Result of AGM
Updated : 13:36
Ascential plc
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
All 18 resolutions considered at the 2020 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 9 March 2020. The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below. The Company's issued share capital as at 6 May 2020 was 402,714,204 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.
Resolution no. | Shares For | % | Shares Against | % | Shares marked as Votes Witheld/ Abstentions |
AGM | |||||
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 | 375,920,597 | 99.99 | 43,389 | 0.01 | 537,988 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Annual report and Accounts | 365,711,635 | 97.13 | 10,790,339 | 2.87 | 0 |
3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts | 375,339,447 | 99.69 | 1,162,527 | 0.31 | 0 |
4. Resolution withdrawn | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
5. To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company | 366,251,336 | 97.28 | 10,250,639 | 2.72 | 0 |
6. To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company | 365,715,456 | 97.14 | 10,786,519 | 2.86 | 0 |
7. To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company | 366,280,412 | 97.29 | 10,221,563 | 2.71 | 0 |
8. To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company | 366,451,333 | 97.33 | 10,050,642 | 2.67 | 0 |
9. To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company | 366,195,387 | 97.26 | 10,306,588 | 2.74 | 0 |
10. To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company | 366,222,574 | 97.33 | 10,028,263 | 2.67 | 251,138 |
11. To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company | 366,379,843 | 97.31 | 10,122,132 | 2.69 | 0 |
12. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 376,249,789 | 100.0 | 1,048 | 0.00 | 251,138 |
13. To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 376,500,927 | 100.0 | 1,048 | 0.00 | 0 |
14. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 368,733,445 | 98.19 | 6,807,687 | 1.81 | 960,843 |
15. To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities | 359,251,816 | 95.42 | 17,250,159 | 4.58 | 0 |
16. To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 15 in the Notice of AGM | 376,501,451 | 100.0 | 524 | 0.00 | 0 |
17. To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 16 in the Notice of AGM | 375,338,923 | 99.69 | 1,163,051 | 0.31 | 0 |
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 376,189,142 | 99.92 | 295,051 | 0.08 | 17,781 |
19. To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 362,887,203 | 96.38 | 13,624,722 | 3.62 | 0 |
Notes
1. AGM Resolutions 1 to 3 and 5 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions. AGM Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
2. Resolution 4 (recommendation of a final dividend of 4.0p per share) has been withdrawn, as previously announced on 3 April 2020.
3. The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.
4. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against a resolution
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