London, 28 May 2014
Bank of Georgia Holdings PLC - Result of AGM
The Board of Directors of Bank of Georgia Holdings PLC (the Company) announces the results of voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at its 3rd Annual General Meeting (the AGM) held on Wednesday, 28 May 2014. Details of the resolutions are set out in full in the Notice of AGM.
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
The results of the poll were as follows:
RESOLUTION |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
VOTES |
% of ISC* VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
|
1 |
To receive and accept the Company's Annual Report and Accounts, together with the reports of the Directors and auditors for the financial year ended 31 December 2013. |
28,507,594 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
28,507,594 |
79.39 |
43,202 |
2 |
To declare a final dividend as recommended by the Directors of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2013 of GEL 2.0 per ordinary of the Company payable on 18 June 2014 to those shareholders on the register at the close of business on 6 June 2014.
|
28,550,656 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
3 |
To receive and approve the Director's Remuneration Report, (including the annual statement of the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, but excluding (a) the part containing the Director's Remuneration Policy referred to in Resolution 4 and (b) the part containing details of senior officers' remuneration, which is not subject to shareholders approval). |
25,901,873 |
93.59 |
1,773,857 |
6.41 |
27,675,730 |
77.07 |
875,065 |
4 |
To receive and approve the Director's Remuneration Policy in the Director's Remuneration Report. |
26,121,743 |
91.91 |
2,300,144 |
8.09 |
28,421,887 |
79.15 |
128,908 |
5 |
To re-elect Neil Janin, as Chairman. |
28,436,087 |
99.60 |
114,569 |
0.40 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
6 |
To re-elect Irakli Gilauri, as an executive Director. |
28,540,459 |
99.96 |
10,197 |
0.04 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
7 |
To re-elect David Morrison, as a non-executive Director. |
28,470,359 |
99.93 |
21,016 |
0.07 |
28,491,375 |
79.34 |
59,421 |
8 |
To re-elect Alasdair Breach, as a non-executive Director. |
28,526,449 |
99.92 |
24,207 |
0.08 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
9 |
To re-elect Kaha Kiknavelidze, as a non-executive Director. |
28,540,459 |
99.96 |
10,197 |
0.04 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
10 |
To elect Kim Bradley, as a non-executive Director. |
28,540,459 |
99.96 |
10,197 |
0.04 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
11 |
To elect Bozidar Djelic, as a non-executive Director Company. |
28,255,618 |
99.96 |
10,197 |
0.04 |
28,265,815 |
78.71 |
284,981 |
12 |
To elect Tamaz Georgadze, as a non-executive Director. |
28,540,459 |
99.96 |
10,197 |
0.04 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
13 |
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company. |
28,491,375 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
28,491,375 |
79.34 |
59,421 |
14 |
To authorse the Board to set Ernst & Young LLP's fees. |
28,524,183 |
99.91 |
26,473 |
0.09 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
15 |
To authorise political donations. |
25,714,370 |
90.25 |
2,777,005 |
9.75 |
28,491,375 |
79.34 |
59,421 |
16 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
27,190,939 |
95.42 |
1,305,475 |
4.58 |
28,496,414 |
79.36 |
38,858 |
17 |
To dis-apply pre-emption rights. |
26,714,619 |
93.62 |
1,820,513 |
6.38 |
28,535,132 |
79.46 |
140 |
18 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. |
28,433,700 |
99.68 |
90,483 |
0.32 |
28,524,183 |
79.43 |
26,613 |
19 |
To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 days' clear notice.
|
25,113,100 |
87.96 |
3,437,556 |
12.04 |
28,550,656 |
79.51 |
140 |
*Issued Share Capital
As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 35,909,383 ordinary shares in issue. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 35,909,383. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member who is present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held. The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's Share Registrar.
Note that a "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and have not been included in the calculation of votes "for" and "against" each resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions 16-19) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Kate Bennett Rea, Company Secretary
About Bank of Georgia Holdings PLC
Bank of Georgia Holdings PLC is a UK-incorporated holding company of Bank of Georgia. Bank of Georgia is the leading Georgian bank, based on total assets (with a 34.1% market share), total loans (with a 31.7% market share) and client deposits (with a 30.2% market share) as of 31 March 2014, all data based on standalone financial information filed by banks in Georgia with the National Bank of Georgia. The Bank offers a broad range of corporate banking, retail banking, wealth management, brokerage and insurance services to its clients.
Bank of Georgia has, as of the date hereof, the following credit ratings:
Standard & Poor's |
'BB-/B' |
|
FitchRatings |
'BB-/B' |
|
Moody's |
'B1/NP' (FC) & 'Ba3/NP' (LC) |
|
For further information, please visit www.bgh.co.uk, www.bog.ge/ir or contact:
Irakli Gilauri |
Nikoloz Gamkrelidze |
Macca Ekizashvili |
Chief Executive Officer |
Deputy CEO, Finance |
Head of Investor Relations |
+995 322 444 109 |
+995 322 444 126 |
+995 322 444 256 |
igilauri@bog.ge |
ngamkrelidze@bog.ge |
ir@bog.ge |
This news report is presented for general informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities