Result of AGM
Updated : 15:31
Mothercare plc Annual General Meeting 23 September 2020: Results
Annual General Meeting
At the annual general meeting held at 11.00am on 23 September 2020, the resolutions before the meeting were passed.
The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:
Resolution | Votes For (including discretion) | % of Votes For (including discretion) | Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Votes Withheld* | % of votes withheld* | |
1 | To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director | 226,597,712 | 82.04 | 49,600,219 | 17.96 | 6,412 | 0.00 |
2 | To elect Andrew Cook as a director | 276,166,281 | 99.99 | 28,382 | 0.01 | 9,680 | 0.00 |
3 | To re-elect Mark Newton-Jones as a director | 275,593,528 | 99.78 | 602,406 | 0.22 | 8,409 | 0.00 |
4 | To re-elect Gillian Kent as a director | 250,900,517 | 90.84 | 25,296,733 | 9.16 | 7,093 | 0.00 |
5 | To elect Brian Small as a director | 276,168,174 | 99.99 | 26,890 | 0.01 | 9,279 | 0.00 |
6 | Authority for the directors to allot shares | 274,018,988 | 99.21 | 2,170,804 | 0.79 | 14,551 | 0.01 |
7 | To authorise political donations by the company and its subsidiaries | 275,841,931 | 99.88 | 337,461 | 0.12 | 24,951 | 0.01 |
8 | Authority to call a general meeting at 14 days' notice | 276,147,711 | 99.98 | 45,193 | 0.02 | 11,439 | 0.00 |
9 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 276,116,235 | 99.98 | 64,279 | 0.02 | 23,469 | 0.01 |
10 | Authority to further disapply pre-emption rights | 250,866,623 | 90.84 | 25,311,474 | 9.16 | 25,886 | 0.01 |
11 | Authority to purchase own shares | 250,904,073 | 90.84 | 25,292,313 | 9.16 | 7,957 | 0.00 |
Resolutions 8 to 11 were Special Resolutions.
Notes
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution
As at 22 September 2020, the Company's issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 374,192,494 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights. There are no shares in treasury. As a result, proxy votes representing approximately % of the voting capital were cast for the AGM.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, www.mothercareplc.com and for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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