Unbound Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
12 May 2022
Unbound Group plc (the "Company") announces that all 14 resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 12 May 2022 were duly passed on a poll, including the special resolutions set out in the notice of meeting to disapply pre-emption rights and renew the share buyback authority.
The results of the poll were as follows:
Result of poll
Resolution No. |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Votes total |
Votes Withheld1 |
1. To receive the Annual Report & Financial Statements
|
24,108,560 |
100.00% |
736 |
0.00% |
24,109,296 |
1,735 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
|
19,916,039 |
82.63% |
4,186,776 |
17.37% |
24,102,815 |
8,216 |
3. To elect Mr Daniel Lampard as a Director
|
24,098,189 |
99.95% |
12,024 |
0.05% |
24,110,213 |
818 |
4. To elect Baroness Kate Rock as a Director
|
24,097,761 |
99.95% |
12,611 |
0.05% |
24,110,372 |
659 |
5. To elect Ms Suzanne (Suki) Thompson as a Director
|
24,097,811 |
99.95% |
12,561 |
0.05% |
24,110,372 |
659 |
6. To elect Mr Ian Watson as a Director
|
24,098,348 |
99.95% |
12,024 |
0.05% |
24,110,372 |
659 |
7. To re-elect Mr Paul Goodson as a Director
|
24,098,361 |
99.95% |
12,027 |
0.05% |
24,110,388 |
643 |
8. To re-elect Mr Neil Johnson as a Director
|
22,667,450 |
94.02% |
1,442,938 |
5.98% |
24,110,388 |
643 |
9. To re-elect Mr Gavin Manson as a Director
|
19,510,700 |
80.92% |
4,599,688 |
19.08% |
24,110,388 |
643 |
10. To appoint RSM UK Group LLP as auditor of the Company
|
24,109,072 |
99.99% |
1,896 |
0.01% |
24,110,968 |
63 |
11. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditor
|
24,109,140 |
99.99% |
1,888 |
0.01% |
24,111,028 |
3 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
|
24,097,138 |
99.95% |
12,788 |
0.05% |
24,109,926 |
1,105 |
13. To disapply pre-emption rights2
|
24,079,049 |
99.88% |
29,619 |
0.12% |
24,108,668 |
2,363 |
14. To renew the share buyback authority2
|
24,090,533 |
99.92% |
19,793 |
0.08% |
24,110,326 |
705 |
1 A vote withheld is not counted towards the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
2 Special resolution
On 12 May 2022 the Company had 42,258,128 ordinary shares in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Company's website at www.unboundgroupplc.com .
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.unboundgroupplc.com .
As stated in the Notice of Meeting, Linda Wilding did not seek re-election at the AGM and retired from the Board at the end of the meeting. As previously announced, Gavin Manson has been appointed as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee in her place.
Frostrow Capital LLP will resign and ONE Advisory Limited has been appointed as Company Secretary to the Company with effect from 16 May 2022.
ENDS
ENQUIRIES
Unbound Group plc
Dan Lampard
020 3874 8300
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker)
Ash Burman, Nick Adams, Stewart Wallace, Francis North
020 7710 7600
HSBC Bank plc (Joint Corporate Broker)
Simon Alexander, Sam McLennan, Alex Moraru
020 7991 8888
Vico Partners
Sofia Newitt
020 3957 5045