Result of AGM - Poll Votes

RNS Number : 4938R

Volution Group plc

09 December 2016

 

Friday 9 December 2016

Volution Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Volution Group plc (the "Company", LSE: FAN) a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets, announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held at 12.00 noon on 9 December 2016 at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ, were duly passed on a poll.  The results of the poll, incorporating the proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, are set out below.

Resolution		FOR 1		AGAINST		WITHHELD 2	TOTAL VOTE
		Number of votes	% of votes cast	Number of votes	% of votes cast	Number of votes	Number of votes
01	Annual Report and Accounts	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
02	Directors' Remuneration Report	167,666,621	99.99%	30	0.01%	8,978,259	176,644,910
03	Final Dividend	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
04	Re-elect Peter Hill	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
05	Re-elect Adrian Barden	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
06	Re-elect Ian Dew	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
07	Re-elect Ronnie George	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
08	Re-elect Paul Hollingworth	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
09	Re-elect Tony Reading	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
10	Elect Claire Tiney	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
11	Re-appoint auditor	175,232,414	99.20%	1,412,496	0.80%	0	176,644,910
12	Remuneration of auditor	176,644,910	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	176,644,910
13	Authority to incur political donations	162,624,363	92.81%	12,605,051	7.19%	1,415,496	176,644,910
14	Authority to allot shares	165,952,584	93.95%	10,692,326	6.05%	0	176,644,910
15 3	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	162,074,277	91.75%	14,570,633	8.25%	0	176,644,910
16 3	Authority to purchase ordinary shares	175,232,414	99.20%	1,412,496	0.80%	0	176,644,910
17 3	Authority to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice	169,843,113	96.15%	6,801,767	3.85%	0	176,644,910

Notes:

1.   Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" totals above.

2.   A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

3.   Indicates Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority to be passed.

4.   The Company's total ordinary shares in issue as at 9 December 2016, was 200,000,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, of which 916,878 ordinary shares are held as Treasury Shares. Therefore the total voting rights are 199,083,122 ordinary shares (ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held).

5.   The proxy votes received, including votes withheld, amount to 88.73% of the total voting rights.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The Notice of Annual General Meeting 2016 together with the Annual Report and Accounts 2016 can be found on the Company's website at:

http://www.volutiongroupplc.com/investors/reports-results-and-presentations 

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Enquiries:

Volution Group plc

Michael Anscombe, Company Secretary                               [phone]

Notes to Editors:

Volution Group plc (LSE: FAN) is a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets in the UK and northern Europe.

The Group sold approximately 22 million ventilation products and accessories in the twelve months ended 31 July 2016. The Volution Group operates through two divisions: the Ventilation Group and the OEM (Torin-Sifan) division.  The Ventilation Group consists of 11 key brands - Vent-Axia, Manrose, Diffusion, National Ventilation, Airtech, Fresh, PAX, Welair, inVENTer, Brüggemann and Ventilair, focused primarily on the UK, Nordic and central European ventilation markets. The Ventilation Group principally supplies ventilation products for residential and commercial ventilation applications. The OEM (Torin-Sifan) division, supplies motors, fans and blowers to OEMs of heating and ventilation products for both residential and commercial construction applications in Europe.

For more information, please go to: http://www.volutiongroupplc.com/

 

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