SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS
All the Resolutions in the Notice of the Meeting were
approved on a show of hands.
Results of proxy-voting are shown below.
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The Chairman and the Chief Executive
both made statements to the meeting.
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The Company's Report and Accounts for
the year ended 31 December 2001 were received. Questions
on a number of topics were answered in the course
of discussion.
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A final dividend was approved of 1.5
p per ordinary share payable on 7 June 2002 to holders
of ordinary shares on the register at the close of
business on 26 April 2002.
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The Auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
were re-appointed and the Directors were authorised
to fix their remuneration.
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Authority was given for the Company
to make political donations to EU political organizations
and incur EU political expenditure.
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Approval was given for the remuneration
policy.
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Authority was given to the Directors:- |
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to amend the rules of the BG Group
Company Share Option Scheme; and |
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to amend the rules of the BG Group
Long Term Incentive Scheme.
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Authority was given to purchase the
Company's own shares.
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Approval was given to amend the Company's
Articles of Association.
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The meeting lasted just over 50 minutes and was attended
by some 213 shareholders, proxies and corporate representatives.
VOTING/PROXIES
All Resolutions were approved on a show of hands and
there were no polls.
The number of proxy votes for and against each of the
Resolutions on the Notice of the Meeting were as follows:-
| Resolution No |
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For
(including discretionary) |
Against |
| 1 |
Annual Report and Accounts |
1,869,923,512 |
2,219,781 |
| 2 |
Declaration of Dividend |
1,878,846,422 |
1,252,396 |
| 3 |
Re-appointment and remuneration of
auditors |
1,740,170,429 |
54,004,305 |
| 4 |
Authority to make political donations |
1,709,808,350 |
78,796,508 |
| 5 |
Approval of Directors' remuneration
policy |
1,601,442,250 |
212,039,857 |
| 6 |
Amendment of BG Group Company Share
Option Scheme |
1,518,650,949 |
294,809,978 |
| 7 |
Amendment of BG Group Long Term Incentive
Scheme |
1,654,612,633 |
159,600,451 |
| 8 |
Renewal of Authority to purchase own
ordinary shares |
1,877,036,633 |
3,042,914 |
| 9 |
Amendment of Articles of Association |
1,870,170,351 |
8,782,365 |
NOTE: Formal Minutes of the Meeting are available to
shareholders on request.
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