Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9379I

ASOS PLC

29 November 2018

 

29 November 2018

ASOS Plc (the 'Company')

Result of AGM

ASOS Plc is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, were duly passed by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 29 November 2018, as set out in the table below.

RESOLUTIONS	FOR	% FOR	AGAINST	% AGAINST	WITHHELD*
1. To approve the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 August 2018	69,327,790	99.95	35,942	0.05	151,215
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 August 2018	67,451,980	97.03	2,062,566	2.97	401
3. To elect Adam Crozier as a Director of the Company	68,927,108	99.15	587,538	0.85	301
4. To re-elect Nick Beighton as a Director of the Company	69,386,280	99.82	128,379	0.18	288
5. To re-elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company	69,407,718	99.85	106,941	0.15	288
6. To re-elect Ian Dyson as a Director of the Company	68,912,157	99.13	602,502	0.87	288
7. To re-elect Hilary Riva as a Director of the Company	69,136,964	99.46	377,695	0.54	288
8. To re-elect Nick Robertson as a Director of the Company	69,187,841	99.53	326,818	0.47	288
9. To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	69,349,135	99.76	165,353	0.24	459
10. To authorise the Directors to determine the amount of the auditors' remuneration	69,514,158	99.99	200	0.0003	589
11. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares in the Company	69,375,966	99.80	138,401	0.20	580
12. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights**	68,810,106	98.99	704,768	1.01	253
13. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares**	69,021,384	99.36	447,087	0.64	46,476
14. To authorise the Company to increase the aggregate level of fees payable to non-executive directors to £1m	69,364,202	99.79	148,114	0.21	2,631

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution

** Passed as a special resolution.

Full details of the voting will be available shortly on the Company's website:  www.asosplc.com

For further information:

ASOS Plc  Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Officer Greg Feehely, Director of Investor Relations Alison Lygo, Investor Relations Manager Website: www.asosplc.com/investors	Tel: [phone]
Instinctif Partners Matthew Smallwood / Justine Warren / Tom Berger	Tel: [phone]
JPMorgan Cazenove  Michael Wentworth-Stanley / Caroline Thomlinson/ Bill Hutchings	Tel: [phone]
Numis Securities Alex Ham / Luke Bordewich / Tom Ballard	Tel: [phone]

Background note

ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling all the freshest styles complemented by exclusive content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community and giving our audience the confidence to be whoever they want to be. ASOS sells over 87,000 branded and ASOS Brand products through localised app and mobile/desktop web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe. ASOS curates a mix of our in-house designed labels, ASOS DESIGN, ASOS EDITION, ASOS WHITE and ASOS 4505, with global and local brands sold through our own channels to deliver a locally relevant offer. Our ground-breaking propositions help bring our amazing products to almost every country in the world and we serve customers globally with increasingly tailored local experiences: relevant languages, payment methods and delivery and return options. You can currently shop ASOS in over 200 markets, in eight languages, using an ever greater number of different payment methods, with hundreds of local deliveries and returns options from pick up and drop off networks to Next-Day Delivery. We aim to give all our global customers a truly frictionless experience.

ASOS's websites attracted 157.2m visits during August 2018 (August 2017: 135.7m) and as at 31 August 2018 had 18.4m active customers¹ (31 August 2017: 15.4m), of which 6.0m were located in the UK and 12.4m were located in international territories (31 August 2017: 5.2m in the UK and 10.2m internationally).

¹ Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 31 August

 

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