Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8287Y

XPS Pensions Group PLC

08 September 2022

 

XPS Pensions Group plc

8 September 2022

XPS Pensions Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 8 September 2022

XPS Pensions Group plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 8 September 2022, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13 to 17 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls taken on the resolutions, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

	Resolutions	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of issued share capital voted
1	Receive Director's Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022	166,661,362	100	0	0	166,661,362	80.34%
2	Declare a final dividend of 4.7 pence per ordinary share	166,661,362	100	0	0	166,661,362	80.34%
3	Approve Directors' Remuneration Report	156,173,209	95.78	6,875,925	4.22	163,049,134	78.60%
4	Re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director	165,660,555	99.40	1,000,807	0.60	166,661,362	80.34%
5	Re-elect Ben Bramhall as a Director	160,727,010	96.44	5,934,352	3.56	166,661,362	80.34%
6	Re-elect Paul Cuff as a Director	160,727,010	96.44	5,934,352	3.56	166,661,362	80.34%
7	Re-elect Sarah Ing as a Director	165,770,215	99.47	891,147	0.53	166,661,362	80.34%
8	Re-elect Snehal Shah as a Director	166,655,233	100	6,129	0	166,661,362	80.34%
9	Re-elect Margaret Snowdon OBE as a Director	164,544,715	98.73	2,116,647	1.27	166,661,362	80.34%
10	Re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditors	164,976,277	100	603	0	164,976,880	79.53%
11	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to fix Auditor's remuneration	166,660,759	100	603	0	166,661,362	80.34%
12	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	165,369,491	99.22	1,291,871	0.78	166,661,362	80.34%
13	Authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	161,704,084	97.03	4,957,278	2.97	166,661,362	80.34%
14	Authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisitions)	159,240,999	95.55	7,420,363	4.45	166,661,362	80.34%
15	Authorise the  Company to purchase own shares	163,889,382	98.98	1,684,682	1.02	165,574,064	79.82%
16	Authorise the Directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	166,467,213	99.88	194,149	0.12	166,661,362	80.34%
17	Cancellation of the Company's share premium account	166,658,759	100	603	0	166,659,362	80.34%

As at 12.00pm on Tuesday 6 September 2022, the number of issued shares in the Company was 207,443,140 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Full details of the resolutions passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available at  www.xpsgroup.com .

 

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