Result of AGM

Foxtons Group PLC
07 May 2024
 

7 May 2024

 

Foxtons Group plc

(the "Company")

 

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

 

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority.  Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

 

Resolution

* indicates Special Resolution

For

(No. of shares)

For

(%)

Against

(No. of shares)

Against

(%)

Votes Withheld

(No. of shares)

Total issued share capital instructed

1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts.

       227,841,970

99.99%

               12,924

0.01%

              90,752

            227,945,646

2. To declare a final dividend of 0.7 pence per ordinary share.

       211,306,942

92.71%

        16,627,833

7.29%

              10,871

            227,945,646

3. To approve the Annual Statement from the Remuneration Committee Chair and the Annual Report on Remuneration.

       227,705,623

99.90%

             230,022

0.10%

              10,001

            227,945,646

4. To re-elect Annette Andrews as a Director.

       221,601,365

97.24%

          6,282,705

2.76%

              61,576

            227,945,646

5. To re-elect John (known as Jack) Callaway as a Director.

       221,786,684

97.33%

          6,093,552

2.67%

              65,410

            227,945,646

6.   To re-elect Guy Gittins as a Director.

       227,794,651

99.94%

             140,995

0.06%

              10,000

            227,945,646

7. To re-elect Christopher Hough as a Director

       227,739,757

99.94%

             141,422

0.06%

              64,467

            227,945,646

8.   To re-elect Nigel Rich as a Director.

       214,230,312

94.49%

        12,483,929

5.51%

         1,231,405

            227,945,646

9. To re-elect Peter Rollings as a Director

       221,788,721

97.30%

          6,146,925

2.70%

              10,000

            227,945,646

10.            To re-elect Rosie Shapland as a Director.

       221,790,002

97.33%

          6,094,068

2.67%

              61,576

            227,945,646

11.            To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors of the Company.

       227,890,607

99.98%

               45,039

0.02%

              10,000

            227,945,646

12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditors.

       227,889,664

99.98%

               45,982

0.02%

              10,000

            227,945,646

13.            To authorise the Company to make political donations.

       198,583,788

87.53%

        28,301,858

12.47%

         1,060,000

            227,945,646

14. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.

       187,015,017

82.05%

        40,920,629

17.95%

              10,000

            227,945,646

15. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights.*

       203,219,088

89.18%

        24,664,982

10.82%

              61,576

            227,945,646

16. To authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights.*

       203,219,088

89.18%

        24,664,982

10.82%

              61,576

            227,945,646

17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.*

       226,822,089

99.97%

               63,557

0.03%

         1,060,000

            227,945,646

18. To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*

       217,642,040

95.48%

        10,293,606

4.52%

              10,000

            227,945,646


*Special Resolution

 

NOTES:

 


1.

All resolutions proposed to shareholders were passed.

 

2.

Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.

 

3.

Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

 

4.

A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.

 

5.

The number of shares in issue at close of business on 26 March 2024 was 330,097,758 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company held 28,802,778 shares in treasury.

 

6.

The proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes "For" and "Against" that resolution).

 

7.

The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk

 

8.

A copy of resolutions 15 to 18 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

 

9.

The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk

 

 For further information please contact:




Foxtons Group plc

Link Company Matters Limited, Company Secretary

Foxtons@linkgroup.co.uk

 

TB Cardew

Tom Allison / Will Baldwin-Charles /

Olivia Rosser

Foxtons@tbcardew.com

+44 7789 998 020/ +44 7834 524 833 /

+44 7552 864 250

 

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