23 July 2024
GB GROUP PLC
("GBG", "Group" or the "Company")
Results of AGM
GBG (AIM: GBG), the leading experts in global identity and location software, announces the results of its Annual General Meeting 2024. Voting on all of the resolutions was conducted on a poll with all resolutions duly passed.
The number of votes received in respect of each resolution were as follows:
Resolution |
Votes in favour |
% in favour |
Votes against |
% against |
Votes withheld |
Total votes cast as % of Issued Share Register |
1. Receive the annual report and accounts |
167,818,802 |
100.00% |
5,014 |
0.00% |
144,280 |
66.44 |
2. Declare a final dividend of 4.20 pence |
167,680,196 |
99.83% |
287,900 |
0.17% |
0 |
66.49 |
3. Re-appoint Richard Longdon |
163,214,795 |
97.17% |
4,752,953 |
2.83% |
348 |
66.49 |
4. Appoint Dev Datt Dhiman |
162,050,133 |
96.57% |
5,753,738 |
3.43% |
164,225 |
66.43 |
5. Re-appoint David Mathew Ward |
164,537,406 |
97.96% |
3,428,784 |
2.04% |
1,906 |
66.49 |
6. Re-appoint Elizabeth Margaret Catchpole |
164,006,776 |
97.73% |
3,802,095 |
2.27% |
157,725 |
66.43 |
7. Appoint Michelle Senecal de Fonseca |
166,655,706 |
99.32% |
1,148,165 |
0.68% |
162,725 |
66.43 |
8. Re-appoint Bhavneet Singh |
164,000,616 |
97.73% |
3,807,451 |
2.27% |
158,529 |
66.43 |
9. Receive and approve the Report on Directors' Remuneration |
162,257,256 |
96.61% |
5,694,840 |
3.39% |
16,000 |
66.49 |
10. Re-appoint PwC as auditors |
165,763,842 |
98.69% |
2,203,714 |
1.31% |
540 |
66.49 |
11. Authorise directors to determine auditor remuneration |
166,973,026 |
99.41% |
989,028 |
0.59% |
4,542 |
66.49 |
12. Authorise Directors to allot shares |
163,610,866 |
97.41% |
4,352,638 |
2.59% |
4,592 |
66.49 |
*13. Authorise directors to disapply pre-emption up to 10% |
157,374,701 |
93.70% |
10,586,656 |
6.30% |
6,739 |
66.49 |
*14. Authorise directors to dis-apply pre-emption up to a further 10% in connection with acquisition or specified capital investment |
154,706,069 |
92.10% |
13,261,532 |
7.90% |
495 |
66.49 |
*15. Authorise directors to purchase shares |
147,857,416 |
98.07% |
2,913,267 |
1.93% |
17,197,413 |
59.69 |
*16. To cancel the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company |
167,040,190 |
99.59% |
687,155 |
0.41% |
239,251 |
66.40 |
As previously announced, the Company confirms that Natalie Gammon has stepped down as a non-executive director with immediate effect following the closure of today's AGM.
Notes
(1) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the portion of votes in favour or against a resolution
(2) *denotes special resolution
(3) At the date of AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 252,604,561 ordinary shares.
-ENDS -
For further information, please contact:
GBG Dev Dhiman, CEO & David Ward, CFO Richard Foster, Investor Relations
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+44 (0) 1244 657333 +44 (0) 7816 124164 |
Deutsche Numis (Nominated Adviser and Corporate Broker) Simon Willis & Joshua Hughes
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+44 (0) 0207 260 1000 |
Barclays (Corporate Broker) Robert Mayhew & Stuart Jempson
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+44 (0) 207 623 2323
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Teneo (Financial PR) James Macey White & Matt Low
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+44 (0) 20 7260 2700 GBG@teneo.com
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Website |
www.gbgplc.com/investors |