TIDMBXB
RNS Number : 7522C
Brambles Limited
19 November 2009
Brambles Limited
ABN 89 118 896 021
19 November 2009
FINAL POLL AND PROXY/DIRECT VOTING RESULTS
FOR THE BRAMBLES LIMITED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 19 NOVEMBER 2009
Following the Annual General Meeting of Brambles Limited held in Melbourne on 19
November 2009, I advise that each resolution set out in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting was carried by the required majority, on a poll.
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| | | For* | Against |
| | | | |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| Item 2 | To adopt the Remuneration Report | 99.14% | 0.86% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| | | | |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| The following persons were elected or re-elected as Directors: |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Item 3 | To elect Mr John Patrick Mullen | 99.79% | 0.21% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| Item 4 | To elect Mr Brian Martin Schwartz AM | 98.68% | 1.32% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| Item 5 | To re-elect Mr Graham John Kraehe AO | 96.68% | 3.32% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| Item 6 | To re-elect Mr Stephen Paul Johns | 98.52% | 1.48% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| Item 7 | To re-elect Ms Sarah Carolyn Hailes Kay | 99.63% | 0.37% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| | | | |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| Item 8 | Amendments to constitution | 98.79% | 1.21% |
+--------+------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
* includes discretionary proxies
The voting position is attached, including the number of direct votes received
in advance of the AGM.Direct voting is an alternative method of voting, which
the Directors have made available to ordinary shareholders as permitted by the
Brambles Limited constitution.
Two marked up copies of the Brambles Limited constitution, showing the
amendments which were approved by shareholders today, were sent to the FSA for
publication through the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility on 28
September 2009.
In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R, two copies of the resolutions passed
today have also been submitted to the FSA for publication through the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility.
The issued share capital of Brambles Limited as at 19 November 2009 is
1,412,172,858.
Robert Gerrard
Company Secretary
BRAMBLES LIMITED
RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING
Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 19 November 2009
As required by section 251AA(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) the
following statistics are provided in respect of each resolution on the agenda.
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| | | Manner in which the securityholder directed |
| | | the proxy vote (as at proxy close): |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| | | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| | | For | Against | Discretionary | Abstain |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 2 | TO ADOPT THE | 896,512,268 | 5,102,626 | 8,818,815 |5,751,026 |
| | REMUNERATION REPORT | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 3 | TO ELECT MR JOHN | 901,830,624 | 1,514,833 | 8,987,773 |3,858,205 |
| | PATRICK MULLEN TO | | | | |
| | THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 4 | TO ELECT MR BRIAN | 891,692,150 |11,704,358 | 8,994,709 |3,797,218 |
| | MARTIN SCHWARTZ AM | | | | |
| | TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 5 | TO RE-ELECT MR | 873,835,679 |29,607,684 | 8,960,114 |3,787,958 |
| | GRAHAM JOHN KRAEHE | | | | |
| | AO TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 6 | TO RE-ELECT MR | 890,303,641 |13,075,641 | 9,037,590 |3,765,225 |
| | STEPHEN PAUL JOHNS | | | | |
| | TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 7 | TO RE-ELECT MS | 900,341,944 | 2,944,766 | 9,085,426 |3,811,899 |
| | SARAH CAROLYN | | | | |
| | HAILES KAY TO THE | | | | |
| | BOARD OF BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| 8 | AMENDMENTS TO | 659,965,253 | 7,448,388 | 9,242,113 |4,178,466 |
| | CONSTITUTION | | | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| | | Direct vote (as at proxy close): |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
+----+---------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| | | Votes | Votes | | Votes |
| | | For | Against | | Abstain |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 2 | TO ADOPT THE | 5,723,041 | 2,773,964 | |423,420 |
| | REMUNERATION REPORT | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 3 | TO ELECT MR JOHN | 8,244,411 | 396,131 | |279,883 |
| | PATRICK MULLEN TO | | | | |
| | THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 4 | TO ELECT MR BRIAN | 8,246,588 | 413,872 | |259,965 |
| | MARTIN SCHWARTZ AM | | | | |
| | TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 5 | TO RE-ELECT MR | 7,767,497 | 985,905 | |167,023 |
| | GRAHAM JOHN KRAEHE | | | | |
| | AO TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 6 | TO RE-ELECT MR | 8,134,743 | 567,878 | |217,804 |
| | STEPHEN PAUL JOHNS | | | | |
| | TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 7 | TO RE-ELECT MS | 8,287,458 | 426,143 | |206,824 |
| | SARAH CAROLYN | | | | |
| | HAILES KAY TO THE | | | | |
| | BOARD OF BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
| 8 | AMENDMENTS TO | 7,635,254 | 850,798 | |432,963 |
| | CONSTITUTION | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+---------+
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| | | |
| | | Manner in which votes were cast in person or |
| | | by proxy on a poll (where applicable) |
| | | |
+----+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| | | Votes | Votes | | Votes |
| | | For | Against | | Abstain |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 2 | TO ADOPT THE | 911,329,539 | 7,913,609 | |6,185,205 |
| | REMUNERATION REPORT | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 3 | TO ELECT MR JOHN | 919,383,190 | 1,912,964 | |4,138,899 |
| | PATRICK MULLEN TO | | | | |
| | THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 4 | TO ELECT MR BRIAN | 909,249,399 | 12,120,516 | |4,062,138 |
| | MARTIN SCHWARTZ AM | | | | |
| | TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 5 | TO RE-ELECT MR | 890,874,154 | 30,604,818 | |3,956,081 |
| | GRAHAM JOHN KRAEHE | | | | |
| | AO TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 6 | TO RE-ELECT MR | 907,787,186 | 13,650,545 | |3,987,984 |
| | STEPHEN PAUL JOHNS | | | | |
| | TO THE BOARD OF | | | | |
| | BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 7 | TO RE-ELECT MS | 918,036,717 | 3,372,213 | |4,018,723 |
| | SARAH CAROLYN | | | | |
| | HAILES KAY TO THE | | | | |
| | BOARD OF BRAMBLES | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
| 8 | AMENDMENTS TO | 677,146,838 | 8,302,946 | |4,626,644 |
| | CONSTITUTION | | | | |
+----+---------------------+-------------------+---------------+--+-----------+
** - Note that votes relating to a person who abstains on an item are not
counted in determining whether or not the required majority of votes were cast
for or against that item
For further information, contact:
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| Investors and Media: | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Michael Roberts | James Hall |
| Vice President | Manager |
| Investor Relations & Corporate | Investor Relations & Corporate |
| Affairs | Affairs |
| +61 2 9256 5216 | +61 2 9256 5262 |
| +61 418 263 199 | +61 401 524 645 |
| michael.roberts@brambles.com | james.hall@brambles.com |
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