9 July 2019
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (the "Company") - Result of AGM
At the 130th Annual General Meeting held today, all the resolutions put to the Company's shareholders were duly passed. These resolutions are contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 22 May 2019, a copy of which is in the Company's Annual Report 2019 which is available on the Company's website (www.youngs.co.uk) and on request from the Company at its registered office: Riverside House, 26 Osiers Road, Wandsworth, London SW18 1NH (telephone 020 8875 7000).
Pursuant to AIM Rule 17, notice is given of the fact that shareholders passed a resolution relating to the payment, on 11 July 2019, of a final dividend of 10.81p per share. This is payable to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 7 June 2019.
For information, the total number of voting shares in issue is 29,864,528 and valid proxy appointments were received from holders of 15,153,930 voting shares amounting to 50.74% of the issued voting share capital. The following table excludes abstentions / votes withheld and proxy appointments received from holders of voting shares who appointed someone other than the chairman of the meeting as their proxy.
Resolution |
For |
% of total |
Against |
% of total |
Chairman's Discretion |
% of total |
Total |
1 annual accounts and reports |
15,086,705 |
99.58 |
846 |
0.01 |
62,965 |
0.41 |
15,150,516 |
2 final dividend |
15,087,251 |
99.58 |
180 |
0.00 |
62,885 |
0.42 |
15,150,316 |
3 re-appointment of auditor |
15,070,168 |
99.52 |
8,375 |
0.06 |
64,845 |
0.42 |
15,143,388 |
4 auditor's remuneration |
15,087,144 |
99.58 |
483 |
0.00 |
62,885 |
0.42 |
15,150,512 |
5 re-appointments of directors |
12,951,732 |
92.30 |
1,018,129 |
7.26 |
62,885 |
0.44 |
14,032,746 |
6 re-appointments of directors |
15,083,588 |
99.57 |
1,295 |
0.01 |
63,181 |
0.42 |
15,148,064 |
7 political donations etc. |
12,277,143 |
98.85 |
75,371 |
0.61 |
67,865 |
0.54 |
12,420,379 |
8 general authority to allot |
15,046,694 |
99.48 |
9,657 |
0.06 |
68,425 |
0.46 |
15,124,776 |
9 general power to disapply |
15,025,964 |
99.44 |
15,510 |
0.10 |
68,825 |
0.46 |
15,110,299 |
10 authority to undertake market purchases of own shares |
12,343,280 |
99.41 |
4,656 |
0.04 |
68,825 |
0.55 |
12,416,761 |
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
Krishan Pandit
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: 020 8875 7000