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RNS Number : 4816F  ZIGUP PLC  24 September 2024

ZIGUP PLC

("ZIGUP" or the "Group" or the "Company")

24 September 2024

ZIGUP plc - Result of AGM

Voting results for the AGM held on 24 September 2024

At the Annual General Meeting of ZIGUP plc (the "Group") held at 10.30am on 24
September 2024 the total number of votes received on a poll on each resolution
were as follows:

 Resolutions                                                                      Votes For                                                                      % of Votes  Votes Against    % of Votes  Total Votes          Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital  Votes Withheld
 1.   To receive the Directors' Report and audited accounts of the Company
 for the year ended 30 April 2024

                                                                                  173,671,485                                                                    99.91%      152,713          0.09%       173,824,198          76.97%                                   399,059

 2.   To declare a final dividend of 17.5 pence per ordinary share payable to
 the shareholders on the register at the close of business on the 30 August

 2024                                                                             174,215,737                                                                    99.99%      3,213            0.01%       174,218,950          77.14%                                   4,307

 3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

                                                                                  172,272,168                                                                    98.89%      1,932,835        1.11%       174,205,003          77.14%                                   18,254

 4.   To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the company to hold     173,153,353                                                                    99.40%      1,050,925        0.60%       174,204,278          77.14%                                   18,979
 office until the conclusion of the next AGM.

 5.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the       173,792,322                                                                    99.77%      403,267          0.23%       174,195,589          77.13%                                   27,668
 auditor

 6.   To re-elect Mark Butcher as a director                                      172,229,853                                                                    98.88%      1,953,451        1.12%       174,183,304          77.13%                                   39,953

 7.   To re-elect Bindi Karia as a director                                       172,132,765                                                                    98.83%      2,046,440        1.17%       174,179,205          77.13%                                   44,052

 8.   To re-elect Mark McCafferty as a director                                   172,996,867                                                                    99.32%      1,183,438        0.68%       174,180,305          77.13%                                   42,952

 9.   To re-elect Avril Palmer-Baunack as a director                              168,428,048                                                                    96.69%      5,760,553        3.31%       174,188,601          77.13%                                   34,656

 10.         To re-elect John Pattullo as a director                              171,725,045                                                                    98.59%      2,453,759        1.41%       174,178,804          77.13%                                   44,453

 11.         To re-elect Philip Vincent as a director                             172,534,991                                                                    99.05%      1,646,188        0.95%       174,181,179          77.13%                                   42,078

 12.         To re-elect Martin Ward as a director                                173,005,825                                                                    99.32%      1,183,289        0.68%       174,189,114          77.13%                                   34,143

 13.         To re-elect Nicola Rabson as a director                              172,236,362                                                                    98.88%      1,947,744        1.12%       174,184,106          77.13%                                   39,151

 14.         That the Board be authorised to allot new shares                                   171,901,647                                                      98.68%      2,305,173        1.32%       174,206,820          77.14%                                   16,437
 representing one third of the issued share capital (see Notice of AGM)

 15.         To approve the rules of the ZIGUP plc Long-Term Incentive            173,351,388                                                                    99.51%      847,383          0.49%       174,198,771          77.13%                                   24,486
 Plan 2024 (the "LTIP").

 16.         That subject to the passing of Resolution 14, the Board be           171,203,869                                                                    98.28%      2,998,141        1.72%       174,202,010          77.14%                                   21,247
 authorised to allot equity shares for cash and/or sell ordinary shares outside

 the pre-emption rights in the Companies Act (see Notice of AGM)
 17.         That subject to the passing of Resolution 14, the Board be           169,875,071                                                                    97.83%      3,766,472        2.17%       173,641,543          76.89%                                   581,714
 authorised to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of transactions

 which the board determines to be an acquisition or other capital investment
 (see Notice of AGM)
 18.         That the Company be permitted to make market purchases of                          173,553,125                                                       99.70%        527,148        0.30%          174,080,273       77.08%                                        142,984
 its ordinary shares (see Notice of AGM)

 19.         That the Company be permitted to make market purchases of                          173,577,884                                                       99.71%         497,232       0.29%          174,075,116       77.08%                                               148,141
 its preference shares (see Notice of AGM)

 20.         That a general meeting, other than an annual general                                171,060,031                                                     98.19%      3,145,048        1.81%       174,205,079          77.14%                                   18,178
 meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

 

Notes:

1.     Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have
been included in the "for" total.

2.     The Group's issued capital (excluding treasury shares) on 20
September 2024 (being the record date for voting at the meeting) was
246,091,423 ordinary shares of 50p each and 1,000,000 preference shares of 50
pence each which do not carry voting rights on the above resolutions.  Each
ordinary share carries the right to one vote and, as the Company held
20,252,974 ordinary shares in treasury on 20 September 2024 (being the record
date for voting at the meeting) there were 225,838,449 voting rights in the
Group.

3.     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.

4.      In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, a copy of the
resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will
shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

For further information, please contact:

ZIGUP
plc

Matthew Barton, Company Secretary
  44 (0)1325 467 558

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