Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6041Y

SuperGroup PLC

09 September 2015

 



SuperGroup PLC

("SuperGroup" or "the Company")

Result of AGM

The Board is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 9 September 2015 all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed by shareholders.

All resolutions were put to the meeting and approved on a poll and the results are detailed below:

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6pm on 8 September 2015	Votes withheld
Resolution	Special / Ordinary	No. of votes	%	No. of votes	%	No. of votes	%	No. of votes
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 25 April 2015 and the Directors' Report and the Auditors' Report	Ordinary	72,704,511	99.99	5,020	0.01	72,709,531	89.56	86,811
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy	Ordinary	72,404,449	99.82	130,067	0.18	72,534,516	89.34	261,825
3. To re-elect Peter Bamford as a director	Ordinary	70,356,431	96.76	2,354,335	3.24	72,710,766	89.56	85,575
4. To re-elect Julian Dunkerton as a director	Ordinary	72,692,188	99.97	18,579	0.03	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
5. To re-elect Keith Edelman as a director	Ordinary	72,690,354	99.97	20,413	0.03	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
6. To re-elect James Holder as a director	Ordinary	72,692,188	99.97	18,579	0.03	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
7. To re-elect Ken McCall as a director	Ordinary	72,674,682	99.98	14,020	0.02	72,688,702	89.53	107,639
8. To re-elect Minnow Powell as a director	Ordinary	72,696,747	99.98	14,020	0.02	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
9. To re-elect Euan Sutherland as a director	Ordinary	72,696,951	99.98	13,816	0.02	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
10. To elect Penny Hughes as a director	Ordinary	72,696,747	99.98	14,020	0.02	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
11. To elect Nick Wharton as a director	Ordinary	72,697,001	99.98	13,766	0.02	72,710,767	89.56	85,575
12. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors	Ordinary	72,498,959	99.71	211,750	0.29	72,710,709	89.56	85,632
13. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration	Ordinary	72,526,950	99.75	184,060	0.25	72,711,010	89.56	85,332
14. To authorise the directors to allot shares	Ordinary	72,527,103	99.75	183,856	0.25	72,710,959	89.56	85,383
15. To authorise the directors to allot shares for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights	Special	72,017,823	98.96	755,241	1.04	72,773,064	89.63	23,228
16. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	Special	72,710,691	100.00	268	0.00	72,710,959	89.56	85,383
17. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	Ordinary	72,430,169	99.64	263,376	0.36	72,693,545	89.54	102,795
18. To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	Special	71,050,721	97.72	1,660,289	2.28	72,711,010	89.56	85,332
19. To adopt and establish the SuperGroup Plc Buy As You Earn Plan	Ordinary	72,697,192	99.98	13,767	0.02	72,710,959	89.56	85,383
20. To adopt and establish the SuperGroup Plc Company Share Option Plan	Ordinary	72,610,945	99.86	100,064	0.14	72,711,009	89.56	85,332

Votes of Independent Shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent non-executive directors.

		For		Against		TOTAL VOTES CAST	% of shares on register at 6pm on 8 September 2015	Votes withheld
Resolution	Special / Ordinary	No. of votes	%	No. of votes	%	No. of votes	%	No. of votes
3. To re-elect Peter Bamford as a director	Ordinary	44,267,487	94.95	2,354,335	5.05	46,621,822	84.61	85,575
5. To re-elect Keith Edelman as a director	Ordinary	46,601,410	99.96	20,413	0.04	46,621,823	84.61	85,575
7. To re-elect Ken McCall as a director	Ordinary	46,585,738	99.97	14,020	0.03	46,599,758	84.57	107,639
8. To re-elect Minnow Powell as a director	Ordinary	46,607,803	99.97	14,020	0.03	46,621,823	84.61	85,575
10. To elect Penny Hughes as a director	Ordinary	46,607,803	99.97	14,020	0.03	46,621,823	84.61	85,575

It should be noted that a 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

A copy of the special resolutions approved by shareholders will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The total number of shares on the register at 6.00pm on 7 September 2015, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 81,188,811.

SuperGroup will next update on its performance on 5 November when it releases its Q2 FY16 trading update. This update will also include the trading results of Q1 FY16. The Group's 2016 Interim Results will be released on 16 December 2015.

For further information:

SuperGroup	[phone]
Mav Wynn, Head of Investor Relations	[e-mail]
Instinctif Partners	[phone]
Matthew Smallwood
Mark Reed

 

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