REG - Reach PLC - Result of General Meeting
RNS Number : 9293CReach PLC22 October 202022 October 2020
Reach plc
Results of General Meeting ("GM")
In accordance with the arrangements announced on 29 September 2020, the GM of Reach plc (the 'Company') was held today at 10.30 am at Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford GU1 1QA.
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Resolutions 1, 2 and 4 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 3 was passed as special resolution. The results of the poll are set out below.
VOTES
FOR%
VOTES
AGAINST%
VOTES
CAST% of ISC VOTED
VOTES
WITHHELD1
Approve the issue of Bonus Shares
219,168,969
87.57%
31,113,393
12.43%
250,282,362
83.63
15,158
2
Authority to allot shares
219,166,849
87.57%
31,114,005
12.43%
250,280,854
83.63
16,666
3
Adoption of new Articles of Association
219,153,599
87.57%
31,111,243
12.43%
250,264,842
83.63
32,678
4
Approve the Reach All-Employee Share Plan
219,139,115
87.56%
31,121,130
12.44%
250,260,245
83.62
37,275
Notes:
1. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
2. The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 299,268,697. This is the figure as at the close of business on 20 October 2020 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the GM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority along with a copy of the new Articles of Association in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the FCA, and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries
Reach plc
Jim Mullen, Chief Executive
Simon Fuller, Chief Financial Officer
Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary
020 7293 3000
Tulchan Communications
David Allchurch / Giles Kernick
020 7353 4200
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