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Results of voting at AGMs

Voting on the resolutions put to each AGM is on a poll rather than by a show of hands. The results of the poll are announced to the London Stock Exchange, via the Regulatory Information Service, as soon as practicable after the AGM. They are also published on this page.

Results of AGM

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions, including those electing and re-electing Board members, were passed by shareholders.

Commenting on the results Sir Christopher Hogg, Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline said "I'm very pleased that all the resolutions have been passed by such a substantial majority."

The following table shows the votes cast for each resolution:

  Resolution Total Votes For* % Total Votes Against % Total Votes Cast Abstentions **
1. Adoption of Financial Statements 3,772,569,153 98.61 53,133,367 1.39 3,825,702,520 126,825,561
2. Approval of the Remuneration
Report
3,256,510,243 89.49 382,337,135 10.51 3,638,847,378 314,504,441
3. Election of Mr H L Culp 3,915,556,226 99.46 21,302,704 0.54 3,936,858,930 15,669,151
4. Election of Mr C Davis 3,915,875,382 99.46 21,323,427 0.54 3,937,198,809 15,329,272
5. Election of Sir Robert Wilson 3,916,386,157 99.45 21,552,354 0.55 3,937,938,511 14,589,570
6. Election of Dr T Yamada 3,861,633,390 99.33 26,051,285 0.67 3,887,684,675 64,843,406
7. Re-election of Sir Christopher
Hogg
3,876,671,124 98.83 45,713,506 1.17 3,922,384,630 30,143,451
8. Re-appointment of Auditors 3,758,892,246 99.32 25,819,263 0.68 3,784,711,509 167,816,572
9. Remuneration of Auditors 3,918,517,277 99.48 20,305,032 0.52 3,938,822,309 13,705,772
10. Authorise donations to EU Political
Organisations and incur EU Political
Expenditure
3,843,373,653 97.99 78,986,180 2.01 3,922,359,833 30,168,248
11. Disapplication of pre-emption
rights***
3,904,964,468 99.00 39,246,915 1.00 3,944,211,383 8,316,698
12. Authority for the Company to
purchase its own shares***
3,882,768,808 99.45 21,328,838 0.55 3,904,097,646 48,430,435

* Includes discretionary votes.
** An abstention is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
*** Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority

The following table provides further relevant information:

  GlaxoSmithKline's
Fourth AGM (2004)
GlaxoSmithKline's
Third AGM (2003)
Issued share capital
(excluding Treasury Shares)
5,921,564,431 6,001,763,774
Total votes cast and abstentions lodged as a % of GSK's
issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares).
66.75% 63.23%
Total shareholder population. 230,939 241,420
Total number of proxies lodged. 17,400 18,560
% of shareholders who lodged proxies. 7.53% 7.69%
Number of shareholders, corporate representatives and
proxies who attended the AGM
349 532

S M Bicknell
Company Secretary
17th May 2004

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