REG - Brown (N.) Group PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 9793EBrown (N.) Group PLC09 July 201909 July 2019
N BROWN GROUP PLC - RESULTS OF AGM
The Board of Directors of N Brown Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held on Tuesday 09 July 2019. Details of the resolutions are set out in full in the Notice of AGM circulated to shareholders on 31 May 2019. Copies are available to view and download on the Company's corporate website: https://www.nbrown.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm
Voting at the AGM was conducted on a show of hands. All resolutions were passed by the required majority.
Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 and 17 were passed as special resolutions.
As the Company has a controlling shareholder, Lord Alliance of Manchester CBE, as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, each resolution to re-elect an Independent Non-Executive Director (resolutions 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) has been approved by a majority of votes cast by:
- The shareholders of the Company as a whole; and
- The independent shareholders of the Company.
The results of votes cast by proxy for each resolution were as follows:
Resolution
Votes for
%
Votes against
%
Total votes
% of ISC* voted
Votes withheld
1
204,640,776
100.00
1,500
0.00
204,642,276
71.77%
83,782
2
177,995,722
99.60
706,951
0.40
178,702,673
62.67%
26,023,384
3
204,028,327
99.66
687,498
0.34
204,715,825
71.79%
10,233
4
204,718,559
100.00
0
0.00
204,718,559
71.79%
7,499
5
203,309,521
99.91
186,632
0.09
203,496,153
71.36%
1,229,905
6**
203,209,307
99.86
283,922
0.14
203,493,229
71.36%
1,232,828
7
203,284,269
99.90
211,971
0.10
203,496,240
71.36%
1,229,818
8**
202,412,091
99.47
1,081,138
0.53
203,493,229
71.36%
1,232,828
9**
203,280,259
99.89
215,971
0.11
203,496,230
71.36%
1,229,828
10**
202,629,314
99.58
860,829
0.42
203,490,143
71.36%
1,235,915
11**
203,261,690
99.89
228,452
0.11
203,490,142
71.36%
1,235,915
12**
202,470,840
99.50
1,022,303
0.50
203,493,143
71.36%
1,232,915
13
202,565,988
99.55
925,655
0.45
203,491,643
71.36%
1,234,415
14
183,123,503
99.64
656,187
0.36
183,779,690
64.45%
20,946,367
15
204,357,905
99.83
355,290
0.17
204,713,195
71.79%
12,863
16
203,484,226
99.40
1,232,969
0.60
204,717,195
71.79%
8,863
17
202,029,584
98.68
2,696,474
1.32
204,726,058
71.80%
0
* Issued Share Capital
** Independent Non-Executive Director
The results cast by proxy from independent shareholders on the resolutions concerning the re-election of the independent Non-Executive Directors were as follows:
Resolution
Votes for
%
Votes against
%
Total votes
% of ISC* voted
Votes withheld
6 - to re-elect Matt Davies
146,509,179
99.81%
283,922
0.19%
146,793,101
51.48%
1,232,828
8 - to re-elect Ron McMillan
145,711,963
99.26%
1,081,138
0.74%
146,793,101
51.48%
1,232,828
9 - to re-elect Lesley Jones
146,580,131
99.85%
215,971
0.15%
146,796,102
51.48%
1,229,828
10 - to re-elect Richard Moross
145,929,186
99.41%
860,829
0.59%
146,790,015
51.48%
1,235,915
11 - to re-elect Michael Ross
146,561,562
99.84%
228,452
0.16%
146,790,014
51.48%
1,235,915
12 - to re-elect Gill Barr
145,770,712
99.30%
1,022,303
0.70%
146,793,015
51.48%
1,232,915
* Issued Share Capital
Notes:
1. As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 285,153,619 ordinary shares in issue. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 285,153,619.
2. The scrutineer of the voting was Link Asset Services, the Company's Share Registrar.
3. Note that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and such votes have not been included in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total above.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions 16 and 17) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's corporate website: https://www.nbrown.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm
For enquiries, please contact: Theresa Casey, Company Secretary and General Counsel, N Brown Group Plc
Tel: +44 (0)161 238 2298
Registered office:
Griffin House
40 Lever Street
Manchester
M60 6ES
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