Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 1700L

NewRiver REIT PLC

14 July 2017

 

NewRiver REIT plc

("NewRiver" or the "Company")

Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting

The Directors of NewRiver are pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held on Friday 14 July 2017, all of the proposed resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting despatched to shareholders on 16 June 2017, were passed on a poll. The number of shares voted on the poll are as set out below:

Resolution		Votes for	%	Votes against	%		Total shares for & against	% of total voting rights*			Votes withheld**
1	That the Directors' Report, Auditor's Report & the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2017 be received and adopted	252,946,288	99.95	130,909	0.05		253,077,197	83.99			13,517
2	That the Directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy, contained within the Company's 2017 Annual Report on pages 81 to 91 be received and approved.	242,897,409	96.08	9,916,215	3.92		252,813,624	83.90			277,090
3	That Paul Roy, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	249,322,266	99.67	823,178	0.33		250,145,444	83.01			2,945,270
4	That David Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	252,617,391	99.81	470,202	0.19		253,087,593	83.99			3,121
5	That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	252,564,286	99.79	523,307	0.21		253,087,593	83.99			3,121
6	That Mark Davies, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	252,633,266	99.82	454,327	0.18		253,087,593	83.99			3,121
7	That Kay Chaldecott, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	252,796,700	99.89	290,893	0.11		253,087,593	83.99			3,121
8	That Alastair Miller, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	252,632,872	99.82	454,721	0.18		253,087,593	83.99			3,121
9	That Deloitte LLP be reappointed as auditors of the Company.	244,471,356	96.77	8,169,258	3.23		252,640,614	83.84			450,100
10	That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditors.	252,774,594	99.88	316,120	0.12		253,090,714	83.99			0
11	That the Directors' remuneration policy as set out on pages 81 to 91 of the Directors' remuneration report contained within the Company's 2017 Annual Report be received and approved	243,604,524	96.28	9,414,395	3.72		253,018,919	83.97			71,795
12	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	252,958,932	99.95	129,851	0.05		253,088,783	83.99			1,931
13	To disapply pre-emption rights	252,739,542	99.86	347,172	0.14		253,086,714	83.99			4,000
14	To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those conferred by resolution 13	244,492,057	96.60	8,594,657	3.40		253,086,714	83.99			4,000
15	To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares	244,926,312	96.78	8,137,050	3.22		253,063,362	83.98			27,352
16	To approve the Scrip Dividend Scheme	253,088,089	100	2,625	0		253,090,714	83.99			0
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings on14 days' notice	247,232,717	97.69	5,857,996	2.31		253,090,713	83.99			0

Notes:

*  As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 301,332,893. This excludes 4,419,822 shares in the Employee Benefit Trust.

** A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and cannot be counted in the calculation of the votes for and against a resolution.

 

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