Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6352E
Savills PLC
09 May 2017
 

9 May 2017

 

SAVILLS PLC

('the Company')

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 9 MAY 2017: RESOLUTIONS

 

 

 

The Savills plc  Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 9 May 2017.  All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

 

An analysis of the proxy votes lodged against each resolution prior to the AGM is set out below:

 

 

Resolution

 

No. of Votes For & Discretion

%

No. of Votes Against

Percentage of Votes Cast

Total No. of Votes Cast

Total No. of Votes Withheld/ Abstentions

Poll Yes/No

1

 

To receive the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts, the Directors' Reports and the Auditors' Report on the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts

 

107,946,048

99.94%

64,945

0.06%

108,010,993

1,249,527

No

2

 

To receive and adopt the Remuneration Policy set out on pages 64 to 73 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2016,  such Remuneration Policy to take effect from the date on which this resolution is passed

 

104,842,007

98.35%

1,753,512

1.65%

106,595,519

2,665,000

No

3

 

To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy referred to in Resolution 2) contained within the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2016

 

106,174,260

98.98%

1,089,770

1.02%

107,264,030

1,996,488

No

4

 

To declare a final dividend of 10.1p per ordinary share

 

109,218,942

100.00%

500

0.00%

109,219,442

41,078

No

5

 

To re-elect Nicholas Ferguson as a Director

 

102,458,492

95.25%

5,109,136

4.75%

107,567,628

1,692,890

No

6

To re-elect Jeremy Helsby as a Director

 

107,466,933

98.40%

1,748,580

1.60%

109,215,513

45,007

No

7

 

To re-elect Tim Freshwater as a Director

 

108,944,544

99.75%

270,369

0.25%

109,214,913

45,607

No

8

 

 To re-elect Liz Hewitt as a Director

 

107,837,145

98.77%

1,347,768

1.23%

109,184,913

75,607

No

9

 

To re-elect Charles McVeigh as a Director

 

107,959,282

98.85%

1,255,424

1.15%

109,214,706

45,814

No

10

 

To re-elect Rupert Robson as a Director

 

108,331,290

99.22%

853,623

0.78%

109,184,913

75,607

No

11

 

To re-elect Simon Shaw as a Director

 

107,912,802

98.81%

1,302,111

1.19%

109,214,913

45,607

No

12

 

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor

 

106,066,351

98.05%

2,114,486

1.95%

108,180,837

1,079,682

No

13

 

To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration

 

108,503,358

99.34%

715,554

0.66%

109,218,912

41,607

No

14

 

To renew the Directors' power to allot shares #

 

105,027,535

96.16%

4,191,378

3.84%

109,218,913

41,607

No

15

 

To authorise a general disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights #

 

109,101,262

99.92%

85,114

0.08%

109,186,376

74,144

No

16

 

To authorise an additional disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights#

 

105,392,167

96.53%

3,794,208

3.47%

109,186,375

74,144

No

17

 

To Renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares

 

108,603,628

99.60%

435,171

0.40%

109,038,799

221,720

No

18

 

To authorise the Directors to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

 

105,765,852

96.84%

3,452,261

3.16%

109,218,113

42,407

No

 

 

# Passed as a special resolution.

 

Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

 

Copies of Resolutions 14 to 16, passed under non-routine business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available to view at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do using Savills plc's  code 'SVS'.

 

As at the close of business on 9 May 2017, the issued share capital was 139,810,768 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 139,810,768, each ordinary share having one vote.

 

 


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