Result of AGM and GM

RNS Number : 9202E
Ascential PLC
11 May 2017
 

11 May 2017

  

 

Ascential plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and General Meeting ("GM")

 

 

Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) ("the Company"), the global, business-to-business media company with a focused portfolio of market-leading events and information services brands, today announces that all 18 resolutions at the AGM and the one resolution at the GM held today were duly passed on a poll.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 24 February 2017 and the Notice of GM dated 25 April 2017.  The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 11 May 2017 was 400,550,938 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

 

Resolution no.

Shares For

%

Shares Against

%

Shares marked as Votes Witheld/ Abstentions

AGM






1.     To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016

345,315,329

99.94

205,502

0.06

2,894,415

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Annual Report and Accounts

343,536,389

98.60

4,878,355

1.40

502

3.     To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts

346,171,164

99.36

2,243,580

0.64

502

4.     To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company

348,412,736

100.00

1,004

0.00

1,506

5.     To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company

348,207,736

99.94

206,004

0.06

1,506

6.     To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company

348,353,305

99.98

60,435

0.02

1,506

7.     To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company

348,412,736

100.00

1,004

0.00

1,506

8.     To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company

345,314,325

99.94

220,142

0.06

2,880,779

9.     To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company

348,354,309

99.98

59,933

0.02

1,004

10.   To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company

348,412,736

100.00

502

0.00

2,008

11.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

341,637,779

98.87

3,897,190

1.13

2,880,277

12.   To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor

348,378,939

99.99

35,805

0.01

502

13.   To authorise the Company to make political donations

337,301,137

97.62

8,233,330

2.38

2,880,779

14.   To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities

344,517,554

98.88

3,897,190

1.12

502

15.   To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 15 in the Notice of AGM

348,413,238

100.00

0

0.00

2,008

16.   To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 16 in the Notice of AGM

335,203,390

96.21

13,209,848

3.79

2,008

17.   To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

340,964,504

97.86

7,449,738

2.14

1,004

18.   To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

345,894,450

99.28

2,519,289

0.72

1,506

GM






1.  To declare a final dividend of 3.2p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2016

348,609,219

100.00

0


0

 

Notes

1.    AGM Resolutions 1 to 14 and the GM Resolution 1 were passed as ordinary resolutions.  AGM Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

2.    The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.

3.    A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against a resolution

4.    In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special resolutions passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting have been submitted to FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Louise Meads                  +44 (0) 20 7516 5042

Company Secretary

 

 

 


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