Result of AGM
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The Board of the Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, all the resolutions considered at the AGM were duly passed by the required majority by means of a poll vote.
The results of the poll votes on the resolutions are shown in the table below:
| Resolution | Votes for | Votes against | Total votes cast (excl. withheld) | Votes withheld | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | No. of votes | ||
| 1. | To receive the report & accounts | 107,246,044 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 107,246,044 | 534,487 |
| 2. | To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 103,368,951 | 96.83% | 3,386,986 | 3.17% | 106,755,937 | 1,024,594 |
| 3. | To declare a final dividend | 107,750,949 | 99.97% | 28,965 | 0.03% | 107,779,914 | 617 |
| 4. | To re-appoint Richard Pennycook as a director | 105,862,306 | 98.69% | 1,409,236 | 1.31% | 107,271,542 | 508,989 |
| 5. | To re-appoint Simon Cooper as a director | 107,738,847 | 99.97% | 35,377 | 0.03% | 107,774,224 | 6,307 |
| 6. | To re-appoint Shaun Morton as a director | 107,738,147 | 99.97% | 32,304 | 0.03% | 107,770,451 | 10,080 |
| 7. | To re-appoint Elaine O'Donnell as a director | 106,374,539 | 98.70% | 1,395,912 | 1.30% | 107,770,451 | 10,080 |
| 8. | To re-appoint Justine Greening as a director | 106,365,252 | 98.70% | 1,405,007 | 1.30% | 107,770,259 | 10,272 |
| 9. | To re-appoint Zoe Harris as a director | 107,737,955 | 99.97% | 32,304 | 0.03% | 107,770,259 | 10,272 |
| 10. | To re-appoint Veronica Sharma as a director | 106,373,533 | 98.70% | 1,396,726 | 1.30% | 107,770,259 | 10,272 |
| 11. | To re-appoint Jon Wormald as a director | 106,045,074 | 99.97% | 35,377 | 0.03% | 106,080,451 | 1,700,080 |
| 12. | To appoint Victoria Self as a director | 107,761,380 | 99.99% | 9,071 | 0.01% | 107,770,451 | 10,080 |
| 13. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 107,271,175 | 99.53% | 503,477 | 0.47% | 107,774,652 | 5,879 |
| 14. | To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 107,773,307 | 99.99% | 5,545 | 0.01% | 107,778,852 | 1,679 |
| 15. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 97,611,843 | 90.57% | 10,164,180 | 9.43% | 107,776,023 | 4,508 |
| 16. | To authorise political donations | 99,090,521 | 91.95% | 8,678,866 | 8.05% | 107,769,387 | 11,144 |
| 17. | To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights | 104,894,258 | 97.35% | 2,858,534 | 2.65% | 107,752,792 | 27,739 |
| 18. | To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights (acquisition or capital investment) | 95,098,583 | 88.24% | 12,676,079 | 11.76% | 107,774,662 | 5,869 |
| 19. | To authorise the purchase of own shares | 107,246,398 | 99.51% | 531,073 | 0.49% | 107,777,471 | 3,060 |
| 20. | To reduce the notice period required for General Meetings | 98,890,924 | 91.75% | 8,888,990 | 8.25% | 107,779,914 | 617 |
Notes:
- The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at the date of the AGM was 160,827,058 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held.
- Resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.
- In accordance with paragraph 6.4.2 of the UK Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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