19th Sep 2014 15:55
19th September 2014
Poundland Group plc
Voting results of Annual General Meeting held on 19th September 2014
Poundland Group plc ('the Company') announces that its annual General Meeting (the 'Meeting') held at 11.00 am at Wellmans Road, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 2QT on 19th September, 2014 was successfully concluded. All Resolutions, save for Resolution 12 which was withdrawn, were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. Resolution 12 was the re-election of Trevor Bond as a director but was withdrawn at the Meeting following Trevor's resignation earlier in the day. The voting results are below and the total votes cast amounted to 219,508, 333 representing 87.80% of the issued share capital of 250,000,000 shares.
The poll results are also to be posted on the Company's website.
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Resolutions 17, 18 and 19 were Special Resolutions and the full text of all the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website.
Resolution | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD | |
1 | Company's annual report and accounts | 219,292,702 | 99.96 | 90,000 | 0.04 | 219,382,702 | 87.75% | 125,631 |
2 | Directors' remuneration report | 219,237,030 | 99.88 | 268,952 | 0.12 | 219,505,982 | 87.80% | 2,351 |
3 | Directors' remuneration policy | 201,580,555 | 91.83 | 17,925,151 | 8.17 | 219,505,706 | 87.80% | 2,627 |
4 | To re-appoint KPMG as auditors | 216,516,594 | 98.64 | 2,980,232 | 1.36 | 219,496,826 | 87.80% | 11,507 |
5 | Remuneration of auditor to be determined by Directors | 208,482,821 | 94.98 | 11,020,760 | 5.02 | 219,503,581 | 87.80% | 4,752 |
6 | Elect James McCarthy | 219,477,745 | 99.99 | 25,276 | 0.01 | 219,503,021 | 87.80% | 5,312 |
7 | Elect Nicholas Hateley | 219,476,905 | 99.99 | 26,116 | 0.01 | 219,503,021 | 87.80% | 5,312 |
8 | Elect Richard Lancaster | 214,468,869 | 97.71 | 5,023,176 | 2.29 | 219,492,045 | 87.80% | 16,288 |
9 | Elect Paul Best | 212,435,468 | 96.79 | 7,056,577 | 3.21 | 219,492,045 | 87.80% | 16,288 |
10 | Elect Stephen Coates | 214,029,968 | 97.51 | 5,462,077 | 2.49 | 219,492,045 | 87.80% | 16,288 |
11 | Elect Darren Shapland | 219,442,620 | 99.98 | 50,825 | 0.02 | 219,493,445 | 87.80% | 14,888 |
12 | Elect Trevor Bond (Withdrawn) | |||||||
13 | Elect Teresa Colaianni | 219,493,445 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 219,493,445 | 87.80% | 14,888 |
14 | Elect Grant Hearn | 218,787,163 | 99.88 | 271,247 | 0.12 | 219,058,410 | 87.62% | 449,923 |
15 | Authority to allot shares | 216,849,513 | 98.79 | 2,657,780 | 1.21 | 219,507,293 | 87.80% | 1,040 |
16 | Political donations | 218,975,907 | 99.82 | 404,432 | 0.18 | 219,380,339 | 87.75% | 127,994 |
17 | Power to disapply pre--emption rights | 219,486,815 | 100.00 | 1,738 | 0.00 | 219,488,553 | 87.80% | 19,780 |
18 | Authority to make market purchases | 219,499,562 | 100.00 | 1,909 | 0.00 | 219,501,471 | 87.80% | 6,862 |
19 | Notice of general meetings | 217,598,563 | 99.13 | 1,902,658 | 0.87 | 219,501,221 | 87.80% | 7,112 |
Enquiries:
Simon Crooks
Assistant Company Secretary
0121 526 8758
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