Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2748G

Lookers PLC

25 May 2017

 

25 May 2017

Lookers plc (the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held today, Thursday 25^th May 2017, the Resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed.

For information, details of the proxy votes received in respect of the Resolutions are set out below:

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Votes withheld
1.      Financial Statements	248,766,569	100.00	0	0.00	10,766,030
2.      Directors' Remuneration Report	248,801,025	95.90	10,631,981	4.10	99,593
3.      Directors' Remuneration Policy	247,261,973	95.29	12,214,314	4.71	56,312
4.      Final Dividend	259,526,406	99.99	950	0.01	5,243
5.      Re-elect Andy Bruce	253,087,016	97.52	6,426,565	2.48	19,018
6.      Re-elect Robin Gregson	252,853,957	97.43	6,659,624	2.57	19,018
7.      Re-elect Tony Bramall	238,733,360	91.99	20,793,996	8.01	5,243
8.      Re-elect Bill Holmes	256,110,615	98.69	3,408,241	1.31	13,743
9.      Re-elect Phil White	244,733,122	94.33	14,705,092	5.67	94,385
10.    Re-elect Nigel McMinn	253,100,291	97.52	6,427,065	2.48	5,243
11.    Re-elect Richard Walker	256,150,263	98.71	3,354,818	1.29	27,518
12.    Re-elect Sally Cabrini	256,226,080	98.73	3,292,776	1.27	13,743
13.    Re-appoint Auditor	243,085,910	93.66	16,441,446	6.34	5,243
14.    Remuneration of Auditors	252,257,572	97.22	7,221,551	2.78	53,476
15.    Rules of Savings-Related Share Option Scheme	258,730,092	99.70	772,683	0.30	29,824
16.    Authority to Allot	256,649,819	98.90	2,843,787	1.10	38,993
17.    *Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights	259,406,466	99.99	29,072	0.01	97,061
18.    *Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights for Acquisitions and Capital Investments	249,089,089	96.01	10,346,449	3.99	97,061
19.    *Authority to Purchase Own Shares	238,580,501	92.61	19,025,004	7.39	1,927,094
20.    *New Articles of Association	249,167,886	99.98	42,430	0.02	10,322,283
21.    *General Meetings on 14 clear days' notice	255,200,506	98.36	4,267,740	1.64	64,353

* Special Resolution

Notes:

i.      Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolution and their shares have been included within the votes 'FOR' column.

ii.     A vote 'WITHHELD' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentages of the votes cast against a resolution.

iii.   Prior to the meeting there were 397,189,346 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue.

In accordance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.2, full details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

For further information, please contact

Lookers	Tel: [phone]
Andy Bruce, Chief Executive Officer
Robin Gregson, Chief Financial Officer
Glenda MacGeekie, Company Secretary

 

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