Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8481I

Mears Group PLC

04 June 2014

 

For Immediate release

4 June 2014

Mears Group PLC

("Mears")

Result of AGM

At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Mears, held earlier today at 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed.

Summary of AGM Proxy Voting:

For information, the summary of the proxy voting is shown in the table below. The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Mears website at www.mearsgroup.co.uk and copies of all special resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Resolution	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes at Chairman's Discretion	Votes Abstained
Ordinary Resolution 1	80,063,727	2,014	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 2	46,855,363	33,209,794	21,659	750
Ordinary Resolution 3	80,064,731	651	22,018	0
Ordinary Resolution 4	80,065,741	0	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 5	78,767,100	953,357	21,659	345,284
Ordinary Resolution 6	79,819,874	245,867	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 7	79,819,874	245,867	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 8	79,818,028	247,713	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 9	78,161,777	1,903,964	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 10	79,313,864	451,877	21,659	300,000
Ordinary Resolution 11	78,784,671	1,281,070	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 12	79,953,817	111,924	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 13	78,264,528	1,801,213	21,659	0
Ordinary Resolution 14	73,171,051	6,894,690	21,659	0
Special Resolution 15	79,176,825	881,914	21,659	7,002
Special Resolution 16	76,562,900	3,503,007	21,659	0
Special Resolution 17	80,052,225	12,766	21,659	750
Special Resolution 18	80,054,110	10,881	21,659	750

The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote as at 4 June 2014 was 101,060,781.

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For further information, contact:

Mears Group PLC

Andrew Smith, Finance Director                                                       Tel: [phone]

www.mearsgroup.co.uk

Buchanan

Richard Darby, Sophie McNulty, Sophie Cowells                         Tel: [phone]

www.buchanan.uk.com

Notes for editors

Mears is a leading social housing repairs and maintenance service provider to Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords in the UK and now commands a leading position in the UK Local Authorities' outsourced care market, providing personal care services to people in their own homes.

Mears employs in excess of 15,000 people and provides maintenance and repairs services to in excess of 10% of the UK social housing stock. Mears also provides care to over 20,000 service users.

 

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