REG - Carr's Group PLC - Result of Annual General Meeting 2024

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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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