Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8264X

Ascential PLC

06 May 2021

 

Ascential plc

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

All 22 resolutions considered at the 2021 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 1 April 2021.  The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 6 May 2021 was 402,929,204 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 Withheld/ Abstentions
AGM
1.  To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020	375,993,599	99.73	1,026,924	0.27	2,658,470
2.  Resolution withdrawn	n/a		n/a		n/a
3.  To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts	359,267,886	95.39	17,373,098	4.61	3,038,009
4.  Resolution withdrawn	n/a		n/a		n/a
5.  To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company	374,317,475	98.59	5,361,518	1.41	0
6.  To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company	375,488,082	99.52	1,802,901	0.48	2,388,010
7.  To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company	379,678,993	100.00	0	0	0
8.  To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company	379,678,993	100.00	0	0	0
9.  To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company	322,690,504	85.04	56,758,474	14.96	230,015
10.  To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company	379,676,766	100.00	2,227	0.00	0
11.  To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company	347,244,738	91.46	32,434,255	8.54	0
12.  To elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director of the Company	379,678,993	100.00	0	0	0
13.  To elect Joanne Harris as a Director of the Company	379,678,993	100.00	0	0	0
14.  To elect Funke Ighodaro as a Director of the Company	378,409,892	99.67	1,269,101	0.33	0
15.  To elect Charles Song as a Director of the Company	379,656,614	99.99	22,379	0.01	0
16.  To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	373,830,220	98.46	5,848,773	1.54	0
17.  To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor	377,245,154	99.36	2,433,839	0.64	0
18.  To authorise the Company to make political donations	344,310,102	90.68	35,368,891	9.32	0
19.  To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities	362,316,563	95.43	17,362,430	4.57	0
20.  To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 20 in the Notice of AGM	379,678,993	100.00	0	0.00	0
21.  To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 21 in the Notice of AGM	372,143,701	98.02	7,535,292	1.98	0
22.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	376,262,169	99.13	3,284,459	0.87	132,365
23.  To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	366,285,896	96.47	13,393,097	3.53	0
24.  To approve amended Articles of Association	379,678,993	100.00	0	0.00	0

Notes

1.  AGM Resolutions 1, 3 and 5-19 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 20 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.

2.  ​ Resolution 2 pertaining to the Directors' Remuneration Policy and Resolution 4 pertaining to the proposed Ten-Year Equity Plan received a majority of shareholder support ahead of the meeting but not to a level that satisfied the Board. As a consequence, the Board elected to withdraw the resolutions and continue to operate under the remuneration policy approved by shareholders in 2020.

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

4.  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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