Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8703F

AO World plc

17 July 2019

 

AO World PLC ("Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AO World plc held earlier today all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed.  Details of the votes cast are shown in the table below.

	Resolution	Votes in favour*		Votes against		Total number of votes cast	Votes Withheld**
		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%		No. of shares
1	To receive the report and accounts	275,855,483	97.98	5,693,402	2.02	281,548,885	109,998
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report	250,486,042	88.94	31,162,187	11.06	281,648,229	10,654
3	To re-elect Geoff Cooper as a Director	281,486,746	99.94	172,137	0.06	281,658,883	-
4	To re-elect John Roberts as a Director	281,633,549	99.99	25,334	0.01	281,658,883	-
5	To re-elect Mark Higgins as a Director	281,633,549	99.99	25,334	0.01	281,658,883	-
6	To re-elect Chris Hopkinson as a Director	281,543,421	99.96	115,461	0.04	281,658,882	-
7	To re-elect Marisa Cassoni as a Director	279,638,239	99.28	2,020,644	0.72	281,658,883	-
8	To re-elect Jacqueline de Rojas as a Director	279,598,188	99.27	2,060,695	0.73	281,658,883	-
9	To elect Shaun McCabe as a Director	281,633,549	99.99	25,334	0.01	281,658,883	-
10	To elect Luisa Delgado as a Director	281,652,883	99.99	6,000	0.01	281,658,883	-
11	To re- appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	281,652,843	99.99	6,040	0.01	281,658,883	-
12	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	281,652,883	99.99	6,000	0.01	281,658,883	-
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	268,707,984	95.40	12,950,899	4.6	281,658,883	-
14	To disapply pre-emption rights***	281,655,843	99.99	3,040	0.01	281,658,883	-
15	To disapply pre-emption rights - limited to an acquisition or capital investment***	268,711,658	95.40	12,947,224	4.6	281,658,882	-
16	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares***	275,964,291	97.98	5,685,103	2.02	281,649,394	9,488
17	To authorise the Company to make political donations	280,522,905	99.6	1,135,978	0.4	281,658,883	-
18	To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 days' notice***	280,767,032	99.68	891,851	0.32	281,658,883	-

*      Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

**   A vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution

*** Passed as special resolutions

The maximum number of votes cast was 281,658,883 representing 59.7% of the Company's issued share capital of as at 6pm on 15 July 2019.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

Enquiries:

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