REG - De La Rue PLC - Result of AGM

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25/07/2019 16:15

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De La Rue PLC
25 July 2019
 


 
 
DE LA RUE PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 
The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of De La Rue plc ("De La Rue" or the "Company") was held today, 25 July 2019, at 10:30am at De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS.
All resolutions proposed at the AGM were decided on a poll and were passed. There were 5,337 shareholders on the register as at 25 July 2019. The issued share capital was 103,844,206 ordinary shares of 44 152/175p each and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 103,844,206, each ordinary share carrying one vote.
The final poll voting figures are shown in the table below and are also available on the De La Rue plc website at www.delarue.com.
 
Poll Voting Figures
 



No.


Resolution



Votes For (Including Discretionary)


%


Votes Against


%


Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)


Total Votes Cast as a % of issued share capital

(Excluding Withheld)


No. of Votes Withheld*




Ordinary Resolutions




1.


Receive the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements of the Company, together with the report of the auditor


82,266,055


99.97


27,861


0.03


82,293,916


79.25


145,282




2.


Approve the directors' remuneration report


42,846,302


51.99


39,571,106


48.01


82,417,408


79.37


20,311




3.


Declare a final dividend


82,418,266


99.99


6,401


0.01


82,424,667


79.37


15,527




4.


Elect Helen Willis


82,184,412


99.72


229,152


0.28


82,413,564


79.36


26,630




5.


Re-elect Nick Bray


82,055,349


99.56


358,929


0.44


82,414,278


79.36


25,916




6.


Re-elect Sabri Challah


74,669,354


90.60


7,744,554


9.40


82,413,908


79.36


26,286




7.


Re-elect Maria da Cunha


82,034,219


99.54


376,654


0.46


82,410,873


79.36


26,566




8.


Re-elect Philip Rogerson


74,582,326


91.17


7,224,978


8.83


81,807,304


78.78


632,614




9.


Re-elect Andrew Stevens


81,993,477


99.50


415,557


0.50


82,409,034


79.36


31,160




10.


Re-elect Martin Sutherland


79,359,529


96.28


3,062,005


3.72


82,421,534


79.37


18,660




11.


Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor


82,381,126


99.96


36,675


0.04


82,417,801


79.37


21,398




12.


Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration


82,396,961


99.97


24,359


0.03


82,421,320


79.37


18,874




13.


Authorise the Directors to allot shares


81,083,715


98.41


1,307,451


1.59


82,391,166


79.34


45,929




14.


Authorise political donations and political expenditure


76,565,947


92.95


5,810,430


7.05


82,376,377


79.33


53,628




Special Resolutions




15.


Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply


82,198,986


99.76


194,027


0.24


82,393,013


79.34%


46,086




16.


Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply


70,692,988


85.80


11,703,746


14.20


82,396,734


79.35


42,364




17.


Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares
 


82,184,386


99.74


217,586


0.26


82,401,972


79.35


37,126




18


That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice


69,892,261


84.78


12,542,629


15.22


82,434,890


79.38


4,208



*A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
 
The Board is pleased to note that that all resolutions passed and the majority of resolutions received overwhelming support from shareholders, but is disappointed with the lower level of support received for the advisory vote on our Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 March 2019 (resolution 2). In recent years, both the Remuneration Report and our Remuneration Policy have received strong shareholder support.
De La Rue is committed to a policy of proactive and open communication with shareholders as a whole. Over recent weeks, the Company has engaged extensively with our institutional shareholders and proxy advisers to discuss their questions and concerns, and to understand the reasoning behind the decision of those shareholders who did not support the Remuneration Report. Through that engagement, we understand that shareholders have been motivated by different and sometimes contrasting factors in reaching their decisions. Those include the recommendation by the proxy agency ISS to vote against our Remuneration Report, although we note that the proxy agencies PIRC and Glass Lewis both recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the resolution.
The Company is committed to continuing to engage with shareholders to further understand and determine how best to address their concerns. The Remuneration Committee will seek shareholder views as the Company develops the new Directors' Remuneration Policy which will be put forward for approval at the 2020 AGM in line with our usual cycle for renewal.
An update on shareholder views and actions taken by the Company, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, will be published within the next six months and included in the Company's 2020 Annual Report and Accounts.
 
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will then be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
 
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78.
 
Ed Peppiatt
Company Secretary
25 July 2019




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