Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9735N
Coats Group PLC
21 May 2015
 

21 May 2015

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 21 May 2015, 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 2014

877,734,757

99.98

206,332

0.02

62.37

87,256

2

Approval of Remuneration Report

800,774,198

91.25

76,809,864

8.75

62.35

441,138

3

Re-election of Mike Allen

869,535,302

99.06

8,290,765

0.94

62.36

202,278

4

Election of Nicholas Bull

869,669,267

99.07

8,164,235

0.93

62.36

194,843

5

Election of Paul Forman

869,460,922

99.05

8,346,662

0.95

62.36

220,761

6

Election of David Gosnell

869,639,037

99.07

8,173,783

0.93

62.36

215,525

7

Election of Richard Howes

853,809,846

97.27

23,971,456

2.73

62.36

247,043

8

Election of Alan Rosling

869,581,493

99.06

8,237,282

0.94

62.36

209,570

9

Election of Rajiv Sharma

853,777,424

98.97

8,914,924

1.03

61.29

15,335,065

10

Reappointment of Auditor

877,453,543

99.96

382,436

0.04

62.36

192,366

11

Approval of Auditor remuneration

877,339,848

99.94

565,597

0.06

62.37

122,900

 

12

Authority to allot relevant securities

868,777,044

98.98

8,970,070

1.02

62.36

281,231

13

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

869,317,160

99.05

8,334,949

0.95

62.35

376,236

14

Authority to purchase own Shares

870,388,924

99.15

7,461,735

0.85

62.36

177,686

15

Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice

781,452,539

89.01

96,455,105

10.99

62.37

120,701

16

Adoption of new articles

869,337,896

99.08

8,106,132

0.92

62.34

584,317

17

Approval of Non-Executive Directors' Fees

865,682,368

98.69

11,515,543

1.31

62.32

830,434

 

 

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 19 May 2015 was 1,407,612,282.

 

Audio Recording

 

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

 

 

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

21 May 2015

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

Enquiry details

UK media                                                          Richard Mountain           +44 20 3727 1374

New Zealand and Australian media                      Geoff Senescall             +64 9 309 5659

Investors                                                           Jaideep Thatai               +44 20 8210 5086

                                                                                                                                               

 

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