Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8183L

Chesnara PLC

17 May 2022

 

LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06

17 May 2022

CHESNARA plc

("Chesnara" or "the Company")

RESULT OF THE CHESNARA PLC 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Chesnara plc announces that the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 17 May 2022 were passed by a show of hands. For information, the results of the AGM, which includes the total number of votes received for each resolution, are set out below. The Company's issued share capital on 17 May 2022 consisted of 150,157,451 ordinary 5p shares and the number of voting rights was also 150,157,451 ordinary 5p shares (as there were no treasury shares).

No.	Resolution	No. of votes 'for' & 'discretionary'	%	Votes 'against'*	%	Total No. of votes cast	Votes 'withheld'
1	To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021	95,706,161	99.99	9,059	0.01	95,715,220	45,837
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	93,267,407	97.43	2,459,491	2.57	95,726,898	34,159
3	To declare a final dividend of 14.72p per ordinary share	95,751,262	99.99	3,731	0.01	95,754,993	6,064
4	To elect Steve Murray as a director	95,716,530	99.99	6,459	0.01	95,722,989	38,068
5	To elect Carol Hagh as a director	95,706,467	99.98	16,522	0.02	95,722,989	38,068
6	To elect Karin Bergstein as a director	95,707,702	99.98	15,287	0.02	95,722,989	38,068
7	To re-elect David Rimmington as a director	95,705,170	99.98	17,819	0.02	95,722,989	38,068
8	To re-elect Jane Dale as a director	95,230,992	99.49	491,997	0.51	95,722,989	38,068
9	To re-elect Luke Savage as a director	92,371,126	96.50	3,351,863	3.50	95,722,989	38,068
10	To re-elect Mark Hesketh as a director	95,055,357	99.30	667,632	0.70	95,722,989	38,068
11	To re-elect Eamonn Flanagan as a director	94,676,826	98.91	1,046,163	1.09	95,722,989	38,068
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	95,701,658	99.96	38,589	0.04	95,740,247	20,810
13	To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	95,710,436	99.97	31,991	0.03	95,742,427	18,630
14	To provide limited authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	94,182,354	98.37	1,564,775	1.63	95,747,129	13,928
15	To implement and operate a Savings Related Share Option Scheme	95,289,000	99.52	462,992	0.48	95,751,992	9,065
16	To authorise the directors to allot equity securities up to a specified amount	93,080,336	97.21	2,672,553	2.79	95,752,889	8,168
17	Special resolution - to give the directors power to allot equity securities for cash without making an offer to shareholders (rights issue or open offer)	94,562,055	98.76	1,190,834	1.24	95,752,889	8,168
18.	Special resolution - to give the directors power to allot equity securities for cash without making an offer to shareholders (financing or refinancing an acquisition)	93,056,973	97.18	2,695,916	2.82	95,752,889	8,168
19.	Special resolution - to give the Company limited authority to purchase its own shares	95,707,674	99.96	38,963	0.04	95,746,637	14,420
20.	Special resolution - to allow the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear working days' notice	95,094,585	99.31	659,881	0.69	95,754,466	6,591

*Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether the resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Meeting set out in the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, copies of which are available on the Company's website, www.chesnara.co.uk . In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, full details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Investor Enquiries

Sam Perowne

Head of Strategic Development & Investor Relations

Chesnara plc

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Media Enquiries

Roddy Watt

Director, Capital Markets

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Notes to Editors

Chesnara is a European life and pensions consolidator listed on the London Stock Exchange.  It administers approximately one million policies and operates as Countrywide Assured and Sanlam Life & Pensions in the UK, as The Waard Group and Scildon in the Netherlands, and as Movestic in Sweden.

Following a three pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests. It also adds value by writing profitable new business in Sweden and the Netherlands and by undertaking value-adding acquisitions of either companies or portfolios.

Consistent delivery of the Company strategy has enabled Chesnara to increase its dividend for 17 years in succession.

Further details are available on the Company's website ( www.chesnara.co.uk ).

 

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