25th May 2017 17:20
25 May 2017
Gocompare.com Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting
Thursday 25 May 2017
Gocompare.com Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 25 May 2017, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each resolution and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 14 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes | Votes Withheld* | |
1. | To receive the report and accounts | 349,281,417 | 99.88 | 423,024 | 0.12 | 349,704,441 | 81,632 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 348,762,774 | 99.72 | 974,096 | 0.28 | 349,736,870 | 46,885 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 299,994,982 | 85.82 | 49,558,199 | 14.18 | 349,553,181 | 232,892 |
4. | To re-elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a director | Including controlling Shareholder
331,367,377
| 94.74 | 18,411,020 | 5.26 | 349,778,397 | 7,676 |
Excluding controlling Shareholder
202,757,722
| 91.68 | 18,411,020 | 8.32 | 221,168,742 | 7,676 | ||
5. | To re-elect Matthew Crummack as a director | 349,313,329 | 99.87 | 470,654 | 0.13 | 349,783,983 | 2,090 |
6. | To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | Including controlling Shareholder
338,320,755
| 96.73 | 11,454,237 | 3.27 | 349,774,992 | 11,081 |
Excluding controlling Shareholder
209,711,100
| 94.82 | 11,454,237 | 5.18 | 221,165,337 | 11,081 | ||
7. | To re-elect Adrian Webb as a director | Including controlling Shareholder
308,259,986
| 88.21 | 41,181,838 | 11.79 | 349,441,824 | 344,249 |
Excluding controlling Shareholder
179,650,331 | 81.35 | 41,181,838 | 18.65 | 220,832,169 | 344,249 | ||
8. | To re-elect Sir Peter Wood as a director | 346,758,765 | 99.14 | 3,020,422 | 0.86 | 349,779,187 | 6,886 |
9. | To re-elect Nick Wrighton as a director | 349,309,954 | 99.86 | 473,101 | 0.14 | 349,783,055 | 3,018 |
10. | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 348,788,540 | 99.73 | 932,859 | 0.27 | 349,721,399 | 64,674 |
11. | To authorise the directors and the Audit and Risk Committee to agree auditors' remuneration | 349,413,970 | 99.90 | 359,288 | 0.10 | 349,773,258 | 10,497 |
12. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations | 349,214,214 | 99.84 | 562,904 | 0.16 | 349,777,118 | 6,637 |
13. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 348,262,120 | 99.88 | 425,174 | 0.12 | 348,687,294 | 1,096,461 |
14. | To approve the waiver granted by the Panel under Rule 9 of the The Takeover Code | 171,856,447 | 77.82 | 48,968,794 | 22.18 | 220,825,241 | 348,860 |
15. | To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 349,262,969 | 99.85 | 510,106 | 0.15 | 349,773,075 | 10,680 |
16. | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments | 349,155,687 | 99.82 | 616,833 | 0.18 | 349,772,520 | 11,235 |
17. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 349,184,471 | 99.83 | 594,283 | 0.17 | 349,778,754 | 7,319 |
18. | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 345,980,810 | 98.91 | 3,800,524 | 1.09 | 349,781,334 | 4,739 |
As at the date of the AGM, the number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting rights was 418,305,764.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
Enquiries:
Nick Edwards
Chief of Staff, General Counsel & Company Secretary
t: 01633 654 060
Gocompare.com Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (GOCO)
Registered Office: Imperial House, Imperial Way, Newport, Gwent NP10 8UH
Registered in England and Wales with registered number: 6062003
LEI: 213800DUUN4C47JEL561
ISIN: GB00BZ02Q916
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