Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1542Y

ASOS PLC

01 December 2017

 

1 December 2017

ASOS Plc (the 'Company')

Result of AGM

ASOS Plc is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, were duly passed by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 30 November 2017, as set out in the table below.

RESOLUTIONS	FOR	% FOR	AGAINST	% AGAINST	WITHHELD*
1. To approve the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 August 2017	62,126,890	99.54%	290,159	0.46%	124,578
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 August 2017	59,475,211	98.10%	1,150,482	1.90%	1,915,934
3. To re-elect Brian McBride as a Director of the Company	62,367,164	99.72%	174,318	0.28%	145
4. To re-elect Nick Beighton as a Director of the Company	62,339,252	99.76%	149,279	0.24%	53,096
5. To re-elect Helen Ashton as a Director of the Company	62,234,651	99.59%	253,880	0.41%	53,096
6. To re-elect Ian Dyson as a Director of the Company	62,199,408	99.45%	342,074	0.55%	145
7. To re-elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company	62,367,858	99.72%	173,624	0.28%	145
8. To re-elect Hilary Riva as a Director of the Company	62,255,245	99.54%	286,237	0.46%	145
9. To re-elect Nick Robertson as a Director of the Company	62,259,756	99.63%	228,920	0.37%	52,951
10. To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	62,208,305	99.88%	77,195	0.12%	256,127
11. To authorise the Directors to determine the amount of the auditors' remuneration	62,541,482	100.00%	0	0.00%	145
12. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares in the Company	62,453,061	99.86%	88,393	0.14%	173
13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights**	62,168,672	99.40%	372,782	0.60%	173
14. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares**	61,730,356	98.76%	775,371	1.24%	35,900

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution

** Passed as a special resolution.

Full details of the voting will be available shortly on the Company's website:  www.asosplc.com

For further information:

ASOS Plc
Greg Feehely, Director of Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Instinctif Partners
Matthew Smallwood/Justine Warren	Tel: [phone]
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Michael Wentworth-Stanley/Caroline Thomlinson	Tel: [phone]
Numis Securities
Alex Ham	Tel: [phone]

Background note

ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling cutting-edge fashion and offering a wide variety of fashion-related content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community. ASOS sells over 85,000 branded and own-label products through localised mobile and web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe to almost every country in the world.

ASOS tailors the mix of own-label, global and local brands sold through each of eight local language websites: UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia and Russia.

ASOS's websites attracted 135.7m visits during August 2017 (August 2016: 117.5m) and as at 31 August 2017 had 15.4m active customers¹ (31 August 2016: 12.4m), of which 5.2m were located in the UK and 10.2m were located in international territories (31 August 2016: 4.7m in the UK and 7.7m internationally).

¹ Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 31 August 2017

 

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