Results of AGM

RNS Number : 0220L

XPS Pensions Group PLC

07 September 2021

 

XPS Pensions Group plc

7 September 2021

XPS Pensions Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 7 September 2021

XPS Pensions Group plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 7 September 2021, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls taken on the resolutions, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

	Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of issued share capital voted
1	Receive Director's Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021	168,164,624	100.00	0	0.00	168,164,624	81.97%
2	Declare a final dividend of 4.4 pence per ordinary share	169,849,106	100.00	0	0.00	169,849,106	82.79%
3	Approve Directors' Remuneration Report	163,527,249	99.28	1,180,103	0.72	164,707,352	80.29%
4	Re-elect Tom Cross Brown as a Director	168,129,941	98.99	1,714,828	1.01	169,844,769	82.79%
5	Re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director	169,814,423	99.98	30,346	0.02	169,844,769	82.79%
6	Re-elect Ben Bramhall as a Director	159,870,943	94.13	9,973,826	5.87	169,844,769	82.79%
7	Re-elect Paul Cuff as a Director	159,870,943	94.13	9,973,826	5.87	169,844,769	82.79%
8	Re-elect Sarah Ing as a Director	168,149,411	99.99	10,876	0.01	168,160,287	81.97%
9	Re-elect Snehal Shah as a Director	169,813,849	99.98	30,346	0.02	169,844,195	82.79%
10	Re-elect Margaret Snowdon OBE as a Director	169,792,923	99.98	30,846	0.02	169,823,769	82.78%
11	Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors	166,697,383	99.99	23,820	0.01	166,721,203	81.27%
12	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to fix Auditor's remuneration	168,401,685	100.00	7,337	0.00	168,409,022	82.09%
13	Authorise electronic communication with shareholders	168,364,702	99.97	45,320	0.03	168,410,022	82.09%
14	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	168,191,530	99.87	218,492	0.13	168,410,022	82.09%
15	Authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	168,230,457	99.90	171,565	0.10	168,402,022	82.09%
16	Authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption  rights (acquisitions)	163,444,975	97.06	4,956,047	2.94	168,401,022	82.09%
17	Authorise the  Company to  purchase own shares	165,931,520	98.91	1,833,502	1.09	167,765,022	81.78%
18	Authorise the Directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	168,134,890	99.84	275,132	0.16	168,410,022	82.09%

As at 12.00pm on 3 September 2021, the number of issued shares in the Company was

205,151,471 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Full details of the resolutions passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available at  www.xpsgroup.com .

 

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