REG - Westminster Group - Result of AGM

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24/06/2021 15:20

RNS Number : 0504D
  
Westminster Group PLC
  
24 June 2021
  
 

 
Westminster Group Plc
('Westminster', the 'Group' or the 'Company')
 
 
AGM Result
 
Westminster Group Plc (AIM: WSG) is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed. The proxy votes cast, by way of a poll, in respect of each resolution are below:
 
  




No.


Ordinary Resolutions


For


%age

For


Against


%age Against


Votes withheld




1


To receive, adopt and approve the Company's Financial Statements and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon for the year ended 31 December 2020.


50,541,273


99.97%


13,202


0.03%


110,884




2


To re-appoint Sir Anthony Baldry who retires by rotation, as a director of the company.


44,700,843


88.42%


5,853,632


11.58%


110,884




3


To re-appoint PKF Littlejohn LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting at which the Financial Statements are laid before the Company.


50,125,773


99.42%


291,702


0.58%


247,884




4


To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.


50,249,945


99.42%


291,702


0.58%


123,712




5


To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities.


46,129,377


91.27%


4,412,270


8.73%


123,712




 


Special Resolutions


 


 


 


 


 




6


To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights under the Companies Act 2006.


49,428,502


97.81%


1,106,145


2.19%


130,712




7


To approve the Capital Reduction, by way of a cancellation of the Company's Deferred Shares and the Capital Reduction Shares created pursuant to the capitalisation of the Company's merger relief reserve.


50,306,558


99.51%


13,202


0.49%


111,712




 
Full details of the resolutions can be found at - https://www.wsg-corporate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-05-27-Circular.pdf 
 
 
For further information please contact:
  




Westminster Group Plc


Media enquiries via Walbrook PR




Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry - Chairman


 




Peter Fowler - Chief Executive Officer


 




Mark Hughes - Chief Financial Officer


 




 


 




Strand Hanson Limited (Financial & Nominated Adviser)


 




James Harris


020 7409 3494




Ritchie Balmer
 
Arden Partners plc (Broker)             
Richard Johnson (Corporate) 
Tim Dainton/Simon Johnson (Broking)
            


 
 
 
020 7614 5900
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Walbrook (Investor Relations)


 




Tom Cooper


020 7933 8780




Paul Vann


 




Nick Rome


Westminster@walbrookpr.com 




 
 
Notes:
 
Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.
 
Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's) and blue-chip commercial organisations.
 
The Westminster Group Foundation is part of the Group's Corporate Social Responsibility activities. www.wg-foundation.org 
 
The Foundation's goal is to support the communities in which the Group operates by working with local partners and other established charities to provide goods or services for the relief of poverty and the advancement of education and healthcare particularly in the developing world.
 
The Westminster Group Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, CIO, registered with the Charities Commission number 1158653.

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