celtic plc annual general meeting

Newsroom Staff
AT the Annual General Meeting of Celtic plc held earlier today, polls were called on Resolutions 3, 4 and 5 relating to the re-elections of Tom Allison, John Reid and Dermot Desmond as directors of Celtic. Shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to re-elect each of these Directors.

The results of the poll, certified by Computershare Investor Services plc, who acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

RESOLUTION 3 (RE- ELECTION OF TOM ALLISON)
Votes in favour: 68,008,700 (99.88%)
Votes against: 84,908 (0.12%)
Votes withheld: 11,421
OUTCOME: RESOLUTION 3 CARRIED

RESOLUTION 4 (RE-ELECTION OF JOHN REID)
Votes in favour: 68,017,548 (99.87%)
Votes against: 87,124 (0.13%)
Votes withheld: 2,750
OUTCOME: RESOLUTION 4 CARRIED

RESOLUTION 5 (RE-ELECTION OF DERMOT DESMOND)
Votes in favour: 67,972,619 (99.83%)
Votes against: 112,916 (0.17%)
Votes withheld: 9,104
OUTCOME: RESOLUTION 5 CARRIED

Discretionary proxy votes in the name of the Chairman were cast in favour of each of the resolutions on which a poll was conducted.

Celtic Chairman Dr John Reid said: "We are delighted with the outcome of today’s vote, which was also very much reflective of the voting in person at the AGM on a show of hands. We are grateful to our shareholders for their support and endorsement.”