Results of AGM

RNS Number : 6990D
Provident Financial PLC
30 June 2021
 

 

Provident Financial plc ("the Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its annual general meeting (AGM) today, Wednesday 30 June 2021.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM and the results of the poll are set out below. All of the resolutions voted on at the AGM were duly passed.

 

 

 

Number of votes cast "For"

% of votes cast "For"

Number of votes cast "Against"

% of votes cast "Against" 

Number of votes Withheld

Total votes cast as a % of Issued Share Register

RESOLUTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. 

Directors' and auditor's reports and the financialstatements

195,659,285

 

99.04

 

1,888,651

 

0.96

 

170,655

 

77.89

 

2. 

Approval of the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the annual report on remuneration

195,698,663

 

 

98.98

 

2,015,198

 

1.02

 

4,730

 

77.96

3. 

Re-election of Andrea Blance as a Director

197,538,448

 

99.91

 

175,760

 

0.09

 

4,383

 

77.96

4. 

Re-election of Elizabeth Chambers as a Director

197,644,520

 

99.96

 

69,688

 

0.04

 

4,383

 

77.96

5. 

Re-election of Robert East as a Director

194,983,630

 

99.96

 

84,520

 

0.04

 

2,650,441

 

76.91

6. 

Re-election of Paul Hewitt as a Director

197,641,831

 

 

99.96

 

72,377

 

0.04

 

4,383

 

77.96

7. 

Election of Margot James as a Director

197,686,553

 

99.99

 

27,655

 

0.01

 

4,383

 

77.96

8. 

Re-election of Neeraj Kapur as a Director

197,632,849

 

99.96

 

81,359

 

0.04

 

4,383

 

77.96

9. 

Re-election of Angela Knight as a Director

197,460,313

 

99.87

 

253,895

 

0.13

 

4,383

 

77.96

10.

Re-election of Malcolm Le May as a Director

197,639,217

 

99.96

 

76,093

 

0.04

 

3,281

 

77.96

11.

Re-election of Graham Lindsay as a Director

197,643,635

 

99.96

 

70,573

 

0.04

 

4,383

 

77.96

12.

Re-election of Patrick Snowball as a Director

197,642,049

 

99.96

 

72,755

 

0.04

 

3,787

 

77.96

13.

Reappointment of Deloitte LLP as the Auditor of the Company

195,041,997

 

99.99

 

17,865

 

0.01

 

2,658,729

 

76.91

14.

Audit committee to determine the Auditor's Remuneration

197,687,071

 

99.99

 

20,378

 

0.01

 

11,142

 

77.96

15.

Company granted authority to make political donations

197,359,491

 

99.83

 

337,687

 

0.17

 

21,413

 

77.95

16.

Directors authorised to allot shares

197,007,589

 

99.64

 

705,071

 

0.36

 

5,931

 

77.96

17.

Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights

197,673,549

 

99.98

 

32,559

 

0.02

 

12,483

 

77.95

18.

Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights (in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments)

193,694,195

 

97.97

 

4,019,234

 

2.03

 

5,162

 

77.96

19.

Company authorised to purchase its own shares

195,005,811

 

98.65

 

2,666,659

 

1.35

 

46,121

 

77.94

20.

Convening of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice authorised

190,859,186

 

96.53

 

6,856,097

 

3.47

 

3,308

 

77.96

21.

That an increase in the limit set out in Article 87 for non-executive director fees be approved

193,006,331

 

97.62

 

4,699,912

 

2.38

 

12,348

 

77.96

22.

That the conduct of directors relating to the payment of fees above the limit in Article 87 be ratified and the release of any liability relating to such matters be approved

194,879,754

 

98.57

 

2,821,498

 

1.43

 

 

17,339

 

77.95

 

Notes

 

1.  Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

2.  A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

3.  As at close of business on Monday 28 June 2021, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were  253,615,794 ordinary shares in issue and 78% of the voting capital was instructed, as set out in the table above. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

Name of contact and telephone number for AGM queries:

Charley Davies

Company Secretary

0203 620 3689

 

Name of contacts and contact details for Investor Relations:

Vicki Turner / Owen Jones

01274 351 900 

investors@providentfinancial.com

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