Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1151X

ITV PLC

29 April 2021

 

ITV plc

Company Number 4967001

Result of Annual General Meeting 2021

At the Annual General Meeting of the members of ITV plc duly convened and held at 200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8XZ   on Thursday 29 April 2021 all resolutions were passed with majorities as set out below.  All resolutions were taken on a poll.

No.	Description	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	% of Issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1	Report and Accounts	3,181,709,634	99.99	168,542	0.01	79.04%	5,495,140
2	Remuneration Report	2,919,746,914	99.40	17,477,480	0.60	72.97%	250,148,922
3	Remuneration Policy	2,708,902,059	92.23	228,270,767	7.77	72.97%	250,200,490
4	Re-elect Salman Amin	3,171,444,186	99.65	11,237,858	0.35	79.06%	4,691,272
5	Re-elect Peter Bazalgette	3,171,495,626	99.65	11,232,946	0.35	79.07%	4,644,744
6	Re-elect Edward Bonham Carter	3,147,553,689	98.90	35,152,351	1.10	79.07%	4,667,276
7	Elect Graham Cooke	3,182,408,656	99.99	297,840	0.01	79.07%	4,666,820
8	Re-elect Margaret Ewing	3,062,590,181	96.23	120,116,380	3.77	79.07%	4,666,755
9	Re-elect Mary Harris	2,919,679,390	91.74	263,009,380	8.26	79.06%	4,684,546
10	Re-elect Chris Kennedy	3,171,733,158	99.66	10,964,865	0.34	79.07%	4,675,293
11	Re-elect Anna Manz	3,171,540,315	99.65	11,146,905	0.35	79.06%	4,686,096
12	Re-elect Carolyn McCall	3,173,286,574	99.70	9,459,338	0.30	79.07%	4,627,404
13	Elect Sharmila Nebhrajani	3,182,364,040	99.99	324,314	0.01	79.06%	4,684,962
14	Re-elect Duncan Painter	3,171,337,658	99.64	11,360,190	0.36	79.07%	4,675,468
15	Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor	3,095,237,185	97.19	89,563,013	2.81	79.12%	2,573,118
16	Auditors' remuneration	3,179,051,073	99.82	5,784,171	0.18	79.12%	2,538,072
17	Authority to allot shares	3,150,541,393	99.20	25,420,060	0.80	78.90%	11,411,863
18	Political Donations	2,985,425,798	93.74	199,421,091	6.26	79.12%	2,526,427
19	Disapplication of pre-emption rights (1)	3,140,840,977	98.62	43,956,838	1.38	79.12%	2,575,501
20	Disapplication of pre-emption rights (2)	2,910,019,822	91.37	274,762,275	8.63	79.12%	2,591,219
21	Purchase of own shares	3,084,508,993	97.01	94,970,081	2.99	78.99%	7,894,242
22	Notice period for General Meetings	3,131,975,186	98.34	52,897,462	1.66	79.12%	2,500,668
23	New Articles of Association	3,184,430,476	99.99	349,410	0.01	79.12%	2,593,430
24	ITV plc Executive Share Plan	2,944,366,873	92.45	240,430,241	7.55	79.12%	2,576,202

Resolutions 19 to 23 were proposed as special resolutions.

The votes withheld are not a vote in law and are not counted in the overall voting figures.

Number of shares in issue: 4,025,409,194.

Copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Auditor Resignation / Appointment

 In accordance with section 520(2) of the Companies Act 2006, ITV plc announces, for information only, that it has received a statutory statement from KPMG LLP ("KPMG") in connection with their resignation as auditors of the Company.

The resignation of KPMG follows a competitive tender process undertaken in connection with the mandatory auditor rotation requirements, in which KPMG did not participate. Following this process, shareholders approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company at the 2021 Annual General Meeting.

A copy of the section 519 statement of reasons provided by KPMG is available to view on the Company's website using the following URL https://www.itvplc.com/investors/governance.

For further enquiries please contact:

Investor Relations Pippa Foulds Faye Dipnarine Media Relations Paul Moore

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LEI for ITV plc - ZLECI7ED2QMWFGYCXZ59

 

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