AGM Statement

RNS Number : 4598F

Coats Group PLC

17 May 2017

 

17 May 2017

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Coats announces that at the AGM, held in London, United Kingdom on 17 May 2017, all the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of a show of hands by the requisite majority.

The following table shows the proxy votes cast on each resolution:

Resolution		Total Votes For		Total Votes Against		Total Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital	Votes Withheld
			%		%	%
1	Receipt of Annual Report 2016	1,070,132,175	99.99	91,033	0.01	75.83%	108,198
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	1,070,050,902	99.99	134,798	0.01	75.82%	145,706
3	Approval of Directors Remuneration Policy	1,048,569,448	99.99	153,415	0.01	74.30%	150,924
4	Approval of Dividend	1,070,240,974	99.99	90,432	0.01	75.83%	0
5	Re-election of Mike Allen	1,070,218,987	99.99	98,061	0.01	75.83%	13,358
6	Re-election of Ruth Anderson	1,070,227,790	99.99	98,213	0.01	75.83%	4,403
7	Re-election of Nicholas Bull	1,070,218,890	99.99	98,153	0.01	75.83%	14,363
8	Re-election of Mike Clasper	1,041,308,815	99.99	99,061	0.01	73.79%	28,923,530
9	Re-election of David Gosnell	1,070,211,949	99.99	97,480	0.01	75.83%	21,977
10	Re-election of Alan Rosling	1,070,196,383	99.99	99,108	0.01	75.83%	35,915
11	Re-election of Rajiv Sharma	1,069,986,240	99.97	335,091	0.03	75.83%	10,075
12	Election of Simon Boddie	1,070,191,825	99.99	118,272	0.01	75.83%	21,309
13	Election of Fran Philip	1,048,798,014	99.99	99,516	0.01	74.32%	2,777
14	Reappointment of Auditor	1,048,774,921	99.99	94,410	0.01	74.31%	30,976
15	Approval of Auditor remuneration	1,048,809,419	99.99	81,671	0.01	74.32%	9,217
16	Authority to allot relevant securities	1,048,657,293	99.98	194,350	0.02	74.31%	48,664
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	1,048,660,585	99.99	121,284	0.01	74.31%	118,438
18	Authority to purchase own Shares	1,048,738,786	99.99	113,392	0.01	74.31%	47,658
19	Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice	1,048,168,526	99.93	716,915	0.07	74.31%	14,866

Notes:

·      Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been in the "for" column.

·      A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the "votes for" or "against" the resolution.

·      Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Total Voting Rights

The total number of Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 17 May 2017 was 1,411,212,101.

Audio Recording

An audio recording of the AGM has been made and will be made available on the Company's website at www.coats.com later today.

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

17 May 2017

Enquiry details

Coats Group plc Investor Relations          Rob Mann         [phone] or 07730 592 367

 

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