Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3635O

Card Factory PLC

27 May 2015

 

27 May 2015

Card Factory plc

(the "Company" or "Card Factory")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Card Factory announces that all of the resolutions set out in Part II of the Notice of AGM ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 23 April 2015 were passed by way of a show of hands at its first AGM held earlier today.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the meeting, are set out below:

	Resolution	Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Votes withheld
1.	Approve Annual Report	289,329,138	99.98	60,000	0.02	110,078
2.	Approve Final Dividend	289,396,536	100.00	0	0.00	102,680
3.	Re-elect Geoff Cooper	259,568,843	98.54	3,833,088	1.46	26,096,285
4.	Re-elect Richard Hayes	288,739,064	99.77	657,472	0.23	102,680
5.	Re-elect Darren Bryant	288,740,064	99.77	656,472	0.23	102,680
6.	Re-elect Octavia Morley	289,128,408	99.91	268,128	0.09	102,680
7.	Re-elect David Stead	289,195,806	99.93	200,730	0.07	102,680
8.	Re-elect Paul McCrudden	289,196,806	99.93	199,730	0.07	102,680
9.	Approve Remuneration Policy	284,523,755	98.32	4,872,781	1.68	102,680
10.	Approve Remuneration Report	286,235,489	99.37	1,821,367	0.63	1,442,360
11.	Re-appoint auditors	285,361,699	98.61	4,034,837	1.39	102,680
12.	Remuneration of auditors	286,818,028	99.11	2,578,508	0.89	102,680
13.	Authority to allot shares	289,395,536	100.00	1,000	0.00	102,680
14.	Approve Card Factory plc SAYE Scheme	289,265,940	99.95	130,596	0.05	102,680
15.	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	265,769,692	99.38	1,663,016	0.62	22,065,508
16.	Authority to purchase own shares	289,393,536	100.00	3,000	0.00	102,680
17.	Authority to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	285,911,623	98.80	3,484,912	1.20	102,680

Notes:

1.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "Votes for" total.

2.   "Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

3.   Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 289,499,216 shares representing 84.97% of the issued share capital

4.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

5.   A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's investor relations website at www.cardfactoryinvestors.com

6.   The Company has 340,696,235 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue with voting rights.

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Shiv Sibal, Company Secretary

01924 839150

ENDS

 

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