REG - Ascential PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 8264XAscential PLC06 May 2021
Ascential plc
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
All 22 resolutions considered at the 2021 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 1 April 2021. The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below. The Company's issued share capital as at 6 May 2021 was 402,929,204 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 Withheld/ Abstentions
AGM
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020
375,993,599
99.73
1,026,924
0.27
2,658,470
2. Resolution withdrawn
n/a
n/a
n/a
3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts
359,267,886
95.39
17,373,098
4.61
3,038,009
4. Resolution withdrawn
n/a
n/a
n/a
5. To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company
374,317,475
98.59
5,361,518
1.41
0
6. To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company
375,488,082
99.52
1,802,901
0.48
2,388,010
7. To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company
379,678,993
100.00
0
0
0
8. To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company
379,678,993
100.00
0
0
0
9. To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company
322,690,504
85.04
56,758,474
14.96
230,015
10. To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company
379,676,766
100.00
2,227
0.00
0
11. To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company
347,244,738
91.46
32,434,255
8.54
0
12. To elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director of the Company
379,678,993
100.00
0
0
0
13. To elect Joanne Harris as a Director of the Company
379,678,993
100.00
0
0
0
14. To elect Funke Ighodaro as a Director of the Company
378,409,892
99.67
1,269,101
0.33
0
15. To elect Charles Song as a Director of the Company
379,656,614
99.99
22,379
0.01
0
16. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company
373,830,220
98.46
5,848,773
1.54
0
17. To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor
377,245,154
99.36
2,433,839
0.64
0
18. To authorise the Company to make political donations
344,310,102
90.68
35,368,891
9.32
0
19. To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities
362,316,563
95.43
17,362,430
4.57
0
20. To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 20 in the Notice of AGM
379,678,993
100.00
0
0.00
0
21. To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 21 in the Notice of AGM
372,143,701
98.02
7,535,292
1.98
0
22. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
376,262,169
99.13
3,284,459
0.87
132,365
23. To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice
366,285,896
96.47
13,393,097
3.53
0
24. To approve amended Articles of Association
379,678,993
100.00
0
0.00
0
Notes
1. AGM Resolutions 1, 3 and 5-19 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 20 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.
2. Resolution 2 pertaining to the Directors' Remuneration Policy and Resolution 4 pertaining to the proposed Ten-Year Equity Plan received a majority of shareholder support ahead of the meeting but not to a level that satisfied the Board. As a consequence, the Board elected to withdraw the resolutions and continue to operate under the remuneration policy approved by shareholders in 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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