Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3452P

Future PLC

08 February 2023

 

Future plc

8 February 2023

FUTURE PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board is pleased to note that all resolutions passed with the requisite majority of votes.

Resolutions 1 to 25 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, resolutions 19 to 25 were passed as special resolutions.

The results of votes cast by proxy for each resolution were as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes	% of ISC* voted	Votes withheld
1	104,128,013	99%	634,537	0.61%	104,762,550	86.68%	62,472
2	104,824,708	100%	269	0.00%	104,824,977	86.73%	45
3	91,450,475	93%	7,151,979	7.25%	98,602,454	81.59%	6,222,568
4	81,056,630	83%	16,585,463	16.99%	97,642,093	80.79%	7,182,929
5	93,301,021	90%	10,751,880	10.33%	104,052,901	86.10%	772,121
6	100,220,656	96%	4,587,035	4.38%	104,807,691	86.72%	17,331
7	102,407,074	98%	2,417,243	2.31%	104,824,317	86.73%	705
8	86,447,797	82%	18,376,590	17.53%	104,824,387	86.73%	635
9	101,772,793	97%	3,051,555	2.91%	104,824,348	86.73%	674
10	97,564,413	93%	7,260,016	6.93%	104,824,429	86.73%	593
11	101,870,469	97%	2,953,835	2.82%	104,824,304	86.73%	718
12	103,331,224	99%	1,493,086	1.42%	104,824,310	86.73%	712
13	85,020,190	81%	19,804,129	18.89%	104,824,319	86.73%	703
14	104,816,258	100%	7,457	0.01%	104,823,715	86.73%	1,307
15	104,612,482	100%	211,131	0.20%	104,823,613	86.73%	1,409
16	95,918,969	92%	8,904,364	8.49%	104,823,333	86.73%	1,689
17	96,408,823	92%	8,191,932	7.83%	104,600,755	86.55%	224,267
18	98,136,889	94%	6,687,341	6.38%	104,824,230	86.73%	792
19	95,934,649	92%	8,888,526	8.48%	104,823,175	86.73%	1,847
20	94,023,595	90%	10,799,566	10.30%	104,823,161	86.73%	1,861
21	101,542,408	97%	3,282,554	3.13%	104,824,962	86.73%	60
22	104,803,779	100%	18,686	0.02%	104,822,465	86.73%	2,557
23	104,821,700	100%	1,220	0.00%	104,822,920	86.73%	2,102
24	104,805,028	100%	18,901	0.02%	104,823,929	86.73%	1,093
25	104,804,856	100%	17,609	0.02%	104,822,465	86.73%	2,557

* Issued share capital

Notes:

1.  As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 120,857,390 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 120,857,390. 

2.  The full text of the resolutions is set out in the notice of annual general meeting, which can be found on pages 184 to 194 of the 2022Annual Report.

3.  Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast.

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

5.  Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R.

The proxy voting information will shortly be available on the Company's website at https://www.futureplc.com/shareholder-info/

The timetable for the cancellation of the amounts standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account and the capitalisation of the amounts standing to the credit of the Company's merger reserve as set out in the notice of meeting on page 189 of the FY 2022 Annual Report is being delayed until later in the year. An updated timetable will be announced in due course.

Enquiries:

Future  plc Zillah Byng-Thorne, Chief Executive Officer Anne Steele, Company Secretary Marion Le Bot, Head of Investor Relations

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