REG - De La Rue PLC - Result of AGM

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06/08/2020 12:40

RNS Number : 3950V
  
De La Rue PLC
  
06 August 2020
  
 

 
 
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, 6 August 2020, at 10:30am at De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS. 
The Company is also pleased to announce that the Resolutions (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting) were duly passed on a poll (in which every member present in person or proxy had one vote for each Ordinary Share held).
The poll results on the Resolutions, on which Computershare (the Company's registrar) acted as scrutineer, are as follows:
 
Poll Voting Figures
 






RESOLUTION



FOR


AGAINST



TOTAL 


WITHHELD










Number of Votes


% of votes Cast


Number of Votes


% of votes Cast


Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)


% of Issued Share Capital


Number of Votes




Ordinary Resolutions




1.


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


123,396,613


99.99


8,556


0.01


123,405,169


63.30%


255,444




2.


Approve the directors' remuneration policy


117,001,673


94.64


6,628,523


5.36


123,630,196


63.41%


30,416




3.


Approve the directors' remuneration report


121,649,532


98.40


1,980,487


1.60


123,630,019


63.41%


29,656




4.


Elect Kevin Loosemore


123,560,155


99.93


90,470


0.07


123,650,625


63.42%


9,988




5.


Elect Clive Vacher


123,578,457


99.94


69,318


0.06


123,647,775


63.42%


12,838




6.


Re-elect Nick Bray


123,481,946


99.87


162,632


0.13


123,644,578


63.42%


16,034




7.


Re-elect Maria da Cunha


117,916,055


95.36


5,732,622


4.64


123,648,677


63.42%


11,935




8.


Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor


123,544,215


99.92


105,065


0.08


123,649,280


63.42%


8,709




9.


Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration


123,586,197


99.94


68,397


0.06


123,654,594


63.43%


6,019




10.


Authorise the Directors to allot shares 


123,255,609


99.70


375,216


0.30


123,630,825


63.41%


29,402




11.


Authorise political donations and political expenditure


122,566,685


99.17


1,026,598


0.83


123,593,283


63.40%


67,330




Special Resolutions




12.


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


123,450,725


99.87


157,471


0.13


123,608,196


63.40%


52,417




13.


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


123,425,843


99.85


180,350


0.15


123,606,193


63.40%


54,420




14.


Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares
 


123,593,755


99.95


63,592


0.05


123,657,347


63.43%


3,266




Ordinary Resolutions




15.


Approve the executive incentive arrangements comprising the De La Rue Deferred Bonus Plan 2020 (DBP)


122,770,772


99.32


842,742


0.68


123,613,514


63.41%


45,139




16.


Approve the executive incentive arrangements comprising the De La Rue Performance Share Plan 2020 (PSP)


122,772,104


99.32


843,710


0.68


123,615,814


63.41%


44,799




Special Resolution




17


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


123,192,906


99.62


464,584


0.38


123,657,490


63.43%


3,123



 
1.   Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).
2.   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' the resolutions, nor the total votes cast.
3.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.
4.   As at 6:00 p.m. on 4 August 2020 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 194,956,241 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 194,956,241, each ordinary share carrying one vote.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the Resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. In addition, a copy of the Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House. The results of the Annual General Meeting held on 6 August 2020 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com.
 
Jane Hyde, Company Secretary
Contact Number: 01256 605212
6 August 2020
 
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78
 


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