Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2442G

Card Factory PLC

25 May 2017

 

25 May 2017

Card Factory plc

(the "Company" or "Card Factory")

Result 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 25 May 2017 were passed by way of a show of hands at its 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	280,402,598	99.94%	167,000	0.06%	14,288
2.	Approve Final Dividend	280,583,886	100.00%	0	0.00%	0
3.	Re-elect Geoff Cooper	250,145,198	98.14%	4,740,624	1.86%	25,698,063
4.	Re-elect Karen Hubbard	280,269,496	99.89%	314,390	0.11%	0
5.	Re-elect Darren Bryant	280,268,496	99.89%	315,390	0.11%	0
6.	Re-elect Octavia Morley	280,222,877	99.88%	347,706	0.12%	13,303
7.	Re-elect David Stead	280,328,374	99.91%	255,512	0.09%	0
8.	Re-elect Paul McCrudden	280,327,674	99.91%	256,212	0.09%	0
9.	Approve Remuneration Report	277,072,929	98.75%	3,507,910	1.25%	2,359
10.	Re-appoint auditor	277,072,929	98.75%	3,507,910	1.25%	2,359
11.	Remuneration of auditor	280,580,438	100.00%	820	0.00%	2,332
12.	Authority to allot shares	280,477,677	99.96%	105,224	0.04%	1,969
13.	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	280,404,803	99.94%	177,439	0.06%	1,644
14.	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	280,404,803	99.94%	177,439	0.06%	1,644
15.	Authority to purchase own shares	279,949,712	99.77%	633,189	0.23%	985
16.	Authority to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	276,426,337	98.52%	4,156,563	1.48%	985

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 280,583,886 shares representing 82.32% of the issued share capital

4.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed will be 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 340,844,864 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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