Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6505V

Kin and Carta PLC

14 December 2021

 

14 December 2021

Kin and Carta plc

Results of Annual General Meeting 2021

Kin and Carta plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 were passed. The results of the poll held at the AGM are shown in the table below . 

At today's AGM, Chairman John Kerr told shareholders: "With our evolution into a pure play digital transformation business complete, we remain confident of delivering on our ambition to achieve organic growth which doubles net revenue over the next four years. Our strengthened balance sheet gives us significant headroom for acquisitions and we have accelerated the search for the right opportunities. Demand for our services is continuing to grow and our pipeline of new business opportunities is stronger than it has ever been. As demand for digital transformation continues to rise, a key driver of growth is the ability to attract and retain quality talent. Our recent certification as the first B Corp on the London Stock Exchange, and the expansion of our LTIP programme to more of our workforce will continue to make Kin + Carta a recognised best place to work. Momentum at Kin + Carta is building and we look forward to announcing our half year results in early March".

As previously disclosed, Helen Stevenson has retired from the Board today following the AGM, having served as a non-executive director since May 2012. On this, John Kerr shared: "I would like to express my thanks to Helen for her contribution to the Company and for the role she played during its remarkable transition. We wish her well."

Resolutions	For*	% For	Against	% Against	Withheld**
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To receive the 2021 Annual Report and Accounts	132,953,146	100%	0	0.00%	46,818
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	116,564,447	87.65%	16,430,573	12.35%	4,994
3. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of the Company	132,988,322	99.99%	9,568	0.01%	2,074
4. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	132,993,362	99.99%	2,659	0.01%	3,943
5. To re-elect J Schwan as a Director of the Company	132,433,819	99.58%	561,037	0.42%	5,108
6. To re-elect Chris Kutsor as a Director of the Company	132,432,890	99.58%	563,131	0.42%	3,943
7. To re-elect David Bell as a Director of the Company	132,947,154	99.96%	48,867	0.04%	3,943
8. To re-elect John Kerr as a Director of the Company	132,940,282	99.96%	54,574	0.04%	5,108
9. To re-elect Michele Maher as a Director of the Company	132,950,049	99.96%	48,867	0.04%	1,048
10. To re-elect Nigel Pocklington as a Director of the Company	132,948,218	99.96%	47,803	0.04%	3,943
11. To elect Maria Gordian as a Director of the Company	132,988,475	99.99%	10,441	0.01%	1,048
12. To approve the Kin and Carta Sharesave Plan	132,979,321	99.99%	19,376	0.01%	1,267
13. To approve an amendment to the Kin and Carta Long Term Incentive Plan 2020, the Kin and Carta Employee Stock Purchase Plan and, if Resolution 12 is passed, the Kin and Carta Sharesave Plan	120,416,480	91.70%	10,895,801	8.30%	1,687,683
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares	131,363,092	98.77%	1,634,659	1.23%	2,213
Special Resolutions	For*	% For	Against	% Against	Withheld**
15. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights without restrictions as to use	132,767,203	99.83%	230,548	0.17%	2,213
16. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments	124,474,340	93.59%	8,523,411	6.41%	2,213
17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	132,454,723	99.97%	37,730	0.03%	507,511
18. To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	132,382,567	99.54%	615,066	0.46%	2,331
19. To amend the Company's Articles of Association	132,980,072	99.99%	17,460	0.01%	2,432

*Votes for include discretionary votes

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

As at 10 December 2021, the AGM voting record date, there were 174,314,422 ordinary shares of 10p in issue, of which the Company holds 90,637 shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of shares with full voting rights in the Company on 10 December 2021 was 174,223,785.

In accordance with (i) Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an AGM; and (ii) Listing Rule 9.2.6E a copy of the articles of association; have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Enquiries:

Kin + Carta J Schwan CEO Chris Kutsor CFO Daniel Fattal Company Secretary	[phone]
Powerscourt Elly Williamson / Jane Glover	[phone]
Numis Securities Limited Nick Westlake / Matt Lewis Peel Hunt LLP Edward Knight/John Welch	[phone]   [phone]

About Kin + Carta

Kin + Carta is a London Stock Exchange-listed global digital transformation consultancy committed to working alongside clients to build a world that works better for everyone.

Kin + Carta's 1,600 strategists, engineers and creatives around the world bring the connective power of technology, data and experience to the world's most influential companies - helping them to accelerate their digital roadmap, rapidly innovate, modernise their systems, enable their teams and optimise for continued growth. Headquartered in London and Chicago with offices across three continents, the border-less model of service allows for the best minds to be connected to collaborate on client challenges.

With purpose at its core, Kin + Carta became the first publicly-traded business on the London Stock Exchange to achieve B Corp certification as a PLC. It meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and accountability to balance the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.

For more information, please visit https://www.kinandcarta.com.

Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

This Announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" with respect to certain of the Company's plans and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition, performance, strategic initiatives, objectives and results. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as "aim", "anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "goal", "believe", "seek", "may", "could", "outlook" or other words of similar meaning.  By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they are based on numerous assumptions regarding the Company's present and future business strategies, relate to future events and depend on circumstances which are or may be beyond the control of the Company which could cause actual results or trends to differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this Announcement, including, but not limited to, domestic and global economic business conditions; market-related risks such as fluctuations in interest rates; the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities; the effect of competition, inflation and deflation; the effect of legislative, fiscal, tax and regulatory developments in the jurisdictions in which the Company and its respective affiliates operate; the effect of volatility in the equity, capital and credit markets on profitability and ability to access capital and credit; a decline in credit ratings of the Company; the effect of operational and integration risks; an unexpected decline in sales for the Company; inability to realise anticipated synergies; any limitations of internal financial reporting controls; and the loss of key personnel.  Any forward-looking statements made in this Announcement by or on behalf of the Company speak only as of the date they are made.  Save as required by the Market Abuse Regulation, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Listing Rules or by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements and will not publicly release any revisions it may make to these forward-looking statements that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Announcement.

 

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