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RNS Number : 2939D Reach PLC 06 May 2026
6 May 2026
Reach plc
Results of Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The AGM of Reach plc (the Company) was held today at 11:00 a.m. at the offices
of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, 3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AQ.
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form)
were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Resolutions 1 to 14 and 18
were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 and 19 were
passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.
VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of ISC VOTED VOTES
FOR
AGAINST
CAST
WITHHELD
1. Annual Report and Accounts 185,424,204 99.87 234,404 0.13 185,658,608 58.32% 3,185,113
2. Remuneration Report 184,606,452 97.82 4,118,354 2.18 188,724,806 59.28% 118,915
3. Dividend 188,793,393 99.98 42,548 0.02 188,835,941 59.32% 7,780
4. Re-elect Mr Nick Prettejohn 185,643,170 98.38 3,062,852 1.62 188,706,022 59.28% 137,699
5. Re-elect Mr Piers North 188,212,741 99.74 495,435 0.26 188,708,176 59.28% 135,545
6. Re-elect Mr Darren Fisher 188,248,815 99.76 457,022 0.24 188,705,837 59.28% 137,884
7. Re-elect Ms Anne Bulford 187,029,974 99.11 1,672,797 0.89 188,702,771 59.28% 140,950
8. Re-elect Ms Priya Guha 180,797,984 97.41 4,798,167 2.59 185,596,151 58.30% 3,247,570
9. Re-elect Ms Denise Jagger 183,938,042 97.47 4,767,662 2.53 188,705,704 59.28% 138,017
10. Re-elect Mr Barry Panayi 180,763,078 95.79 7,942,371 4.21 188,705,449 59.28% 138,272
11. Re-elect Ms Olivia Streatfeild 180,801,734 95.81 7,903,232 4.19 188,704,966 59.28% 138,755
12. Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 188,506,946 99.83 320,238 0.17 188,827,184 59.32% 16,537
13. Auditors' remuneration 188,430,069 99.82 333,356 0.18 188,763,425 59.30% 80,296
14. Authority to Allot shares 188,361,255 99.75 467,357 0.25 188,828,612 59.32% 82,030
15. Disapplication of pre-emption rights 184,889,332 97.94 3,897,325 2.06 188,786,657 59.30% 57,064
16. Further disapplication of pre-emption rights 184,847,741 97.93 3,913,221 2.07 188,760,962 59.30% 82,759
17. Authority to Purchase own shares 188,575,032 99.86 256,731 0.14 188,831,763 59.32% 11,958
18. Political donations 188,028,250 99.58 793,529 0.42 188,821,779 59.32% 21,942
19. Notice period for General Meetings 188,236,946 99.74 484,371 0.26 188,721,317 59.28% 122,404
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 318,336,301. This is the figure as at the close of business on 5 May 2026
and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority
(FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM will be
submitted to the FCA and will be available for public inspection at the
National Storage Mechanism (NSM)
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .
Enquiries
Reach plc 020 7293 3000
Piers North, Chief Executive Officer
Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer
Georgina Sharley, Group Company Secretary
Teneo
Giles Kernick 020 7353 4200
LEI: 213800GNI5XF3XOATR61
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