Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 3734Y

XPS Pensions Group PLC

08 September 2020

 

XPS Pensions Group plc

8 September 2020

XPS Pensions Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 8 September 2020

XPS Pensions Group plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 8 September 2020, 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
1	Receive Director's Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020	165,140,770	99.99	18,049	0.01	165,158,819	80.54%
2	Declare a final dividend of 4.3 pence per ordinary share	166,843,380	100.00	0	0.00	166,843,380	81.37%
3	Approve Directors' Remuneration Report	165,126,508	99.98	31,764	0.02	165,158,272	80.54%
4	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	160,263,927	96.06	6,575,827	3.94	166,839,754	81.36%
5	Re-elect Tom Cross Brown as a Director	165,155,820	100.00	0	0.00	165,155,820	80.54%
6	Re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director	166,840,302	100.00	0	0.00	166,840,302	81.36%
7	Re-elect Ben Bramhall as a Director	157,340,302	100.00	0	0.00	157,340,302	76.73%
8	Re-elect Paul Cuff as a Director	157,340,302	100.00	0	0.00	157,340,302	76.73%
9	Elect Sarah Ing as a Director	166,840,302	100.00	0	0.00	166,840,302	81.36%
10	Elect Snehal Shah as a Director	166,840,302	100.00	0	0.00	166,840,302	81.36%
11	Re-elect Margaret Snowdon OBE as a Director	166,839,255	100.00	500	0.00	166,839,755	81.36%
12	Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors	165,121,000	99.99	19,820	0.01	165,140,820	80.54%
13	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to fix Auditor's remuneration	166,843,302	100.00	0	0.00	166,843,302	81.37%
14	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	166,485,725	99.79	357,655	0.21	166,843,380	81.37%
15	Authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	166,668,320	99.90	174,982	0.10	166,843,302	81.37%
16	Authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption  rights (acquisitions)	163,966,788	98.28	2,876,513	1.72	166,843,301	81.37%
17	Authorise the  Company to  purchase own shares	165,008,378	98.90	1,835,001	1.10	166,843,379	81.37%
18	Authorise the Directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	166,057,626	99.53	785,754	0.47	166,843,380	81.37%

As at 12.00pm on 4 September 2020, the number of issued shares in the Company was

205,051,796 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 National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at  www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM . 

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 . The AGM voting results will also be available to view on the Company's website.

 

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