Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2207P

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

24 May 2018

 

SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC (the 'Company')                                                      24 May 2018

Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting

At the fourth annual general meeting of the Company held at 11.00am today at Northcliffe House, 28 Tudor Street, London EC4Y 0AY, 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 2017 Annual Report and Accounts	301,113,011	99.92	229,572	0.08	75.13%	12,076
2	Approve the 2017 Directors' Remuneration Report	254,155,475	84.56	46,406,986	15.44	74.94%	792,196
3	Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	299,589,232	99.41	1,763,647	0.59	75.14%	1,779
4	Approve the 2017 Final Dividend	301,354,334	100.00	325	0.00	75.14%	0
5	Re-elect Adèle Anderson	290,467,375	96.39	10,881,717	3.61	75.13%	5,567
6	Re-elect Tony Bourne	290,552,880	96.42	10,796,212	3.58	75.13%	5,567
7	Re-elect Dame Janet Husband	300,613,747	99.76	735,345	0.24	75.13%	5,567
8	Re-elect Simon Rowlands	296,278,597	98.32	5,070,495	1.68	75.13%	5,567
9	Re-elect Garry Watts	249,205,721	83.45	49,429,852	16.55	74.46%	2,719,086
10	Elect Justin Ash	296,282,232	98.32	5,066,535	1.68	75.13%	5,892
11	Elect Peter Bamford	290,131,023	96.28	11,217,743	3.72	75.13%	5,892
12	Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors	300,524,641	99.73	824,467	0.27	75.13%	5,550
13	Authorise the Directors' to determine the auditor's remuneration	301,351,037	100.00	3,055	0.00	75.14%	567
14	Authorise political expenditure	291,573,590	96.76	9,776,407	3.24	75.13%	4,662
15	Renew the authority to allot shares	297,018,789	98.56	4,330,766	1.44	75.13%	5,104
16	Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights*	297,535,026	98.73	3,817,620	1.27	75.14%	2,013
17	Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment*	286,856,164	95.19	14,493,936	4.81	75.13%	4,558
18	Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	300,346,778	99.67	1,006,996	0.33	75.14%	884
19	Authorise general meetings, other than annual general meetings, to be held on 14 clear days' notice*	295,444,791	98.04	5,908,984	1.96	75.14%	884

*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.

Philip Davies

Deputy Company Secretary

24 May 2018

 

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