REG - ITV PLC - Result of AGM

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29/04/2021 15:05

RNS Number : 1151X
  
ITV PLC
  
29 April 2021
  
 

ITV plc
Company Number 4967001
 
Result of Annual General Meeting 2021
 
At the Annual General Meeting of the members of ITV plc duly convened and held at 200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8XZ on Thursday 29 April 2021 all resolutions were passed with majorities as set out below.  All resolutions were taken on a poll.
 




No.


Description


Votes for


%


Votes against


%


% of Issued share capital voted
 


Votes withheld




1


Report and Accounts


3,181,709,634


99.99


168,542


0.01


79.04%


5,495,140




2


Remuneration Report


2,919,746,914


99.40


17,477,480


0.60


72.97%


250,148,922




3


Remuneration Policy 


2,708,902,059


92.23


228,270,767


7.77


72.97%


250,200,490




4


Re-elect Salman Amin


3,171,444,186


99.65


11,237,858


0.35


79.06%


4,691,272




5


Re-elect Peter Bazalgette


3,171,495,626


99.65


11,232,946


0.35


79.07%


4,644,744




6


Re-elect Edward Bonham Carter


3,147,553,689


98.90


35,152,351


1.10


79.07%


4,667,276




7


Elect Graham Cooke


3,182,408,656


99.99


297,840


0.01


79.07%


4,666,820




8


Re-elect Margaret Ewing


3,062,590,181


96.23


120,116,380


3.77


79.07%


4,666,755




9


Re-elect Mary Harris


2,919,679,390


91.74


263,009,380


8.26


79.06%


4,684,546




10


Re-elect Chris Kennedy


3,171,733,158


99.66


10,964,865


0.34


79.07%


4,675,293




11


Re-elect Anna Manz


3,171,540,315


99.65


11,146,905


0.35


79.06%


4,686,096




12


Re-elect Carolyn McCall


3,173,286,574


99.70


9,459,338


0.30


79.07%


4,627,404




13


Elect Sharmila Nebhrajani


3,182,364,040


99.99


324,314


0.01


79.06%


4,684,962




14


Re-elect Duncan Painter


3,171,337,658


99.64


11,360,190


0.36


79.07%


4,675,468




15


Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor


3,095,237,185


97.19


89,563,013


2.81


79.12%


2,573,118




16


Auditors' remuneration


3,179,051,073


99.82


5,784,171


0.18


79.12%


2,538,072




17


Authority to allot shares


3,150,541,393


99.20


25,420,060


0.80


78.90%


11,411,863




18


Political Donations


2,985,425,798


93.74


199,421,091


6.26


79.12%


2,526,427




19


Disapplication of pre-emption rights (1)


3,140,840,977


98.62


43,956,838


1.38


79.12%


2,575,501




20


Disapplication of pre-emption rights (2)


2,910,019,822


91.37


274,762,275


8.63


79.12%


2,591,219




21


Purchase of own shares


3,084,508,993


97.01


94,970,081


2.99


78.99%


7,894,242




22


Notice period for General Meetings


3,131,975,186


98.34


52,897,462


1.66


79.12%


2,500,668




23


New Articles of Association


3,184,430,476


99.99


349,410


0.01


79.12%


2,593,430




24


ITV plc Executive Share Plan


2,944,366,873


92.45


240,430,241


7.55


79.12%


2,576,202




 
Resolutions 19 to 23 were proposed as special resolutions.
The votes withheld are not a vote in law and are not counted in the overall voting figures.
 
Number of shares in issue: 4,025,409,194.
 
Copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 
 
Auditor Resignation / Appointment
 In accordance with section 520(2) of the Companies Act 2006, ITV plc announces, for information only, that it has received a statutory statement from KPMG LLP ("KPMG") in connection with their resignation as auditors of the Company.
 
The resignation of KPMG follows a competitive tender process undertaken in connection with the mandatory auditor rotation requirements, in which KPMG did not participate. Following this process, shareholders approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company at the 2021 Annual General Meeting.
 
A copy of the section 519 statement of reasons provided by KPMG is available to view on the Company's website using the following URL https://www.itvplc.com/investors/governance.
 
 
For further enquiries please contact: 
 




Investor Relations
Pippa Foulds
Faye Dipnarine
 
Media Relations
Paul Moore


 
+44 7778 031097
+44 20 7157 6581
 
 
+44 7860 794444
 




 
 
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