Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9147Z

Mothercare PLC

23 September 2020

 

Mothercare plc Annual General Meeting 23 September 2020: Results

Annual General Meeting

At the annual general meeting held at 11.00am on 23 September 2020, the resolutions before the meeting were passed.

The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:

	Resolution	Votes For (including discretion)	% of Votes For (including discretion)	Votes Against	% of Votes Against	Votes Withheld*	% of votes withheld*
1	To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director	226,597,712	82.04	49,600,219	17.96	6,412	0.00
2	To elect Andrew Cook as a director	276,166,281	99.99	28,382	0.01	9,680	0.00
3	To re-elect Mark Newton-Jones as a director	275,593,528	99.78	602,406	0.22	8,409	0.00
4	To re-elect Gillian Kent as a director	250,900,517	90.84	25,296,733	9.16	7,093	0.00
5	To elect Brian Small as a director	276,168,174	99.99	26,890	0.01	9,279	0.00
6	Authority for the directors to allot shares	274,018,988	99.21	2,170,804	0.79	14,551	0.01
7	To authorise political donations by the company and its subsidiaries	275,841,931	99.88	337,461	0.12	24,951	0.01
8	Authority to call a general meeting at 14 days' notice	276,147,711	99.98	45,193	0.02	11,439	0.00
9	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	276,116,235	99.98	64,279	0.02	23,469	0.01
10	Authority to further disapply pre-emption rights	250,866,623	90.84	25,311,474	9.16	25,886	0.01
11	Authority to purchase own shares	250,904,073	90.84	25,292,313	9.16	7,957	0.00

Resolutions 8 to 11 were Special Resolutions.

Notes

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution

As at 22 September 2020, the Company's issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 374,192,494 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights.  There are no shares in treasury.  As a result, proxy votes representing approximately % of the voting capital were cast for the AGM.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, www.mothercareplc.com and for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

Further details:

MHP Communications

Simon Hockridge, Tim Rowntree, Alistair de Kare-Silver  07751 170451

 

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