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08/12/2017 16:25

RNS Number : 8749Y
Softcat PLC
08 December 2017
Softcat plc

Results of Annual General Meeting
Softcat plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, 8 December 2017, all resolutions set out in the notice of the AGM were passed by the requisite majority of votes by shareholders by way of poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

VOTES FOR
% 
VOTES AGAINST
%
VOTES WITHHELD
TOTAL SHARES VOTED
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS







1. To receive the Company's financial statements and the reports of the Directors together with the Auditor's Report for the year ended 31 July 2017
157,803,023
99.98
36,000
0.02
3,742,204
161,581,227
81.64
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 
160,422,243
99.28
1,158,984
0.72
0
161,581,227
81.64
3. To declare a final dividend of 6.1 pence per ordinary share 
161,581,277
100.00
0
0.00
0
161,581,227
81.64
4. To declare a special dividend of 13.5 pence per ordinary share 
161,581,277
100.00
0
0.00
0
161,581,227
81.64
5. To re-elect Brian Wallace as a Director
160,557,496
99.66
554,583
0.34
469,148
161,581,227
81.64
6. To re-elect Martin Hellawell as a Director
161,285,947
99.82
295,280
0.18
0
161,581,227
81.64
7. To re-elect Graham Charlton as a Director
161,277,716
99.81
303,511
0.19
0
161,581,227
81.64
8. To re-elect Lee Ginsberg as a Director
156,307,827
98.21
2,845,391
1.79
2,428,009
161,581,227
81.64
9. To re-elect Vin Murria as a Director
161,417,447
99.90
163,780
0.10
0
161,581,227
81.64
10. To re-elect Peter Ventress as a Director
161,365,263
99.87
215,964
0.13
0
161,581,227
81.64
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company
161,581,227
100.00
0
0.00
0
161,581,227
81.64
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration
161,581,277
100.00
0
0.00
0
161,581,227
81.64
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations
153,259,749
94.85
8,321,478
5.15
0
161,581,227
81.64
14. To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
160,871,590
99.56
709,637
0.44
0
161,581,227
81.64
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS







15. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply the statutory pre-emption rights pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006
161,579,021
100.00
2,206
0.00
0
161,581,227
81.64
16. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006
154,949,973
95.90
6,631,254
4.10
0
161,581,227
81.64
17. To approve the calling of a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice
160,425,905
99.28
1,155,322
0.72
0
161,581,227
81.64
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERON ELECTION OR RE-ELECTION OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVEDIRECTORS
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
VOTES FOR
% 
VOTES AGAINST 
%
VOTES WITHHELD
TOTAL SHARES VOTED
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED
8. To re-elect Lee Ginsberg as a Director
95,383,029
97.10
2,845,391
2.90
2,428,009
100,656,429
50.86
9. To re-elect Vin Murria as a Director.
100,492,649
99.84
163,780
0.16
0
100,656,429
50.86
10. To re-elect Peter Ventress as a Director.
100,440,465
99.79
215,964
0.21
0
100,656,429
50.86
Notes:
Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
The Company's total ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) as at 8 December 2017 was 197,906,143ordinary shares of 0.0005 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held. 
Peter Kelly is regarded as a controlling shareholder of the Company for the purposes of the LSE Listing Rules, and each resolution to re-elect independent non-executive directors (resolutions 8 to 10) have under LSE Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved by a majority of the votes cast by:
(i) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and
(ii) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution excluding the controlling shareholder.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the LSE Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
The complete poll results (inclusive of proxy votes lodged before the AGM) will be available shortly on the Company's website at: https://www.softcat.com/investors
Registered address: Solar House, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, SL7 1LW
Website:https://www.softcat.com/
Winifred Chime
Company Secretary 
8 December 2017

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