Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9505G

De La Rue PLC

29 July 2021

 

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, 29 July 2021, 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 by 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 annual report and accounts (including the strategic report, the directors' report, the auditor's report and the financial statements) of the Company	155,564,498	99.97%	41,897	0.03%	155,606,395	79.74%	211,718
2.	Approve the directors' remuneration report	152,694,360	98.11%	2,943,972	1.89%	155,638,332	79.76%	180,480
3.	Elect Catherine Ashton	155,582,867	99.96%	62,257	0.04%	155,645,124	79.76%	173,688
4.	Elect Ruth Euling	155,590,738	99.96%	57,478	0.04%	155,648,216	79.76%	168,991
5.	Elect Rob Harding	155,592,677	99.97%	48,936	0.03%	155,641,613	79.76%	177,199
6.	Elect Margaret Rice-Jones	155,592,377	99.96%	56,037	0.04%	155,648,414	79.76%	170,398
7.	Re-elect Nick Bray	155,595,023	99.97%	48,616	0.03%	155,643,639	79.76%	175,173
8.	Re-elect Maria de Cunha	155,582,078	99.96%	65,358	0.04%	155,647,436	79.76%	171,376
9.	Re-elect Kevin Loosemore	155,575,252	99.96%	66,426	0.04%	155,641,678	79.76%	177,134
10.	Re-elect Clive Vacher	155,491,632	99.90%	150,210	0.10%	155,641,842	79.76%	176,970
11.	Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor	155,674,496	99.92%	119,881	0.08%	155,794,377	79.84%	24,435
12.	Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	155,742,862	99.97%	53,053	0.03%	155,795,915	79.84%	22,897
13.	Authorise political donations and political expenditure	154,714,026	99.31%	1,070,124	0.69%	155,784,150	79.83%	34,665
14.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	154,469,757	99.22%	1,210,712	0.78%	155,680,469	79.78%	137,860
Special Resolutions
15.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply	155,504,560	99.90%	147,935	0.10%	155,652,495	79.77%	166,317
16.	Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply	154,584,378	99.31%	1,067,640	0.69%	155,652,018	79.77%	166,794
17.	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	155,624,339	99.88%	186,407	0.12%	155,810,746	79.85%	8,066
18.	Approve the adoption of new articles of association of the Company	155,728,411	99.97%	53,924	0.03%	155,782,335	79.83%	36,477
19.	That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	142,927,251	91.74%	12,860,638	8.26%	155,787,889	79.84%	30,923

1.  The percentages voted 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast, which does not include votes withheld since for legal purposes a vote withheld is not a vote cast.

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

3.  As at 6:00 p.m. on 27 July 2021 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 195,134,340 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 195,134,340, 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 29 July 2021 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com .

Jane Hyde, Company Secretary

Contact Number: 01256 605212

29 July 2021

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78

 

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