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29/06/2017 16:55

RNS Number : 6452J
Stobart Group Limited
29 June 2017
29 June 2017
STOBART GROUP LIMITED
('Stobart' or 'the Group')
Result of AGM
Stobart Group Ltd, the Infrastructure and Support Services Group, announces that at its Annual General Meeting, held at 12.00 noon today, all resolutions proposed to the Meeting (as set out in the Notice of Meeting) were passed on a show of hands.
Details of proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the meeting are set out below:
Resolution
For
(number of votes)
Discretion
(number of votes)
Against
(number of votes)
Abstentions
(number of votes)
% in favour incl. Chairman's discretion but excl. withheld votes
1. To receive the Company's Annual Accounts, Directors' Report and Auditor's Report.
294,970,756
216,774
1,135,403
681,435
99.62
2. To declare a final dividend of 4.5p per ordinary share.
296,791,871
211,943
0
556
100.00
3. To re-elect Iain Ferguson CBE as a Director.
287,182,346
238,274
9,568,271
15,478
96.78
4. To re-elect Andrew Tinkler as a Director.
296,575,170
216,024
196,698
16,478
99.93
5. To re-elect Andrew Wood as a Director.
288,780,786
244,274
7,958,910
20,400
97.32
6. To re-elect John Coombs as a Director. 
288,792,076
241,873
7,950,021
20,400
97.32
7. To re-elect John Garbutt as a Director.
274,987,314
245,074
21,751,580
20,400
92.68
8. To approve the appointment of Warwick Brady as Director.
296,521,550
248,031
209,288
25,501
99.93
9. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company.
296,388,204
214,774
386,751
14,641
99.87
10.To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration.
296,728,530
238,609
24,806
12,425
99.99
11.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
284,968,685
253,612
11,040,071
741,999
96.27
12.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
282,916,269
254,237
4,921,948
8,911,914
98.29
13.To approve the alignment of EPS measurement period with TSR measurement period.
264,937,961
262,752
31,695,917
107,740
89.32
14.To approve the amendments to the Long Term Incentive Plan.
295,532,074
248,245
1,099,219
124,831
99.63
15.To authorise the allotment of shares. 
296,619,592
262,248
60,926
61,604
99.98
16.To approve and adopt the Amended Articles of Incorporation. 
286,752,236
297,411
389,254
9,565,467
99.86
17.To disapply pre-emption rights on the issue of shares in the Company. 
296,484,992
295,438
114,959
108,981
99.96
18.To authorise purchase of own shares.
295,596,652
290,311
1,076,746
40,429
99.64
The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) on 29 June 2017 was 350,628,831. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast. 
Resolutions 16, 17 and 18 inclusive were passed as special resolutions. A copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Enquiries:
Stobart Group Limited
C/o Redleaf Communications
Andrew Tinkler, Chief Executive Officer 

Redleaf Communications
+44 207 382 4730
Charlie Geller 
Sam Modlin
Stobart@redleafpr.com


Influence Associates
+44 207 287 9610
Stuart Dyble
James Andrew


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