26 July 2018
PayPoint plc (Company)
AGM Statement
PayPoint plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today all resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The proxy voting for the resolutions tabled at the Meeting was as follows:
Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes | % of Issued Share Capital Voted | Votes Withheld* |
1. To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 | 59,788,847 | 99.99% | 3,958 | 0.01% | 59,792,805 | 87.64% | 180 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2018 | 59,395,563 | 99.34% | 397,022 | 0.66% | 59,792,585 | 87.64% | 401 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 30.6p per ordinary share of the company | 59,792,986 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 59,792,986 | 87.64% | - |
4. To re-elect Ms Gill Barr as a director of the company | 59,790,984 | 99.99% | 1,101 | 0.00% | 59,792,085 | 87.64% | 901 |
5. To re-elect Ms Rachel Kentleton as a director of the company | 59,597,240 | 99.67 | 194,845 | 0.33% | 59,792,085 | 87.64% | 901 |
6. To re-elect Mr Giles Kerr as a director of the company | 59,790,470 | 99.99% | 1,615 | 0.00% | 59,792,085 | 87.64% | 901 |
7. To re-elect Mr Rakesh Sharma as a director of the company | 59,780,667 | 99.98% | 11,418 | 0.02% | 59,792,085 | 87.64% | 901 |
8. To re-elect Mr Dominic Taylor as a director of the company | 59,597,240 | 99.67% | 194,845 | 0.33% | 59,792,085 | 87.64% | 901 |
9. To re-elect Mr Nick Wiles as a director of the company | 59,596,440 | 99.67% | 194,845 | 0.33% | 59,792,085 | 87.64% | 901 |
10. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the company | 59,788,316 | 99.99% | 4,386 | 0.01% | 59,792,702 | 87.64% | 284 |
11. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 59,789,721 | 99.99% | 815 | 0.00% | 59,790,536 | 87.64% | 2,450 |
12. To authorise the directors to allot shares in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 59,786,687 | 99.99% | 3,441 | 0.00% | 59,788,252 | 87.63% | 4,734 |
13. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in accordance with Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006** | 59,782,196 | 99.99% | 6,025 | 0.00% | 59,788,221 | 87.63% | 4,765 |
14. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued share capital** | 59,756,634 | 99.94% | 35,662 | 0.06% | 59,792,296 | 87.64% | 689 |
15. To allow any general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) to be called on 14 days' notice** | 59,668,109 | 99.79% | 123,778 | 0.21% | 59,791,887 | 87.64% | 1,099 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.
** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 4, 6 and 7 were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.
The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 68,226,626.
The results will also be made available on the Company's website: http://corporate.paypoint.com/
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a document setting out the resolutions passed at the AGM, concerning special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Dividends
Payment of the final dividend (including the additional dividend) will be made on 30 July 2018 to shareholders who were on the shareholder register on 22 June 2018.
Trading Update
PayPoint released a trading update on 26 July 2018 which has been published on its website http://corporate.paypoint.com/ .
Enquiries:
PayPoint plc
Susan Court 01707 600300
Finsbury
Rollo Head 020 7251 3801