11 June 2020
Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC
Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC (the "Company") announces the results of voting on its resolutions at its Annual General Meeting, which was held on 11 June 2020, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted by way of a poll and were passed.
The votes cast for resolutions 3, 4, 5 and 7 relating to the election of the independent Directors were duly passed by both a majority of the votes cast by the independent shareholders as well as by a majority of votes cast by all shareholders. These votes have been calculated separately and are shown below.
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For |
Against |
Total votes cast |
Vote withheld |
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Resolution |
No. of votes |
% of votes cast |
No. of votes |
% of votes cast |
No. of votes |
No. of votes |
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1. To receive and adopt the Directors' report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2019 |
277,809,838 |
100% |
9,179 |
0.00% |
277,819,017 |
50,014 |
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2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
277,853,252 |
99.99% |
15,780 |
0.01% |
277,869,032 |
0
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3. To elect Steve Breach as a Director |
All |
277,770,382 |
99.96% |
98,650 |
0.04% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
Independent |
80,124,734 |
99.88% |
98,650 |
0.12% |
80,223,384 |
0 |
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4. To elect Adrian Chamberlain as a Director |
All |
277,869,032 |
100% |
0 |
0.00% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
Independent |
80,223,384 |
100% |
0 |
0.00% |
80,223,384 |
0 |
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5. To elect Charlotte de Metz as a Director |
All |
277,869,032 |
100% |
0 |
0.00% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
Independent |
80,223,384 |
100% |
0 |
0.00% |
80,223,384 |
0 |
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6. To elect Duncan Magrath as a Director |
277,701,225 |
99.94% |
167,807 |
0.06% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
|
7. To elect Chris Sullivan as a Director |
All |
277,510,878 |
99.87% |
358,154 |
0.13% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
Independent |
79,865,230 |
99.55% |
358,154 |
0.45% |
80,223,384 |
0 |
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8. To elect Matthew White as a Director |
277,725,236 |
99.95% |
143,796 |
0.05% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
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9. To re-elect Andrew Denton as a Director |
277,725,236 |
99.95% |
143,796 |
0.05% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
|
10. To re-elect Andrew Page as a Director |
276,804,037 |
99.62% |
1,064,994 |
0.38% |
277,869,031 |
0 |
|
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors |
277,857,032 |
100% |
0 |
0.00% |
277,857,032 |
12,000 |
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12. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
277,865,252 |
100% |
3,780 |
0.00% |
277,869,032 |
0 |
|
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations |
277,702,462 |
99.94% |
165,720 |
0.06% |
277,868,182 |
850 |
|
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
277,626,985 |
99.91% |
241,197 |
0.09% |
277,868,182 |
850 |
|
15. Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights |
277,867,582 |
100% |
600 |
0.00% |
277,868,182 |
850 |
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16. Additional authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights |
277,681,402 |
99.93% |
186,779 |
0.07% |
277,868,181 |
850 |
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17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
275,851,774 |
99.28% |
2,012,627 |
0.72% |
277,864,401 |
4,630 |
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18. To amend the Company's Articles of Association |
255,534,923 |
91.96% |
22,333,258 |
8.04% |
277,868,181 |
850 |
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19. Authority to call a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
276,901,909 |
99.65% |
966,273 |
0.35% |
277,868,182 |
850 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "for" totals.
2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
3. The number of shares in issue at close of business on 10 June 2020 was 300,000,000 (the "Share Capital"). The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 and 9.2.6ER(1), a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM concerning items other than ordinary business along with the new articles of association will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
For further information:
Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC Charlotte Caulfield, Company Secretary
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+44 (0)20 7588 1800 |
LEI Number: 213800C5UOZHUTNUGA28 |
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Notes to Editors
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Alfa Systems is currently used by customers or has live implementations in 26 countries and Alfa has offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. For more information, visit www.alfasystems.com .