REG - NewRiver REIT plc - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 2284WNewRiver REIT PLC14 August 2020NewRiver REIT plc
("NewRiver" or the "Company")
Results of the AGM
The Directors of NewRiver are pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held on Friday 14th August 2020, all of the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll. The final voting figures are set out below:
Resolution
Votes for
%
Votes against
%
Total Votes Cast
Votes withheld*
1
To receive the Directors' Report, Auditor's Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2020
169,209,785
99.98
33,990
0.02
169,243,775
1,329,414
2
That the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Company's 2020 Annual Report on pages 100 to 108 be approved.
170,325,322
99.88
200,855
0.12
170,526,177
47,013
3
That Margaret Ford, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
155,650,385
91.33
14,783,750
8.67
170,434,135
139,054
4
That Colin Rutherford, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
170,431,112
99.99
3,024
0.01
170,434,136
139,054
5
That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
169,001,720
99.92
140,394
0.08
169,142,114
1,431,076
6
That Mark Davies, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
170,285,253
99.92
139,883
0.08
170,425,136
148,054
7
That Kay Chaldecott, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
170,357,144
99.96
67,823
0.04
170,424,967
148,223
8
That Alastair Miller, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
170,359,963
99.96
65,004
0.04
170,424,967
148,223
9
That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP be re-appointed as auditor of the Company.
170,412,358
99.95
83,376
0.05
170,495,734
77,456
10
That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditor.
170,498,331
99.99
15,579
0.01
170,513,910
59,280
11
That the Directors of the Company be authorised to declare and pay all dividends of the Company as interim dividends.
170,519,782
99.99
13,408
0.01
170,533,190
40,000
12
That the Directors' Remuneration Policy, set out on pages 91 to 99 of the 2020 Annual Report, be approved.
160,581,406
94.19
9,902,752
5.81
170,484,158
89,031
13
To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
169,515,900
99.39
1,039,147
0.61
170,555,047
18,143
14
To disapply pre-emption rights.
170,364,082
99.90
170,396
0.10
170,534,478
38,712
15
To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those disapplied by resolution 14.
169,029,430
99.12
1,504,194
0.88
170,533,624
39,565
16
To authorise the Directors to offer shareholders the right to elect for scrip dividends instead of cash dividends
170,397,754
99.91
157,202
0.09
170,554,956
18,234
17
To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares.
169,195,661
99.19
1,377,493
0.81
170,573,154
35
18
To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice.
166,137,430
97.41
4,426,078
2.59
170,563,508
9,682
AGM Notes:
*A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and cannot be counted in the calculation of the votes for and against a resolution.
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 306,278,160. This excludes 2,646,998 shares in the Employee Benefit Trust. The scrutineer of the poll was Link Asset Services.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, NewRiver has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today to the National Storage Mechanism facility and these will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information
NewRiver REIT plc
+44 (0)20 3328 5800
Tom Loughran (Head of Investor Relations)
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