REG-Wincanton Plc: Result of AGM

WincantonAnnouncement

12/07/2023 12:15

 

12 July 2023

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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 2023, the resolutions set
out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on   5 June 2023,
were passed by the requisite majorities.

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to
21 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                  87,474,588  99.99   9,501          0.01  87,484,089   70.24%          328,291         
 2       Annual Report on Remuneration         87,032,099  99.15   749,622        0.85  87,781,721   70.48%          35,602          
 3       Directors' Remuneration Policy        84,988,112  97.26   2,395,863      2.74  87,383,975   70.16%          433,348         
 4       Final dividend                        87,811,307  100.00  1,065          0.00  87,812,372   70.51%          6,619           
 5       Elect Mr T Hinton                     87,607,451  99.79   182,694        0.21  87,790,145   70.49%          27,178          
 6       Re-elect Ms G Barr                    86,182,678  98.16   1,611,178      1.84  87,793,856   70.49%          23,274          
 7       Re-elect Mr A Bickerstaff             86,946,961  99.04   842,990        0.96  87,789,951   70.49%          27,179          
 8       Re-elect Ms M Jayaweera               86,927,661  99.02   863,763        0.98  87,791,424   70.49%          25,706          
 9       Re-elect Ms D Lentz                   85,918,678  98.15   1,618,353      1.85  87,537,031   70.29%          280,099         
 10      Re-elect Mr S Oades                   86,941,538  99.04   843,954        0.96  87,785,492   70.49%          31,638          
 11      Re-elect Sir M Read CBE               85,826,209  97.77   1,953,690      2.23  87,779,899   70.48%          37,424          
 12      Re-elect Mr J Wroath                  85,478,633  97.38   2,298,373      2.62  87,777,006   70.48%          40,317          
 13      To re-appoint Auditor                 87,003,051  99.10   790,060        0.90  87,793,111   70.49%          24,019          
 14      Remuneration of Auditor               87,012,743  99.10   786,736        0.90  87,799,479   70.50%          17,844          
 15      Donations to political organisations  86,960,971  99.07   813,251        0.93  87,774,222   70.48%          43,101          
 16      Allot shares                          84,458,455  96.22   3,319,493      3.78  87,777,948   70.48%          39,331          
 17      New Long Term Incentive Plan          86,627,894  98.77   1,080,795      1.23  87,708,689   70.42%          110,495         
 18      New Deferred Share Bonus Plan         86,585,497  98.69   1,150,910      1.31  87,736,407   70.45%          81,535          
 19      Disapply Pre-emption rights           84,768,511  96.58   3,002,458      3.42  87,770,969   70.47%          46,161          
 20      Market purchase of own shares         87,446,865  99.61   346,348        0.39  87,793,213   70.49%          24,110          
 21      Notice of meetings other than AGMs    86,844,828  98.91   954,101        1.09  87,798,929   70.50%          19,013          

 

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 160 sites across the
country, responsible for 7,400 vehicles.

 

For further information please contact:

Headland                                                                                             Tel:
+44 20 3805 4822

Susanna Voyle / Henry Wallers

E: wincanton@headlandconsultancy.com  

 

Wincanton

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

 



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