Results of the AGM

RNS Number : 6669G

NewRiver REIT PLC

27 July 2021

 

NewRiver REIT plc
("NewRiver" or the "Company")

Results of the AGM

The Directors of NewRiver are pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held today on Tuesday 27 July 2021, all of the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll. The number of shares voted on the poll are as set out below. Resolutions 1-13 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 14-19 were special resolutions.

Resolution		Votes for	%	Votes against	%		Total shares for & against	% of total voting rights*		Votes withheld**
1	That the Directors' Report, Auditor's Report & the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received and approved.	133,322,796	99.99	14,990	0.01		133,337,786	43.53		1,557,012
2	That the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Company's 2021 Annual Report on pages 99 to 117 be received and approved.	123,377,051	93.01	9,276,709	6.99		132,653,760	43.31		2,241,038
3.	To declare a final dividend of 3.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2021	134,621,319	99.83	233,204	0.17		134,854,523	44.03		40,275
4	That Margaret Ford, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	124,598,269	93.30	8,942,464	6.70		133,540,733	43.60		1,354,065
5	That Colin Rutherford being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	125,635,238	93.17	9,205,495	6.83		134,840,733	44.02		54,065
6	That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	134,701,877	99.90	139,856	0.10		134,841,733	44.02		53,065
7	That Mark Davies, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	134,691,598	99.89	149,135	0.11		134,840,733	44.02		54,065
8	That Kay Chaldecott, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	125,557,249	93.12	9,283,484	6.88		134,840,733	44.02		54,065
9	That Alastair Miller, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	119,239,617	93.06	8,895,991	6.94		128,135,608	41.83		6,759,190
10	That Charlie Parker, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	126,015,824	93.46	8,824,909	6.54		134,840,733	44.02		54,065
11	That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of 1 Embankment Pl, London WC2N 6RH  be appointed as auditors of the Company.	124,711,956	92.48	10,134,611	7.52		134,846,567	44.02		48,231
12	That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditor.	126,091,505	93.50	8,763,018	6.50		134,854,523	44.03		40,275
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	131,784,479	97.72	3,070,044	2.28		134,854,523	44.03		40,275
14	To disapply pre-emption rights.	134,702,666	99.91	125,601	0.09		134,828,267	44.02		66,531
15	To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those disapplied by resolution 14.	133,383,755	98.93	1,444,512	1.07		134,828,267	44.02		66,531
16	To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares.	124,761,381	92.52	10,085,107	7.48		134,846,488	44.02		48,310
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice.	131,474,473	97.49	3,379,881	2.51		134,854,354	44.03		40,444
18	That the share premium account of the Company be cancelled	134,789,835	99.95	64,688	0.05		134,854,523	44.03		40,275
19	To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company	134,745,954	99.93	98,400	0.07		134,844,354	44.02		50,444

Notes:

*  As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 306,300,152. This excludes 2,625,006 shares in the Employee Benefit Trust.

** A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and cannot be counted in the calculation of the votes for and against a resolution.

For further information

NewRiver REIT plc			[phone]
Kerin Williams (Company Secretary)

 

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