.34% (of shares 1.66% (of shares
voted) voted)
7 To re-appoint 928,435,281 shares 37,014,361 shares
PricewaterhouseCoopers 96.17% (of shares 3.83% (of shares
LLP as auditors of the voted) voted)
Company and to authorise
the directors to set
the remuneration of
the auditors
8 Authority to make 908,236,466 shares 49,745,518 shares
donations to EU 94.81% (of shares 5.19% (of shares
political voted) voted)
organisations
and to incur
EU political
expenditure
Special Resolutions
9 Power to allot 962,886,422 shares 26,244,715 shares
equity securities 97.35% (of shares 2.65% (of shares
for cash voted) voted)
(disapplication of
pre-emption rights)
10Authority for 981,573,479 shares 8,116,947 shares
the Company to 99.18% (of shares 0.82% (of shares
purchase its voted) voted)
own shares
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