Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7670Y

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

19 May 2016

 

SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC (the 'Company')                                                      19 May 2016

Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting

At the second annual general meeting of the Company held at 11.00am today at 60 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

	Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	% of ISC voted	Votes withheld
1	Receive and adopt the 2015 Annual Report and Accounts	335,496,848	99.96	120,000	0.04	83.68%	12,059
2	Approve the 2015 Directors' Remuneration Report	305,605,620	99.02	3,031,430	0.98	76.95%	26,991,857
3	Approve the 2015 Final Dividend	335,628,907	100.00	0	0.00	83.68%	0
4	Re-elect Tony Bourne	335,271,613	99.89	357,294	0.11	83.68%	0
5	Re-elect John Gildersleeve	333,615,942	99.40	2,012,965	0.60	83.68%	0
6	Re-elect Simon Gordon	333,282,937	99.30	2,345,970	0.70	83.68%	0
7	Re-elect Professor Dame Janet Husband	335,027,793	99.82	601,114	0.18	83.68%	0
8	Re-elect Robert Lerwill	335,027,798	99.82	601,109	0.18	83.68%	0
9	Elect Danie Meintjes	332,489,735	99.06	3,139,172	0.94	83.68%	0
10	Re-elect Rob Roger	326,697,089	97.34	8,929,438	2.66	83.68%	2,380
11	Re-elect Simon Rowlands	332,489,410	99.06	3,139,497	0.94	83.68%	0
12	Re-elect Garry Watts	330,560,895	98.53	4,948,012	1.47	83.65%	120,000
13	Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	334,471,400	100.00	1,334	0.00	83.39%	1,156,173
14	Authorise the Directors' to determine the auditor's remuneration	335,628,907	100.00	0	0.00	83.68%	0
15	Authorise political expenditure	334,798,614	99.75	830,293	0.25	83.68%	0
16	Renew the authority to allot shares	315,481,575	94.00	20,147,332	6.00	83.68%	0
17	Approve the Company's SAYE plan	334,399,241	99.63	1,229,666	0.37	83.68%	0
18	Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights*	303,700,457	90.49	31,928,450	9.51	83.68%	0
19	Authorise general meetings, other than annual general meetings, to be held on 14 clear days' notice*	329,289,127	98.11	6,339,780	1.89	83.68%	0

*Special Resolution

A trading update was released by the Company at 7.00am this morning.

Notes:

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

ii)          The total number of shares in issue (ISC) is 401,081,391.

iii)         A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

iv)         All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.spirehealthcare.com.

Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.

Daniel Toner

General Counsel and Group Company Secretary

19 May 2016

 

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