REG - Reach PLC - Reach plc - Result of Annual General Meeting
RNS Number : 8184XReach PLC06 May 20216 May 2021
Reach plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
In accordance with the arrangements announced on 26 March 2021, the AGM 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 to 15 and 19, 21 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.
VOTES
FOR%
VOTES
AGAINST%
VOTES
CAST% of ISC VOTED
VOTES
WITHHELD1
Annual Report and Accounts
248,027,188
99.81%
471,677
0.19%
248,498,865
79.63
5,103,852
2
Remuneration Policy
239,993,386
94.64%
13,592,059
5.36%
253,585,445
81.26
17,272
3
Remuneration Report
252,489,662
99.57%
1,095,788
0.43%
253,585,450
81.26
17,267
4
Dividend
253,590,326
100.00%
8,405
0.00%
253,598,731
81.26
3,986
5
Re-elect Nick Prettejohn
240,651,296
99.17%
2,013,308
0.83%
242,664,604
77.76
10,938,113
6
Re-elect Jim Mullen
246,278,463
97.12%
7,309,186
2.88%
253,587,649
81.26
15,068
7
Re-elect Simon Fuller
253,421,216
99.93%
166,447
0.07%
253,587,663
81.26
15,054
8
Re-elect Anne Bulford
252,040,201
99.39%
1,547,424
0.61%
253,587,625
81.26
15,092
9
Re-elect Steve Hatch
252,043,833
99.39%
1,544,155
0.61%
253,587,988
81.26
14,729
10
Re-elect David Kelly
246,600,289
97.24%
6,987,012
2.76%
253,587,301
81.26
15,416
11
Re-elect Helen Stevenson
252,040,376
99.39%
1,547,262
0.61%
253,587,638
81.26
15,079
12
Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild
252,034,823
99.39%
1,553,086
0.61%
253,587,909
81.26
14,808
13
Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
248,628,363
98.04%
4,965,965
1.96%
253,594,328
81.26
8,389
14
Auditors' remuneration
253,560,734
99.99%
27,937
0.01%
253,588,671
81.26
14,046
15
Allot shares
253,168,944
99.83%
425,424
0.17%
253,594,368
81.26
8,349
16
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
253,465,570
99.96%
105,659
0.04%
253,571,229
81.26
31,488
17
Further disapplication of pre-emption rights
215,194,423
84.87%
38,374,680
15.13%
253,569,103
81.25
33,614
18
Purchase of own shares
248,254,178
97.91%
5,301,872
2.09%
253,556,050
81.25
46,667
19
Political donations
249,131,318
98.25%
4,446,107
1.75%
253,577,425
81.26
25,292
20
Notice for General Meetings
252,652,408
99.63%
929,895
0.37%
253,582,303
81.26
20,414
21
Approve Reach plc Savings-Related Share Option Scheme
253,227,710
99.87%
334,986
0.13%
253,562,696
81.25
40,021
22
Approve Reach Long Term Incentive Plan
246,092,975
97.05%
7,470,947
2.95%
253,563,922
81.25
38,795
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 312,067,649. This is the figure as at the close of business on 4 May 2021 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority 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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