Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5665Y
Ascential PLC
09 May 2019
 

 

 

Ascential plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

 

All 18 resolutions considered at the 2019 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 14 March 2019.  The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 9 May 2019 was 402,775,022 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 2018

359,839,761

100.00

516

0.00

234,180

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

256,656,145

99.15

3,072,116

0.85

346,196

3.     To declare a final dividend of 3.9p per share for the year ended 31 December 2019

360,072,909

100.00

0

0.00

1,548

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

351,080,739

97.50

8,990,106

2.50

3,612

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

329,960,730

94.69

18,519,144

5.31

11,594,583

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

349,888,552

97.17

10,183,325

2.83

2,580

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

348,846,885

97.50

8,958,325

2.50

2,269,247

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

351,281,719

97.56

8,789,126

2.44

3,612

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

351,413,084

97.60

8,658,325

2.40

3,048

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

350,617,506

97.47

9,111,209

2.53

345,742

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

357,806,859

100.00

1,275

0.00

2,266,323

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

358,748,153

99.63

1,324,632

0.37

1,672

13.   To authorise the Company to make political donations

356,655,259

99.05

3,417,010

0.95

2,188

14.   To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities

344,708,523

95.73

15,364,005

4.27

1,929

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

356,648,425

99.05

3,422,826

0.95

3,206

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

350,156,713

97.25

9,914,281

2.75

3,463

17.   To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

356,482,518

99.37

2,266,137

0.63

1,325,802

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

347,575,719

96.53

12,496,688

3.47

2,050

 

Notes

1.     AGM Resolutions 1 to 14 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

 

 

 

 

 

 


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