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RNS Number : 4497N  Foxtons Group PLC  07 May 2024

7 May 2024

 

Foxtons Group plc

(the "Company")

 

 

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

 

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today
all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were
passed by the requisite majority.  Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was
voted on by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as
follows:

 

 Resolution                                                                    For                       For     Against                              Against  Votes Withheld                     Total issued share capital instructed

 * indicates Special Resolution                                                (No. of shares)           (%)     (No. of shares)                      (%)      (No. of shares)
 1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts.                                        227,841,970        99.99%                 12,924                0.01%                  90,752                           227,945,646
 2. To declare a final dividend of 0.7 pence per ordinary share.                      211,306,942        92.71%          16,627,833                   7.29%                  10,871                           227,945,646
 3. To approve the Annual Statement from the Remuneration Committee Chair and         227,705,623        99.90%               230,022                 0.10%                  10,001                           227,945,646
 the Annual Report on Remuneration.
 4. To re-elect Annette Andrews as a Director.                                        221,601,365        97.24%            6,282,705                  2.76%                  61,576                           227,945,646
 5. To re-elect John (known as Jack) Callaway as a Director.                          221,786,684        97.33%            6,093,552                  2.67%                  65,410                           227,945,646
 6.   To re-elect Guy Gittins as a Director.                                          227,794,651        99.94%               140,995                 0.06%                  10,000                           227,945,646
 7. To re-elect Christopher Hough as a Director                                       227,739,757        99.94%               141,422                 0.06%                  64,467                           227,945,646
 8.   To re-elect Nigel Rich as a Director.                                           214,230,312        94.49%          12,483,929                   5.51%             1,231,405                             227,945,646
 9. To re-elect Peter Rollings as a Director                                          221,788,721        97.30%            6,146,925                  2.70%                  10,000                           227,945,646
 10.            To re-elect Rosie Shapland as a Director.                             221,790,002        97.33%            6,094,068                  2.67%                  61,576                           227,945,646
 11.            To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors of the Company.                     227,890,607        99.98%                 45,039                0.02%                  10,000                           227,945,646
 12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the            227,889,664        99.98%                 45,982                0.02%                  10,000                           227,945,646
 Company's auditors.
 13.            To authorise the Company to make political                            198,583,788        87.53%          28,301,858                   12.47%            1,060,000                             227,945,646
 donations.
 14. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.                             187,015,017        82.05%          40,920,629                   17.95%                 10,000                           227,945,646
 15. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights.*                          203,219,088        89.18%          24,664,982                   10.82%                 61,576                           227,945,646
 16. To authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights.*               203,219,088        89.18%          24,664,982                   10.82%                 61,576                           227,945,646
 17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.*                   226,822,089        99.97%                 63,557                0.03%             1,060,000                             227,945,646
 18. To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14            217,642,040        95.48%          10,293,606                   4.52%                  10,000                           227,945,646
 clear days' notice.*

*Special Resolution

 

 NOTES:

 1.                     All resolutions proposed to shareholders were passed.

 2.                     Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been
                        included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.

 3.                     Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of
                        votes validly cast for that resolution.

 4.                     A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
                        of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the
                        calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for
                        any resolution.

 5.                     The number of shares in issue at close of business on 26 March 2024 was
                        330,097,758 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company held
                        28,802,778 shares in treasury.

 6.                     The proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution
                        is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes
                        "For" and "Against" that resolution).

 7.                     The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice
                        of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at
                        www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk (http://www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk) .

 8.                     A copy of resolutions 15 to 18 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to
                        the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at
                        www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

 9.                     The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website
                        at www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk (http://www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk)

  For further information please contact:

 Foxtons Group plc
 Link Company Matters Limited, Company Secretary                                          Foxtons@linkgroup.co.uk

 TB Cardew                                                                                Foxtons@tbcardew.com

 Tom Allison / Will Baldwin-Charles /                                                     +44 7789 998 020/ +44 7834 524 833 /

 Olivia Rosser                                                                            +44 7552 864 250

 

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