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RNS Number : 9483T  De La Rue PLC  27 July 2022

 

 

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, 27 July 2022, at 10:45am at the Worsley Park
Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Walkden Road, Manchester, M28 2QT.

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 Annual Report and Accounts                               147,393,667      99.95%           78,909           0.05%            147,472,576                      75.46%                     265,399
 2.   Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                           127,958,215      86.72%           19,589,328       13.28%           147,547,543                      75.50%                     190,432
 3.   Re-elect Kevin Loosemore                                             125,482,306      97.76%           2,880,583        2.24%            128,362,889                      65.68%                     19,376,092
 4.   Re-elect Catherine Ashton                                            127,482,704      99.31%           879,321          0.69%            128,362,025                      65.68%                     19,376,956
 5.   Re-elect Nick Bray                                                   127,401,004      99.25%           961,942          0.75%            128,362,946                      65.68%                     19,376,035
 6.   Re-elect Ruth Euling                                                 128,114,643      99.81%           247,287          0.19%            128,361,930                      65.68%                     19,376,334
 7.   Re-elect Rob Harding                                                 128,113,624      99.81%           249,322          0.19%            128,362,946                      65.68%                     19,376,035
 8.   Re-elect Margaret Rice-Jones                                         127,399,565      99.25%           962,460          0.75%            128,362,025                      65.68%                     19,376,035
 9.   Re-elect Clive Vacher                                                125,877,914      98.06%           2,484,732        1.94%            128,362,646                      65.68%                     19,376,335
 10.  Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as Auditor                            147,496,161      99.86%           204,126          0.14%            147,700,287                      75.57%                     38,694
 11.  Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration      147,627,215      99.93%           99,717           0.07%            147,726,932                      75.59%                     12,049
 12.  Authorise political donations and political expenditure              124,751,189      84.46%           22,948,901       15.54%           147,700,090                      75.57%                     38,652
 13.  Authorise the Directors to allot shares                              145,841,248      98.83%           1,720,167        1.17%            147,561,415                      75.50%                     177,566
 Special Resolutions
 14.  Dis-application of pre-emption rights                                128,085,593      86.81%           19,468,349       13.19%           147,553,942                      75.50%                     185,039
 15.  Additional dis-application of pre-emption rights                     126,553,698      85.77%           21,000,896       14.23%           147,554,594                      75.50%                     184,387
 16.  Authorise the Company to make on-market purchases of its own shares  147,489,023      99.83%           245,388          0.17%            147,734,411                      75.59%                     4,570
 17.  Shortened notice of general meetings                                 130,112,776      88.08%           17,612,883       11.92%           147,725,659                      75.59%                     13,322
 Ordinary Resolution
 18.  Approve the De La Rue Sharesave Plan 2022                            147,487,110      99.90%           148,123          0.10%            147,635,233                      75.54%                     103,748

 

 

1.   The percentages voted 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a proportion
of the total votes cast, which does not include votes withheld since for legal
purposes a vote withheld is not a vote cast.

2.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the
meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.

3.   As at 6:00 p.m. on 25 July 2022 (being the record time for the Annual
General Meeting), the Company had 195,435,840 Ordinary Shares in issue and the
total number of voting rights in respect of these Ordinary Shares was
195,435,840, 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
(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 27 July 2022 will be available to view on the
Company's website at www.delarue.com (http://www.delarue.com) .

As outlined in the 2022 Annual Report, Maria da Cunha retired from the Board
following the conclusion of this year's Annual General Meeting.  We would
like to thank Maria for her contribution and expertise provided to De La Rue
over the last seven years.  Margaret Rice-Jones will take on the role of
Chair of the Remuneration Committee following Maria's retirement.

 

Jane Hyde, Company Secretary

Contact Number: 01256 605212

27 July 2022

 

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78

 

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