Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9483T

De La Rue PLC

27 July 2022

 

DE LA RUE PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of De La Rue plc ("De La Rue" or the "Company") was held today, 27 July 2022, at 10:45am at the Worsley Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Walkden Road, Manchester, M28 2QT.

The Company is also pleased to announce that the Resolutions (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting) were duly passed on a poll, in which every member present in person or proxy had one vote for each Ordinary Share held.

The poll results on the Resolutions, on which Computershare (the Company's registrar) acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

Poll Voting Figures

	RESOLUTION	FOR		AGAINST		TOTAL		WITHHELD
		Number of Votes	% of votes Cast	Number of Votes	% of votes Cast	Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)	% of Issued Share Capital	Number of Votes
Ordinary Resolutions
1.	Receive the Annual Report and Accounts	147,393,667	99.95%	78,909	0.05%	147,472,576	75.46%	265,399
2.	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	127,958,215	86.72%	19,589,328	13.28%	147,547,543	75.50%	190,432
3.	Re-elect Kevin Loosemore	125,482,306	97.76%	2,880,583	2.24%	128,362,889	65.68%	19,376,092
4.	Re-elect Catherine Ashton	127,482,704	99.31%	879,321	0.69%	128,362,025	65.68%	19,376,956
5.	Re-elect Nick Bray	127,401,004	99.25%	961,942	0.75%	128,362,946	65.68%	19,376,035
6.	Re-elect Ruth Euling	128,114,643	99.81%	247,287	0.19%	128,361,930	65.68%	19,376,334
7.	Re-elect Rob Harding	128,113,624	99.81%	249,322	0.19%	128,362,946	65.68%	19,376,035
8.	Re-elect Margaret Rice-Jones	127,399,565	99.25%	962,460	0.75%	128,362,025	65.68%	19,376,035
9.	Re-elect Clive Vacher	125,877,914	98.06%	2,484,732	1.94%	128,362,646	65.68%	19,376,335
10.	Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as Auditor	147,496,161	99.86%	204,126	0.14%	147,700,287	75.57%	38,694
11.	Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration	147,627,215	99.93%	99,717	0.07%	147,726,932	75.59%	12,049
12.	Authorise political donations and political expenditure	124,751,189	84.46%	22,948,901	15.54%	147,700,090	75.57%	38,652
13.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	145,841,248	98.83%	1,720,167	1.17%	147,561,415	75.50%	177,566
Special Resolutions
14.	Dis-application of pre-emption rights	128,085,593	86.81%	19,468,349	13.19%	147,553,942	75.50%	185,039
15.	Additional dis-application of pre-emption rights	126,553,698	85.77%	21,000,896	14.23%	147,554,594	75.50%	184,387
16.	Authorise the Company to make on-market purchases of its own shares	147,489,023	99.83%	245,388	0.17%	147,734,411	75.59%	4,570
17.	Shortened notice of general meetings	130,112,776	88.08%	17,612,883	11.92%	147,725,659	75.59%	13,322
Ordinary Resolution
18.	Approve the De La Rue Sharesave Plan 2022	147,487,110	99.90%	148,123	0.10%	147,635,233	75.54%	103,748

1.  The percentages voted 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast, which does not include votes withheld since for legal purposes a vote withheld is not a vote cast.

2.  Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.

3.  As at 6:00 p.m. on 25 July 2022 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 195,435,840 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these Ordinary Shares was 195,435,840, each Ordinary Share carrying one vote.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the Resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . In addition, a copy of the Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House. The results of the Annual General Meeting held on 27 July 2022 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com .

As outlined in the 2022 Annual Report, Maria da Cunha retired from the Board following the conclusion of this year's Annual General Meeting.  We would like to thank Maria for her contribution and expertise provided to De La Rue over the last seven years.  Margaret Rice-Jones will take on the role of Chair of the Remuneration Committee following Maria's retirement.

Jane Hyde, Company Secretary

Contact Number: 01256 605212

27 July 2022

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78

 

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