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RNS Number : 2942M  ME Group International PLC  26 April 2024

 26 April 2024

 

ME Group International plc

("ME Group")

 

Result of 2024 AGM

 

ME Group, the instant-service equipment group, held its 2024 Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") today at the offices of Hudson Sandler LLP, 25 Charterhouse
Square, London EC1M 6AE. All resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM, sent to
shareholders on 1 March 2024, were passed on a show of hands.

The following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were
received before the meeting:

 Ordinary Business                                                                            The number of shares in respect of which proxy appointments have been  Proxy Votes For  Proxy Votes Against  Proxy Votes withheld  % for   % against
                                                                                              validly          made
 Ordinary Resolutions
 1.           To receive the Accounts and Report of the directors and the auditor for the     302,266,497                                                            301,180,098      659,195              427,204               99.78%  0.22%
              year ended 31 October 2023.
 2.           To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 October     302,266,497                                                            291,299,852      10,748,092           218,553               96.44%  3.56%
              2023.
 3.           To approve the directors' remuneration policy.                                  302,266,497                                                            294,625,449      7,582,979            58,069                97.49%  2.51%
 4.           To approve a final dividend 4.42p per ordinary share in respect of the year     302,261,270                                                            302,204,160      23,205               33,905                99.99%  0.01%
              ended 31 October 2023 payable on 23 May 2024.
 5.           To re-appoint Mazars LLP as auditor.                                            302,266,497                                                            302,050,193      182,099              34,205                99.94%  0.06%
 6.           To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor.              302,266,497                                                            302,048,684      28,908               188,905               99.99%  0.01%
 7.           To re-elect Emmanuel Sir John Lewis as director.                                302,266,497                                                            273,182,018      28,772,155           312,324               90.47%  9.53%
 8.           To re-elect Serge Crasnianski (without controlling shareholder's votes).        302,266,497                                                            286,306,987      15,802,183           157,327               94.77%  5.23%
 9.           To re-elect Françoise Coutaz-Replan as director.                                All shareholders:                                                      271,476,121      30,631,935           158,441               89.86%  10.14%

                                                                                              302,266,497
              Independent shareholders:                                                                                                                              133,673,080      30,631,935           158,441               81.36   18.64%

              164,463,456
 Special Business
 Ordinary Resolution
 10.          To approve the executive share option scheme.                                   302,266,497                                                            300,931,512      1,138,400            196,585               99.62%  0.38%
 11.          To authorise the directors to allot shares and grant rights to subscribe for,   302,266,497                                                            301,059,989      1,054,224            152,284               99.65%  0.35%
              or convert any security into, shares up to a maximum amount.
 Special Resolutions
 12.          To allow general meetings other than an Annual General Meeting may be called    302,266,497                                                            300,813,171      1,420,814            32,512                99.53%  0.47%
              on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

 13.          To enable directors to allot shares for cash without first offering them to     302,266,497                                                            301,411,878      642,348              212,271               99.79%  0.21%
              existing shareholders.

 14.          To grant additional rights to the directors to enable them to allot shares for  302,266,497                                                            301,060,471      994,252              211,774               99.67%  0.33%
              cash without first offering them to existing

              shareholders.
 15.          To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.            302,266,497                                                            298,027,715      4,192,352            46,430                98.61%  1.39%

 

Notes:

1.   Votes withheld have not been counted in the calculation of the
proportion of the votes "for" and "against" resolutions.

 

2.   Valid proxy instructions were received in respect of 302,266,497 shares
representing 80.29%  of the issued share capital.

 

3.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the "for" total.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 ME Group International plc
 Del Mansi, Company Secretary  +44 (0) 1372 453 399
 Hudson Sandler
 Wendy Baker/Nick Moore        +44 (0) 20 7796 4133

                               me-group@hudsonsandler.com

 

 

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