Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 6932D

Lookers PLC

30 June 2021

 

30 June 2021

Lookers plc
(the "Company")

Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 30 June 2021 (the "AGM") all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the "Notice") dated 7 June 2021 were passed by the requisite majority by means of a poll vote.  Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions (requiring a simple majority of votes in favour of the resolution) and resolutions 8 to 11 were passed as special resolutions (requiring a 75% majority of votes in favour). 

The results of the poll for each resolution are set out below:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld	Votes cast as a % of issued share capital
1.	To elect Robin James Churchouse	271,653,072	99.84	425,983	0.16	1,500	69.68
2.	To elect Duncan Andrew McPhee	271,217,740	99.68	861,315	0.32	1,500	69.68
3.	To elect Paul Michael Van der Burgh*	271,631,714	99.84	447,341	0.16	1,500	69.68
4.	To re-elect Philip Michael White**	252,971,438	97.40	6,762,794	2.60	12,346,323	66.52
5.	To re-elect Mark Douglas Raban	271,220,190	99.68	858,865	0.32	1,500	69.68
6.	To re-elect Victoria Grant Mitchell	271,503,610	99.79	575,445	0.21	1,500	69.68
7.	To renew authority to allot shares	271,642,136	99.84	436,919	0.16	1,500	69.68
8.	Disapply pre-emption rights	271,800,142	99.90	278,913	0.10	1,500	69.68
9.	Allot equity securities for cash without rights of pre-emption applying as detailed in the Notice	271,806,962	99.90	272,092	0.10	1,501	69.68
10.	Renew authority to purchase own shares	271,864,995	99.98	59,511	0.02	156,049	69.64
11.	Approve 14 days' notice for general meetings	271,818,568	99.87	346,326	0.13	1,994	69.70

* Senior Independent Director
** Chairman

As detailed in the Notice, Anna Bielby did not stand for election and retired from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the AGM.  She will remain in her post as Interim Chief Financial Officer until 31 July 2021. 

Notes:
1.	In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.
2.	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 "issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.
3.	The issued share capital of the Company as at 30 June 2021 was 390,475,317 ordinary shares of 5 pence each. The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote at the AGM was 390,475,317.  Each share carries one vote.  No shares are held in treasury.
5.	Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
6.	The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.lookersplc.com.
7.	A copy of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
8.	The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.lookersplc.com

Enquiries:

Debbie Fish

Deputy Company Secretary

07989 224729

The Company is registered in England at Lookers House, 3 Etchells Road, West Timperley, Altrincham WA14 5XS.  Company registration number 00111876.  LEI number 213800TSB8PJEACDAV33

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement. 

 

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