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RNS Number : 3081Y  Reach PLC  03 May 2023

3 May 2023

Reach plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

In accordance with the arrangements announced on 31 March 2023, the AGM of
Reach plc (the "Company") was held today at 11:00am at Numis' Offices, 45
Gresham St, London, EC2V 7BF.

 

All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form)
were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Save for resolution 7, which
was not put to the meeting, resolutions 1 to 16 and 20 were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 and 21 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                    234,551,914  99.94  136,583     0.06   234,688,497  73.93%          234,551
 2   Remuneration Report                           212,391,939  90.45  22,430,699  9.55   234,822,638  73.98%          100,410
 3   Dividend                                      234,827,832  99.99  24,289      0.01   234,852,121  73.99%          70,927
 4   Re-elect Nick Prettejohn                      232,274,777  98.92  2,524,418   1.08   234,799,195  73.97%          123,853
 5   Re-elect Jim Mullen                           220,909,267  94.07  13,928,385  5.93   234,837,652  73.98%          85,396
 6   Re-elect Anne Bulford                         232,705,976  99.11  2,085,602   0.89   234,791,578  73.97%          131,470
 7   Re-elect Steve Hatch                          WITHDRAWN
 8   Re-elect Barry Panayi                         232,692,272  99.10  2,101,783   0.90   234,794,055  73.97%          128,993
 9   Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild                   215,175,517  91.64  19,636,971  8.36   234,812,488  73.97%          110,560
 10  Elect Darren Fisher                           232,753,704  99.13  2,045,622   0.87   234,799,326  73.97%          123,722
 11  Elect Priya Guha                              232,639,579  99.08  2,153,869   0.92   234,793,448  73.97%          129,600
 12  Elect Denise Jagger                           232,642,018  99.09  2,147,952   0.91   234,789,970  73.97%          133,078
 13  Elect Wais Shaifta                            232,625,869  99.08  2,165,887   0.92   234,791,756  73.97%          131,292
 14  Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP         228,711,542  97.39  6,133,034   2.61   234,844,576  73.98%          78,472
 15  Auditors' remuneration                        234,684,474  99.94  144,192     0.06   234,828,666  73.98%          94,382
 16  Allot shares                                  216,273,038  92.07  18,633,321  7.93   234,906,359  74.00%          16,689
 17  Disapplication of pre-emption rights          216,976,414  92.38  17,907,939  7.62   234,884,353  74.00%          38,695
 18  Further disapplication of pre-emption rights  210,881,298  89.78  24,010,242  10.22  234,891,540  74.00%          31,508
 19  Purchase of own shares                        228,737,116  97.39  6,130,503   2.61   234,867,619  73.99%          55,429
 20  Political donations                           216,823,325  92.31  18,057,489  7.69   234,880,814  73.99%          42,234
 21  Notice for General Meetings                   232,686,738  99.09  2,146,247   0.91   234,832,985  73.98%          90,063

 

 

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 317,429,556. This is the figure as at the close of business on 28 April
2023 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.

3.   As announced on 14 April 2023, Steve Hatch had decided to step down
from his role as Non-Executive Director of the Company from the close of the
AGM with the consequence that the resolution to re-elect Steve Hatch as a
director of the Company included as resolution 7 in the Notice of AGM was to
be withdrawn.

 

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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 Enquiries
 Reach plc
 Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Officer           020 7293 3000

 Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer

 Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary

 Teneo
 Giles Kernick                                 020 7353 4200

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