11 January 2023
ASOS Plc
Result of AGM
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, 11 January 2023, ASOS Plc (the "Company") announces the result of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:
RESOLUTIONS |
FOR |
% FOR |
AGAINST |
% AGAINST |
WITHHELD* |
1. To approve the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 August 2022 |
67,217,922 |
99.84% |
109,608 |
0.16% |
119,512 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
66,669,368 |
98.95% |
709,121 |
1.05% |
68,553 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
65,577,802 |
97.23% |
1,867,729 |
2.77% |
1,511 |
4. To re-elect Jørgen Lindemann as a Director of the Company |
66,282,261 |
98.47% |
1,032,923 |
1.53% |
131,858 |
5. To re-elect Mai Fyfield as a Director of the Company |
67,043,836 |
99.41% |
399,733 |
0.59% |
3,473 |
6. To re-elect Nick Robertson as a Director of the Company |
66,786,203 |
99.03% |
657,366 |
0.97% |
3,473 |
7. To elect Jos é Antonio Ramos Calamonte as a Director of the Company |
66,951,770 |
99.27% |
491,578 |
0.73% |
3,644 |
8. To elect Patrick Kennedy as a Director of the Company |
66,626,458 |
98.79% |
816,890 |
1.21% |
3,644 |
9. To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company |
62,758,308 |
93.05% |
4,686,962 |
6.95% |
1,772 |
10. To authorise the Directors to determine the amount of the auditors' remuneration |
62,834,082 |
93.16% |
4,610,526 |
6.84% |
2,434 |
11. To authorise the Company to make political donations |
67,032,052 |
99.39% |
413,783 |
0.61% |
1,207 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares in the Company |
67,141,819 |
99.55% |
302,541 |
0.45% |
2,682 |
13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights** |
67,255,477 |
99.72% |
189,517 |
0.28% |
2,048 |
14. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares** |
66,957,618 |
99.28% |
488,195 |
0.72% |
1,229 |
15. To approve the ASOS Plc Deferred Bonus Plan 2022 and rules |
66,978,972 |
99.41% |
399,101 |
0.59% |
68,969 |
*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 and a recording of the meeting will be available shortly on the Company's website: www.asosplc.com
The total number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 January 2023 was 100,015,069. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions (other than those relating to ordinary business) will be submitted to the FCA National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
For further information:
ASOS Plc |
Tel: 020 7756 1000 |
José Antonio Ramos Calamonte, Chief Executive Officer Katy Mecklenburgh, Interim Chief Financial Officer Taryn Rosekilly, Director of Investor Relations Holly Cassell, Head of Investor Relations Katja Hall, Director of Corporate Affairs Website: www.asosplc.com/investors/ |
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Headland Consultancy |
Tel: 020 3805 4822 |
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Susanna Voyle / Stephen Malthouse |
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JPMorgan Cazenove |
Tel: 020 7742 4000 |
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Bill Hutchings / Will Vanderspar |
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Numis Securities |
Tel: 020 7260 1000 |
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Alex Ham / Jonathan Wilcox / Tom Jacob |
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Berenberg |
Tel: 020 3207 7800 |
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Michelle Wilson |
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Background note
ASOS is a destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings around the world, with a purpose to give its customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be. Through its app and mobile/desktop web experience, available in ten languages and in over 200 markets, ASOS customers can shop a curated edit of over 70,000 products, sourced from nearly 900 global and local third-party brands alongside a mix of fashion-led own-brand labels - ASOS Design, ASOS Edition, ASOS 4505, Collusion, Reclaimed Vintage, Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT. ASOS aims to give all of its customers a truly frictionless experience, with an ever-greater number of different payment methods and hundreds of local deliveries and return options, including Next-Day Delivery and Same-Day Delivery, dispatched from state-of-the-art fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Germany.