Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1552N

DWF Group PLC

20 September 2019

 

20 September 2019

DWF Group plc

("the Company")

LEI: 213800O9QREOHTOGQ266

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 20 September 2019 at 11.00am, at the Company's offices at 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3AG.

The Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.  The proxy votes cast are reported below. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of Meeting.

	Resolution	Ordinary/ Special	For		Against		Total votes validly cast	Votes withheld
			No. of votes	%	No. of votes	%
1	To receive the annual report and accounts for the period ended 31 April 2019	Ordinary	107,200,842	99.24	825,470	0.76	108,026,312	0
2	To approve the Directors'  Remuneration Policy	Ordinary	106,935,200	98.99	1,091,112	1.01	108,026,312	0
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	Ordinary	106,665,782	98.74	1,360,530	1.26	108,026,312	0
4	To declare a final dividend	Ordinary	108,026,313	100.00	0	0	108,026,313	0
5	To elect Sir Nigel Knowles as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
6	To elect Teresa Colaianni as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
7	To elect Matthew Doughty as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
8	To elect Andrew Leaitherland as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
9	To elect Vinodka Murria, OBE, as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
10	To elect Luke Savage as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
11	To elect Chris Stefani as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
12	To elect Chris Sullivan as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
13	To elect Samantha Tymms as a director	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
14	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as  Auditors	Ordinary	107,199,236	99.23	827,076	0.77	108,026,312	0
15	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.	Ordinary	108,020,116	99.99	6,196	0.01	108,026,312	0
16	To authorise political donations	Ordinary	99,195,263	92.53	8,010,169	7.47	107,205,432	820,880
17	To authorise the allotment of shares.	Ordinary	107,886,460	99.87	139,853	0.13	108,026,313	0
18	To disapply pre-emption rights.	Special	107,881,654	99.87	144,659	0.13	108,026,313	0
19	To further disapply pre-emption rights for investment purposes.	Special	107,056,183	99.10	970,129	0.90	108,026,312	0
20	To authorise market purchases of own shares own shares.	Special	107,057,789	99.10	968,523	0.90	108,026,312	0
21	To permit the holding of general meetings with 14 clear days' notice.	Special	108,012,239	99.99	14,074	0.01	108,026,313	0

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

Speaking after this morning's AGM, Group CEO Andrew Leaitherland, said:

"It was a pleasure to welcome investors to our first AGM this morning. I am pleased to confirm that four months into our new financial year trading continues to be in line with the Board's expectations."

Highlights in this period:

·    The acquisition of K&L Gates Jamka, the Company's first acquisition as a plc, which saw it enter the Polish market.

·    Signing an exclusive association agreement with the Spanish law firm Rousaud, Costas, Duran.

·    Appointed as a strategic legal partner to BT, to deliver a Managed Services contract of insurance and real estate legal services.  

The Company's issued share capital is 300,000,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each.

Copies of the resolutions passed as special resolutions at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

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Enquiries:

DWF Group plc James Igoe Head of Communications [phone] Finsbury Charles O'Brien Richard Crowley [phone]

 

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