REG - Stobart Group Ltd - Results of the Annual General Meeting

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23/07/2019 15:50

RNS Number : 4696G
Stobart Group Limited
23 July 2019
 


23 July 2019
STOBART GROUP LIMITED
('Stobart Group' or 'the Group')
Result of AGM
Stobart Group, the aviation, energy and civil engineering group, announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting, held at 11.00 a.m. on 23 July 2019.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 16 in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by the required majority.
The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below.




 


 
 
 
 
For


 
 
 
 
Against


TOTAL
VOTES
CAST


Votes withheld




Resolution


No. of votes


%


No. of votes


%


No. of votes


No. of votes




1.  To receive the Company's Annual Accounts, Directors' Report and Auditor's Report.


271,470,402


99.98


65,878


0.02


271,536,280


254,108




2.  Declare a final dividend of 3.0 pence per ordinary share.


271,702,648


100.00


3,636


0.00


271,706,284


84,105




3.  To re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director.


239,876,801


92.31


19,980,094


7.69


259,856,895


11,933,493




4. To re-elect John Coombs as a Director.


211,226,321


80.14


52,344,285


19.86


263,570,606


8,219,782




5.  To approve the appointment of Nick Dilworth as a Director.


271,484,184


99.93


190,776


0.07


271,674,960


115,429




6.  To approve the appointment of Ginny Pulbrook as a Director.


271,593,334


99.97


78,181


0.03


271,671,515


118,874




7.  To approve the appointment of David Blackwood as a Director.


271,591,366


99.98


62,785


0.02


271,654,151


136,238




8.  To approve the appointment of Lewis Girdwood as a Director.


271,503,353


99.94


158,339


0.06


271,661,692


128,697




9.  To approve the appointment of David Shearer as a Director.


271,041,462


99.78


607,124


0.22


271,648,586


141,802




10. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors.


270,307,766


99.90


277,294


0.10


270,585,060


1,205,328




11. Authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration.


267,478,180


98.49


4,092,250


1.51


271,570,430


219,958




12. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.


188,888,333


82.25


40,760,105


17.75


229,648,438


42,141,950




13. Authorise the allotment of shares.


271,378,955


99.92


229,479


0.08


271,608,434


181,955




14. Disapply pre-emption rights on the issue of shares in the Company.


241,123,477


88.82


30,350,374


11.18


271,473,851


316,538




15. Ratify the Put Option and disapply pre-emption rights on the issue of shares in connection with the Put Option and Commitment Agreement.


264,710,061


97.51


6,752,163


2.49


271,462,224


328,164




16. Authorise purchase of own shares.


270,379,542


99.54


1,240,803


0.46


271,620,345


170,043




The number of ordinary shares in issue on 23 July 2019 was 370,821,715. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
A copy of resolutions 13, 14, 15 and 16 (being the special business of the Annual General Meeting, as set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting) passed, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm




Enquiries: 


 




Stobart Group Limited


 




Charlie Geller, Group Head of Communications


Via Newgate Communications




 
Newgate Communications


 
+44 203 757 6880




Robin Tozer/ Ian Silvera
 


stobart@newgatecomms.com




 
 
 




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