Result of AGM

ME Group International PLC

26 April 2024

 

 26 April 2024

ME Group International plc

("ME Group")

Result of 2024 AGM

ME Group, the instant-service equipment group, held its 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today at the offices of Hudson Sandler LLP, 25 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AE. All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM, sent to shareholders on 1 March 2024, were passed on a show of hands.

The following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were received before the meeting:

Ordinary Business		The number of shares in respect of which proxy appointments have been validly          made	Proxy Votes For	Proxy Votes Against	Proxy Votes withheld	% for	% against
Ordinary Resolutions
1.	To receive the Accounts and Report of the directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 October 2023.	302,266,497	301,180,098	659,195	427,204	99.78%	0.22%
2.	To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 October 2023.	302,266,497	291,299,852	10,748,092	218,553	96.44%	3.56%
3.	To approve the directors' remuneration policy.	302,266,497	294,625,449	7,582,979	58,069	97.49%	2.51%
4.	To approve a final dividend 4.42p per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 October 2023 payable on 23 May 2024.	302,261,270	302,204,160	23,205	33,905	99.99%	0.01%
5.	To re-appoint Mazars LLP as auditor.	302,266,497	302,050,193	182,099	34,205	99.94%	0.06%
6.	To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor.	302,266,497	302,048,684	28,908	188,905	99.99%	0.01%
7.	To re-elect Emmanuel Sir John Lewis as director.	302,266,497	273,182,018	28,772,155	312,324	90.47%	9.53%
8.	To re-elect Serge Crasnianski (without controlling shareholder's votes).	302,266,497	286,306,987	15,802,183	157,327	94.77%	5.23%
9.	To re-elect Françoise Coutaz-Replan as director.	All shareholders: 302,266,497	271,476,121	30,631,935	158,441	89.86%	10.14%
		Independent shareholders: 164,463,456	133,673,080	30,631,935	158,441	81.36	18.64%
Special Business
Ordinary Resolution
10.	To approve the executive share option scheme.	302,266,497	300,931,512	1,138,400	196,585	99.62%	0.38%
11.	To authorise the directors to allot shares and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares up to a maximum amount.	302,266,497	301,059,989	1,054,224	152,284	99.65%	0.35%
Special Resolutions
12.	To allow general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	302,266,497	300,813,171	1,420,814	32,512	99.53%	0.47%
13.	To enable directors to allot shares for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.	302,266,497	301,411,878	642,348	212,271	99.79%	0.21%
14.	To grant additional rights to the directors to enable them to allot shares for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.	302,266,497	301,060,471	994,252	211,774	99.67%	0.33%
15.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	302,266,497	298,027,715	4,192,352	46,430	98.61%	1.39%

Notes:

1.   Votes withheld have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" resolutions.

2.   Valid proxy instructions were received in respect of 302,266,497 shares representing 80.29%  of the issued share capital.

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

Enquiries:

ME Group International plc
Del Mansi, Company Secretary	[phone]
Hudson Sandler
Wendy Baker/Nick Moore	[phone] [e-mail]

 

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