The specific business transacted at our 2002 AGM can be found in the Notice of Meeting. All 16 resolutions proposed at the AGM were initially passed on a show of hands. An overwhelming majority of those present voted in favour of each resolution, and over three billion proxy votes were also cast in favour.
A poll was demanded by a shareholder on Resolution 2 "That the Remuneration policy contained in the report on directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2002 be received".
The result of the poll - shown below - was announced to the Stock Exchange on 18 July:
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Votes FOR the resolution: |
3,415,721,606 (96.82%) |
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Votes AGAINST the resolution: |
112,009,169 (3.18%) |
Accordingly, Resolution 2 was carried.
Fuller details of voting on all resolutions can be found here.