Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8618P

Card Factory PLC

31 May 2018

 

31 May 2018

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 31 May 2018 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	284,047,693	99.78	637,677	0.22	137,730
2.	Approve Final Dividend	284,778,901	100.00	0	0.00	44,200
3.	Re-elect Geoff Cooper	274,072,128	96.45	10,079,472	3.55	671,500
4.	Re-elect Karen Hubbard	283,738,011	98.59	4,049,698	1.41	51,309
5.	Elect Kristian Lee	283,738,761	99.85	413,590	0.15	670,750
6.	Re-elect Octavia Morley	274,780,295	96.71	9,360,002	3.29	682,803
7.	Re-elect David Stead	274,870,608	96.74	9,269,689	3.26	682,803
8.	Re-elect Paul McCrudden	274,909,776	96.75	9,240,575	3.25	672,750
9.	Elect Roger Whiteside	283,133,283	99.84	450,613	0.16	1,239,203
10.	Approve Remuneration Policy	236,852,095	84.22	44,370,382	15.78	3,600,623
11.	Approve Remuneration Report	282,959,260	99.94	158,107	0.06	1,705,732
12.	Re-appoint auditor	284,706,460	100.00	5,679	0.00	110,961
13.	Remuneration of auditor	284,431,167	100.00	2,171	0.00	389,763
14.	Authority to allot shares	284,322,843	99.84	450,921	0.16	49,337
15.	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	283,938,563	99.71	820,764	0.29	63,774
16.	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	283,209,317	99.46	1,550,009	0.54	63,774
17.	Authority to purchase own shares	284,326,108	99.84	443,756	0.16	53,236
18.	Authority to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	280,736,497	98.58	4,034,198	1.42	52,406

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  287,787,709 shares representing 84.26% 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 341,549,306 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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