GPG
23/05/2014 08:30
MEETING

REL: 0830 HRS Guinness Peat Group Plc

MEETING: GPG: Results of Annual General Meeting

GUINNESS PEAT GROUP plc
("GPG" or the "Company")
Announcement

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

GPG announces that at the AGM, held in London, United Kingdom on 22 May 2014,
all of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of show of
hands by the requisite majority.

The attached table shows the proxy votes cast on each resolution.

Notes:

o Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the "for" column.
o A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "for" or "against" the resolution.
o Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM are being
submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK National Storage Mechanism which is located at
http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Total Voting Rights

The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the
total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 20 May
2014 was 1,407,233,327.

Audio Recording

An audio recording of the AGM has been made and will be available on the
Company's website at www.gpgplc.com later today.

Chris Healy
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
+44 20 7663 3992

22 May 2014

Enquiry details are:

New Zealand and Australian media: Geoff Senescall on: +64 9 309 5659
UK media: Kevin Smith on: +44 20 7282 1054
Charles Ryland on: +44 20 7466 5000
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