AGM Statement

RNS Number : 4219Z

Auto Trader Group plc

17 September 2015

 

Auto Trader Group plc ("Auto Trader", the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Auto Trader Group plc announces that all resolutions were approved at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 17 September 2015. 

Each of the resolutions was voted on by way of a poll and the result of each resolution is shown below.

The total number of shares on the register at 6pm on 15 September 2015, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 1,001,051,699.

	For*		Against		Total votes cast	% of shares on register at 6pm 15 September 2015	Votes withheld***
Resolution	No. of votes	%**	No. of votes	%**	No. of votes	%	No. of votes
1.   To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 29 March 2015.	809,413,619	99.51%	3,978,708	0.49%	813,392,327	81.25%	5,665,752
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	797,281,130	98.20%	14,637,737	1.80%	811,918,867	81.11%	7,139,212
3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	799,463,071	97.63%	19,423,817	2.37%	818,886,888	81.80%	171,192
4.   To elect Ed Williams as a Director.	814,695,030	99.49%	4,166,269	0.51%	818,861,299	81.80%	196,780
5.   To elect Trevor Mather as a Director.	814,505,480	99.46%	4,386,708	0.54%	818,892,188	81.80%	165,892
6.   To elect Sean Glithero as a Director.	807,592,465	99.42%	4,694,082	0.58%	812,286,547	81.14%	6,771,532
7.   To elect Tom Hall as a Director.	773,057,069	94.40%	45,835,118	5.60%	818,892,187	81.80%	165,892
8.   To elect Nick Hartman as a Director.	790,913,790	96.58%	27,978,397	3.42%	818,892,187	81.80%	165,892
9.   To elect Victor A. Perry III as a Director.	818,830,877	99.99%	61,311	0.01%	818,892,188	81.80%	165,892
10.  To elect David Keens as a Director.	818,453,063	99.95%	439,124	0.05%	818,892,187	81.80%	165,892
11.  To elect Jill Easterbrook as a Director.	818,832,202	99.99%	58,661	0.01%	818,890,863	81.80%	167,217
12.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	782,840,217	95.60%	36,047,995	4.40%	818,888,212	81.80%	169,867
13.  To authorise the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration.	800,587,675	97.77%	18,296,563	2.23%	818,884,238	81.80%	173,842
14.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	782,453,870	95.55%	36,435,668	4.45%	818,889,538	81.80%	168,542
15.  To authorise the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights****	775,061,392	94.65%	43,824,170	5.35%	818,885,562	81.80%	172,517
16.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares****	818,883,238	100.00%	4,975	0.00%	818,888,213	81.80%	169,867
17.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice****	803,973,613	98.18%	14,918,575	1.82%	818,892,188	81.80%	165,892

NOTES:

* The "For" votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.

** Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

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

 ****Denotes Special Resolutions

 The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://about-us.autotrader.co.uk/investors

 A copy of the resolutions passed under special business (as defined by the listing rules of the UK Listing Authority) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

Sean Glithero

Company Secretary

 

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