Result of AGM

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De La Rue PLC

06 August 2020

 

DE LA RUE PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of De La Rue plc ("De La Rue" or the "Company") was held today, 6 August 2020, at 10:30am at De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS.

The Company is also pleased to announce that the Resolutions (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting) were duly passed on a poll (in which every member present in person or proxy had one vote for each Ordinary Share held).

The poll results on the Resolutions, on which Computershare (the Company's registrar) acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

Poll Voting Figures

	RESOLUTION	FOR		AGAINST		TOTAL		WITHHELD
		Number of Votes	% of votes Cast	Number of Votes	% of votes Cast	Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)	% of Issued Share Capital	Number of Votes
Ordinary Resolutions
1.	Receive the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements of the Company, together with the report of the auditor	123,396,613	99.99	8,556	0.01	123,405,169	63.30%	255,444
2.	Approve the directors' remuneration policy	117,001,673	94.64	6,628,523	5.36	123,630,196	63.41%	30,416
3.	Approve the directors' remuneration report	121,649,532	98.40	1,980,487	1.60	123,630,019	63.41%	29,656
4.	Elect Kevin Loosemore	123,560,155	99.93	90,470	0.07	123,650,625	63.42%	9,988
5.	Elect Clive Vacher	123,578,457	99.94	69,318	0.06	123,647,775	63.42%	12,838
6.	Re-elect Nick Bray	123,481,946	99.87	162,632	0.13	123,644,578	63.42%	16,034
7.	Re-elect Maria da Cunha	117,916,055	95.36	5,732,622	4.64	123,648,677	63.42%	11,935
8.	Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor	123,544,215	99.92	105,065	0.08	123,649,280	63.42%	8,709
9.	Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	123,586,197	99.94	68,397	0.06	123,654,594	63.43%	6,019
10.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	123,255,609	99.70	375,216	0.30	123,630,825	63.41%	29,402
11.	Authorise political donations and political expenditure	122,566,685	99.17	1,026,598	0.83	123,593,283	63.40%	67,330
Special Resolutions
12.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply	123,450,725	99.87	157,471	0.13	123,608,196	63.40%	52,417
13.	Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply	123,425,843	99.85	180,350	0.15	123,606,193	63.40%	54,420
14.	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	123,593,755	99.95	63,592	0.05	123,657,347	63.43%	3,266
Ordinary Resolutions
15.	Approve the executive incentive arrangements comprising the De La Rue Deferred Bonus Plan 2020 (DBP)	122,770,772	99.32	842,742	0.68	123,613,514	63.41%	45,139
16.	Approve the executive incentive arrangements comprising the De La Rue Performance Share Plan 2020 (PSP)	122,772,104	99.32	843,710	0.68	123,615,814	63.41%	44,799
Special Resolution
17	That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	123,192,906	99.62	464,584	0.38	123,657,490	63.43%	3,123

1.  Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).

2.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' the resolutions, nor the total votes cast.

3.  Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.

4.  As at 6:00 p.m. on 4 August 2020 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 194,956,241 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 194,956,241, each ordinary share carrying one vote.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the Resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . In addition, a copy of the Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House. The results of the Annual General Meeting held on 6 August 2020 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com .

Jane Hyde, Company Secretary

Contact Number: 01256 605212

6 August 2020

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78

 

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