Result of AGM

Reach PLC

03 May 2023

 

3 May 2023

Reach plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

In accordance with the arrangements announced on 31 March 2023, the AGM of Reach plc (the "Company") was held today at 11:00am at Numis' Offices, 45 Gresham St, London, EC2V 7BF.

All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Save for resolution 7, which was not put to the meeting, resolutions 1 to 16 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 and 21 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.

		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES CAST	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Annual Report and Accounts	234,551,914	99.94	136,583	0.06	234,688,497	73.93%	234,551
2	Remuneration Report	212,391,939	90.45	22,430,699	9.55	234,822,638	73.98%	100,410
3	Dividend	234,827,832	99.99	24,289	0.01	234,852,121	73.99%	70,927
4	Re-elect Nick Prettejohn	232,274,777	98.92	2,524,418	1.08	234,799,195	73.97%	123,853
5	Re-elect Jim Mullen	220,909,267	94.07	13,928,385	5.93	234,837,652	73.98%	85,396
6	Re-elect Anne Bulford	232,705,976	99.11	2,085,602	0.89	234,791,578	73.97%	131,470
7	Re-elect Steve Hatch	WITHDRAWN
8	Re-elect Barry Panayi	232,692,272	99.10	2,101,783	0.90	234,794,055	73.97%	128,993
9	Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild	215,175,517	91.64	19,636,971	8.36	234,812,488	73.97%	110,560
10	Elect Darren Fisher	232,753,704	99.13	2,045,622	0.87	234,799,326	73.97%	123,722
11	Elect Priya Guha	232,639,579	99.08	2,153,869	0.92	234,793,448	73.97%	129,600
12	Elect Denise Jagger	232,642,018	99.09	2,147,952	0.91	234,789,970	73.97%	133,078
13	Elect Wais Shaifta	232,625,869	99.08	2,165,887	0.92	234,791,756	73.97%	131,292
14	Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	228,711,542	97.39	6,133,034	2.61	234,844,576	73.98%	78,472
15	Auditors' remuneration	234,684,474	99.94	144,192	0.06	234,828,666	73.98%	94,382
16	Allot shares	216,273,038	92.07	18,633,321	7.93	234,906,359	74.00%	16,689
17	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	216,976,414	92.38	17,907,939	7.62	234,884,353	74.00%	38,695
18	Further disapplication of pre-emption rights	210,881,298	89.78	24,010,242	10.22	234,891,540	74.00%	31,508
19	Purchase of own shares	228,737,116	97.39	6,130,503	2.61	234,867,619	73.99%	55,429
20	Political donations	216,823,325	92.31	18,057,489	7.69	234,880,814	73.99%	42,234
21	Notice for General Meetings	232,686,738	99.09	2,146,247	0.91	234,832,985	73.98%	90,063

Notes:

1.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

2.   The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 317,429,556. This is the figure as at the close of business on 28 April 2023 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.

3.   As announced on 14 April 2023, Steve Hatch had decided to step down from his role as Non-Executive Director of the Company from the close of the AGM with the consequence that the resolution to re-elect Steve Hatch as a director of the Company included as resolution 7 in the Notice of AGM was to be withdrawn.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Enquiries
Reach plc
Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Officer Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary		020 7293 3000
Teneo
Giles Kernick		020 7353 4200
LEI: 213800GNI5XF3XOATR61 Classification: 3.1 Additional Information

 

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