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RNS Number : 9830D Carr's Group PLC 21 February 2024
21 February 2024
Carr's Group plc
("Carr's", the "Company", or the "Group")
Result of Annual General Meeting 2024
Carr's (CARR.L), the Agriculture and Engineering Group, confirms that the
Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") was held at 10.00am (GMT)
yesterday, 20 February 2024. At the Meeting, the ordinary and special
resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 10
January 2024 were proposed and voted on by way of a poll. All of the
proposed resolutions, with the exception of resolution 17 and resolution 18,
were passed.
Full details of the poll results are set out below.
Issued share capital: 94,312,563 ordinary shares
Resolution Number of votes for % of votes for Number of votes against % of votes against Total votes cast % of issued share capital Votes withheld*
1. Approve Annual Report and Accounts 41,446,990 99.98 7,086 0.02 41,454,076 43.95% 11,799
2. Approve final dividend 41,413,889 99.98 7,086 0.02 41,420,975 43.92% 44,900
3. Re-elect Tim Jones 41,264,064 99.70 125,020 0.30 41,389,084 43.89% 31,891
4. Re-elect David White 41,349,040 99.81 79,926 0.19 41,428,966 43.93% 36,909
5. Elect Martin Rowland 41,288,486 99.69 128,498 0.31 41,416,984 43.91% 48,891
6. Re-elect Ian Wood 41,299,501 99.68 134,483 0.32 41,433,984 43.93% 31,891
7. Re-elect Shelagh Hancock 41,292,348 99.65 143,425 0.35 41,435,773 43.93% 30,102
8. Re-elect Stuart Lorimer 41,194,526 99.53 196,347 0.47 41,390,873 43.89% 30,102
9. Elect Gillian Watson 41,242,687 99.56 183,798 0.44 41,426,485 43.92% 39,390
10. Re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor 41,216,039 99.50 207,770 0.50 41,423,809 43.92% 42,066
11. Authorise remuneration of Auditor 41,323,065 99.71 121,342 0.29 41,444,407 43.94% 21,468
12. Approve Remuneration Report 41,015,388 99.24 312,648 0.76 41,328,036 43.82% 137,839
13. Approve Remuneration Policy 40,933,387 99.11 366,531 0.89 41,299,918 43.79% 165,957
14. Authorise allotment of shares 41,263,487 99.66 138,782 0.34 41,402,269 43.90% 63,606
15. Disapply pre-emption (general) 41,088,619 99.25 310,855 0.75 41,399,474 43.90% 66,401
16. Disapply pre-emption (investments) 41,054,930 99.20 332,820 0.80 41,387,750 43.88% 78,125
17. Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 23,213,640 56.00 18,237,879 44.00 41,451,519 43.95% 14,356
18. Meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice 23,084,635 55.69 18,366,737 44.31 41,451,372 43.95% 14,503
*A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
The Board notes the level of votes cast against resolutions 17 and 18,
relating to the authority for the Company to purchase own shares (resolution
17), and the authority to call a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not
less than 14 clear days' notice (resolution 18). Resolutions 17 and 18
were special resolutions which required at least 75% of the votes cast to be
in favour of the resolutions. The Company will engage with shareholders to
fully understand the reasons for this and provide an update within six months
of the AGM as required by the Corporate Governance Code 2018.
The Board is always open to constructive dialogue with shareholders and is
grateful to all those who took the time to consider and vote on the
resolutions proposed.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority
(FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have
been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public
inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM)
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Carr's Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 1228 554 600
Justin Richards, Company Secretary
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