6 May 2015
RIGHTMOVE PLC
Results of the Annual General Meeting
Rightmove plc (the “Companyâ€) held its 2016 Annual General Meeting of its shareholders on Thursday 5 May 2016 at 10am at the offices of UBS Limited, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PP.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting and as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at plc.rightmove.co.uk) were passed on a show of hands.
The proxy voting figures received in advance of the meeting are shown below.
Resolution 1
To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2015.
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 82,295,387 | 99.95 |
Votes against | 40,028 | 0.05 |
Total votes cast | 82,335,415 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 73,177 |
Resolution 2
To approve the directors’ remuneration report, as set out on pages 42 to 66 in the 2015 report and accounts, for the year ended 31 December 2015.
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 77,382,308 | 94.91 |
Votes against | 4,146,773 | 5.09 |
Total votes cast | 81,529,081 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 879,511 |
Resolution 3
To declare a final dividend of 27.0p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2015.
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 82,399,467 | 100.00 |
Votes against | 0 | 0.00 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,467 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,125 |
Resolution 4
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company.
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 80,493,551 | 97.69 |
Votes against | 1,905,953 | 2.31 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,504 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,088 |
Resolution 5
To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors.
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,871,294 | 99.36 |
Votes against | 526,976 | 0.64 |
Total votes cast | 82,398,270 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 10,322 |
Resolution 6
To re-elect Scott Forbes
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,383,869 | 98.77 |
Votes against | 1,015,365 | 1.23 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,234 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,358 |
Resolution 7
To re-elect Nick McKittrick
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,944,818 | 99.45 |
Votes against | 454,411 | 0.55 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,229 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,363 |
Resolution 8
To re-elect Peter Brooks-Johnson
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,944,152 | 99.45 |
Votes against | 455,082 | 0.55 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,234 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,358 |
Resolution 9
To re-elect Robyn Perriss
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,923,428 | 99.42 |
Votes against | 475,806 | 0.58 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,234 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,358 |
Resolution 10
To re-elect Peter Williams
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,788,814 | 99.35 |
Votes against | 537,280 | 0.65 |
Total votes cast | 82,326,094 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 82,498 |
Resolution 11
To re-elect Colin Kemp
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 82,268,029 | 99.84 |
Votes against | 131,205 | 0.16 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,234 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,358 |
Resolution 12
To re-elect Ashley Martin
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 82,067,581 | 99.60 |
Votes against | 331,653 | 0.40 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,234 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,358 |
Resolution 13
To re-elect Rakhi (Parekh) Goss-Custard
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 82,243,008 | 99.81 |
Votes against | 156,211 | 0.19 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,219 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,373 |
Resolution 14
To authorise the directors to allot shares
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 82,180,287 | 99.72 |
Votes against | 228,127 | 0.28 |
Total votes cast | 82,408,414 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 178 |
Resolution 15
To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 74,066,256 | 89.96 |
Votes against | 8,268,944 | 10.04 |
Total votes cast | 82,335,200 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 73,392 |
Resolution 16
To authorise the repurchase of ordinary shares
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 80,424,588 | 97.59 |
Votes against | 1,983,974 | 2.41 |
Total votes cast | 82,408,562 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 30 |
Resolution 17
To authorise political donations and expenditure
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 81,838,722 | 99.36 |
Votes against | 530,847 | 0.64 |
Total votes cast | 82,369,569 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 39,023 |
Resolution 18
To authorise general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice
No. | % | |
Votes for/discretionary | 79,053,685 | 95.94 |
Votes against | 3,345,781 | 4.06 |
Total votes cast | 82,399,466 | 100.00 |
Votes withheld | 9,125 |
The number of shareholders on the register at 6.00pm on Tuesday 3 May 2016 was 3255.
The issued share capital at 5 May 2016, (the meeting date) was 96,887,771 ordinary shares of 1p each, of which 2,301,540 are held in treasury.
Number of votes per share: 1
Name and contact for queries and authorised official responsible for making this notification:
Jenny Warburton
Company Secretary
Jenny.Warburton@rightmove.co.uk