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RNS Number : 4425N  Lookers PLC  31 May 2022

31 May 2022

Lookers plc

(the "Company")

Results of 2022 Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 10:00am on 31
May 2022 (the "AGM") all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting (the "Notice") published on 25 April 2022 were passed by the
requisite majority by means of a poll vote. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as
ordinary resolutions (requiring a simple majority of votes in favour of the
resolution) and resolutions 15 to 19 were passed as special resolutions
(requiring a 75% majority of votes in favour). The results of the poll for
each resolution are set out below:

 

 Resolution  Description                                                                   Votes for    %       Votes against  %      Votes withheld*  Votes cast as a % of issued share capital
 1           To receive and adopt the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021,        291,293,492  99.89%  326,896        0.11%  53,914           74.35%
             together with the Reports of the Directors and of the Auditors thereon.
 2           To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December  290,930,080  99.74%  744,222        0.26%  0                74.36%
             2021.
 3           To declare a final dividend of 2.5p per ordinary share in the Company in      290,315,442  99.53%  1,358,860      0.47%  0                74.36%
             respect of the year ended 31 December 2021.
 4           To re-appoint BDO LLP as the auditors to the Company.                         290,949,896  99.75%  724,406        0.25%  0                74.36%
 5           To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company to determine the     290,025,085  99.43%  1,649,217      0.57%  0                74.36%
             remuneration of the auditors.
 6           To elect Ian Alan Bull as a Director.                                         291,222,314  99.85%  451,988        0.15%  0                74.36%
 7           To elect Deborah Lynn Sherry as a Director.                                   291,528,303  99.95%  145,999        0.05%  0                74.36%
 8           To elect Oliver Walter Laird as a Director.                                   291,566,939  99.96%  107,363        0.04%  0                74.36%
 9           To re-elect Robin James Churchouse as a Director                              291,159,540  99.88%  353,914        0.12%  160,848          74.32%
 10          To re-elect Duncan Andrew McPhee as a Director                                291,422,597  99.92%  245,405        0.08%  6,300            74.36%
 11          To re-elect Victoria Grant Mitchell as a Director.                            291,629,527  99.99%  38,475         0.01%  6,300            74.36%
 12          To re-elect Mark Douglas Raban as a Director.                                 278,522,754  95.50%  13,138,087     4.50%  13,461           74.36%
 13          To re-elect Paul Van der Burgh as a Director.                                 291,632,717  99.99%  41,585         0.01%  0                74.36%
 14          To grant the Board authority to allot shares                                  291,603,351  99.98%  64,651         0.02%  6,300            74.36%
 15          To grant the Board authority to disapply pre-emption rights.                  291,109,841  99.81%  558,161        0.19%  6,300            74.36%
 16          To grant the Board authority to further disapply pre-emption rights for       290,899,784  99.73%  774,518        0.27%  0                74.36%
             acquisitions.
 17          To authorise the Company to make market purchase of its own shares.           291,626,776  99.98%  47,526         0.02%  0                74.36%
 18          To authorise calling general meetings on short notice.                        291,235,593  99.85%  438,709        0.15%  0                74.36%
 19          To amend the Company's Articles of Association.                               290,311,282  99.53%  1,363,020      0.47%  0                74.36%

 

Notes:

1. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every
member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

2. 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 "issued share capital
instructed" for any resolution.

3. The issued share capital of the Company as at 31 May 2022 was 392,236,341
ordinary shares of 5 pence each. The total voting rights of the Company on the
day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to
vote at the AGM was 392,236,341. Each share carries one vote. No shares are
held in treasury.

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

5. 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.lookersplc.com (http://www.lookersplc.com) .

6. A copy of the special business resolution passed at the AGM will shortly be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for
inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

7. A copy of the Articles of Association approved at the meeting and adopted
as the Articles of Association of the company will shortly be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

8. The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's
website at www.lookersplc.com (http://www.lookersplc.com) .

 

Enquiries:

Debbie Fish

Deputy Company Secretary

0161 291 0043

The Company is registered in England at Lookers House, 3 Etchells Road, West
Timperley, Altrincham WA14 5XS. Company registration number 00111876. LEI
number 213800TSB8PJEACDAV33

 

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