REG-Wincanton Plc: Result of AGM

WincantonAnnouncement

12/07/2022 12:00

12 July 2022

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WINCANTON PLC (“Wincanton” or the “Company”)

Result of Annual General Meeting

Wincanton plc, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, announces that
at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 12 July 2022, the resolutions set
out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on   6 June 2022,
were passed by the requisite majorities.

Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15 to
18 were passed as special resolutions. In accordance with the Group’s
Articles of Association, the resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll in
which every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share
held.

The poll results are as follows:

 RESOLUTION                                    VOTES FOR   %       VOTES AGAINST  %     VOTES TOTAL  % OF  ISC VOTED  VOTES WITHHELD  
 1       Reports and Accounts                  89,847,198  99.86   129,492        0.14  89,976,690   72.25%           77,426          
 2       Annual Report on Remuneration         88,885,955  99.49   453,353        0.51  89,339,308   71.73%           705,991         
 3       Final dividend                        90,034,103  100.00  4,422          0.00  90,038,525   72.29%           15,261          
 4       Re-appoint Ms G Barr                  89,323,247  99.23   688,640        0.77  90,011,887   72.27%           35,240          
 5       Re-appoint Mr A Bickerstaff           89,344,251  99.26   663,677        0.74  90,007,928   72.27%           35,463          
 6       Re-appoint Ms M Jayaweera             89,323,786  99.24   687,146        0.76  90,010,932   72.27%           36,195          
 7       Re-appoint Ms D Lentz                 89,322,695  99.24   687,419        0.76  90,010,114   72.27%           37,013          
 8       Re-appoint Mr S Oades                 89,341,678  99.26   669,936        0.74  90,011,614   72.27%           35,513          
 9       Re-appoint Dr M Read CBE              89,438,173  99.39   548,215        0.61  89,986,388   72.25%           60,739          
 10      Re-appoint Mr J Wroath                89,018,030  98.92   974,995        1.08  89,993,025   72.26%           36,427          
 11      To re-appoint Auditor                 89,987,496  99.97   26,038         0.03  90,013,534   72.27%           32,907          
 12      Remuneration of Auditor               89,985,032  99.97   23,308         0.03  90,008,340   72.27%           38,787          
 13      Donations to political organisations  89,644,187  99.59   371,556        0.41  90,015,743   72.28%           39,912          
 14      Allot shares                          88,525,928  98.35   1,482,826      1.65  90,008,754   72.27%           38,373          
 15      New Sharesave Plan                    89,827,893  99.84   144,974        0.16  89,972,867   72.24%           81,249          
 16      Disapply Pre-emption rights           89,780,965  99.79   186,519        0.21  89,967,484   72.24%           80,003          
 17      Market purchase of own shares         89,782,956  99.76   215,433        0.24  89,998,389   72.26%           51,283          
 18      Notice of meetings other than AGMs    89,170,164  99.05   853,988        0.95  90,024,152   72.28%           31,533          

The number of the Company’s shares in issue as at the date of the meeting
was 124,543,670 Ordinary Shares of 10p each.

Each share carries one vote; a ‘vote withheld’ is not a vote in law and
has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and
against the resolution. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the
Chair have been included in the ‘votes for’ total.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business
resolutions passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and shortly be available for inspection at its website:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

About Wincanton 

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group
provides business critical services including storage, handling and
distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home
delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of
the UK's best-known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods;
retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure;
building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage,
Wincanton's 20,300-strong team operates from more than 170 sites across the
country, responsible for 8,500 vehicles.

For further information please contact:

Headland                                                                                             Tel:
+44 20 3805 4822

Susanna Voyle / Henry Wallers /Marta Parry-Jones

E: wincanton@headlandconsultancy.com  

Wincanton

Lyn Colloff, Company
Secretary                                                             
Tel: +44 1249 710 000



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