Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2383T

Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC

23 March 2021

 

23 March 2021

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc

(the 'Company')

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today at the Company's Registered Office Crest House, Pyrcroft Road, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 9GN.

All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll.

The full details of each resolution are set out in the Notice of Meeting circulated to shareholders on 16 February 2021 (and available on the Company's website at www.crestnicholson.com/investor-relations/shareholder-centre). The voting results, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the AGM are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.crestnicholson.com/investor-relations/shareholder-centre.

	Resolution	Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Total votes	% of ISC voted	Votes withheld*
1	Receive the report and accounts	197,915,997	99.93%	130,385	0.07%	198,046,382	77.08	374,222
2	Re-elect Iain Ferguson CBE	185,008,203	93.26%	13,362,321	6.74%	198,370,524	77.21	50,080
3	Re-elect Peter Truscott	197,522,781	99.57%	847,743	0.43%	198,370,524	77.21	50,080
4	Re-elect Duncan Cooper	197,437,696	99.53%	932,828	0.47%	198,370,524	77.21	50,080
5	Re-elect Tom Nicholson	197,465,485	99.55%	901,948	0.45%	198,367,433	77.21	53,171
6	Re-elect Lucinda Bell	197,311,831	99.47%	1,060,375	0.53%	198,372,206	77.21	48,398
7	Re-elect Sharon Flood	197,466,488	99.54%	905,711	0.46%	198,372,199	77.21	48,405
8	Re-elect Louise Hardy	197,466,013	99.54%	906,193	0.46%	198,372,206	77.21	48,398
9	Re-elect Octavia Morley	197,463,628	99.54%	908,375	0.46%	198,372,003	77.21	48,601
10	Re-appoint PwC as auditors	198,300,256	99.97%	51,406	0.03%	198,351,662	77.20	68,942
11	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine auditor's remuneration	198,351,964	99.99%	25,696	0.01%	198,377,660	77.21	42,944
12	Approve Directors' Remuneration Report	194,484,347	98.04%	3,881,502	1.96%	198,365,849	77.21	54,755
13	Authority to allot shares	197,582,521	99.60%	784,686	0.40%	198,367,207	77.21	53,397
14	Disapply pre-emption rights	195,629,362	98.61%	2,749,153	1.39%	198,378,515	77.21	42,089
15	Purchase own shares	197,938,826	99.96%	79,286	0.04%	198,018,112	77.07	402,492
16	Calling general meetings on 14 days' notice	195,594,089	98.59%	2,788,564	1.41%	198,382,653	77.22	37,951

Notes .

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

Resolutions 1 to 13 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

Resolutions 14 to 16 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

No other resolutions were put to the meeting.

The number of shares in issue as at the date of this announcement is 256,920,539.

Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2.

For further information:

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc  

Kevin Maguire, General Counsel & Company Secretary   [phone]

 

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