The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.
8th Floor
100 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4AG
8 April 2022
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. notes an amendment to the announcement of its Annual General Meeting Poll Results , dated 7 April 2022 (the "original announcement"). Such amendment relates to resolution 3 where the final dividend had been incorrectly stated. It has now been updated to reflect the correct amount at 8.375p. There have been no other changes to the table containing the poll results as stated in the original announcement.
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. (the "Corporation") announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 7 April 2022, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were duly passed by way of poll and the results are as follows:
Resolutions |
Description |
For (including discretionary) |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld |
Votes cast as a % of TVR |
1 |
Report and accounts |
28,773,973 |
99.99 |
3,223 |
0.01 |
3,311 |
23.04% |
2 |
Directors' Remuneration Report |
28,493,980 |
99.23 |
220,771 |
0.77 |
67,557 |
22.99% |
3 |
Final dividend of 8.375p |
28,775,315 |
99.99 |
3,223 |
0.01 |
3,770 |
23.04% |
4 |
Re-elect Denis Jackson |
28,708,883 |
99.80 |
57,220 |
0.20 |
16,205 |
23.03% |
5 |
Re-elect Trish Houston |
28,709,477 |
99.84 |
44,954 |
0.16 |
27,877 |
23.02% |
6 |
Re-elect Robert Hingley |
28,181,875 |
97.98 |
581,303 |
2.02 |
19,130 |
23.03% |
7 |
Re-elect Tim Bond |
28,311,223 |
98.43 |
451,480 |
1.57 |
19,605 |
23.03% |
8 |
Re-elect Claire Finn |
28,297,532 |
98.42 |
453,024 |
1.58 |
31,752 |
23.02% |
9 |
Elect Pars Purewal |
28,717,265 |
99.87 |
37,797 |
0.13 |
27,246 |
23.02% |
10 |
Elect Clare Askem |
28,700,835 |
99.81 |
53,902 |
0.19 |
27,571 |
23.02% |
11 |
Appoint Deloitte LLP as statutory auditors |
28,702,051 |
99.79 |
61,134 |
0.21 |
19,123 |
23.03% |
12 |
Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration |
28,738,219 |
99.88 |
35,239 |
0.12 |
8,850 |
23.04% |
13 |
Approve 2022 Sharesave Option Plan |
28,619,400 |
99.76 |
67,466 |
0.24 |
95,442 |
22.97% |
14 |
Authority to allot shares |
28,684,685 |
99.82 |
50,641 |
0.18 |
46,982 |
23.01% |
15* |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
28,255,822 |
98.41 |
455,648 |
1.59 |
70,838 |
22.99% |
16* |
Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investment |
27,798,465 |
97.56 |
694,672 |
2.44 |
44,546 |
22.81% |
17* |
Authority to buy back shares |
28,429,313 |
99.74 |
74,578 |
0.26 |
33,792 |
22.82% |
18* |
Authority to call general meeting on 14 days' notice |
28,397,836 |
98.75 |
360,176 |
1.25 |
24,296 |
23.03% |
* Special resolutions.
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Corporation's total voting rights as at close of business on 5 April 2022, being the time at which shareholders had to be registered on the register of members in order to attend and vote at the AGM. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.
The number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of this announcement is 125,075,835 with no ordinary shares held in treasury. As at the date of this announcement the Corporation's total voting rights therefore comprises 125,075,835 shares with one vote each.
A copy of the special resolutions, resolution 14 (the "Resolutions") and the 2021 Annual Report and Accounts will be filed at Companies House. The Resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Corporate Secretary
8 April 2022
Contact: Alison Skerritt, Tel: 02076065451
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. is registered in England, company registration number 00030397. LEI number - 2138006E39QX7XV6PP21