23rd Sep 2014 13:00
23 September 2014
WYG plc ('Company')
2014 Annual General Meeting
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of WYG plc was held at the Company's registered office, Arndale Court, Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds on 23 September 2014 at 10.00am.
All 10 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 and 10 were passed as special resolutions.
The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Votes withheld |
1. To receive the 2014 Annual Report | 51,917,622 | 99.99 | 23 | 0.01 | 14 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 0.5p per Ordinary Share | 51,917,625 | 99.99 | 24 | 0.01 | 10 |
3.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 51,442,526 | 99.08 | 475,047 | 0.92 | 86 |
4. To re-elect Mike McTighe | 42,723,185 | 99.99 | 50 | 0.01 | 9,194,424 |
5. To re-elect Sean Cummins | 51,917,612 | 99.99 | 48 | 0.01 | 0 |
6. To appoint Deloitte as auditor of the Company | 51,917,592 | 99.99 | 37 | 0.01 | 0 |
7. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 51,917,605 | 99.99 | 16 | 0.01 | 8 |
8. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 51,917,566 | 99.99 | 43 | 0.01 | 20 |
9. To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights | 51,379,568 | 98.95 | 538,035 | 1.04 | 26 |
10. To authorise the market purchase of the Company's own shares | 51,917,605 | 98.46 | 15 | 0.01 | 9 |
As at 23 September 2014, there were 66,489,655 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
ENDS
WYG plc Tel: 0113 278 7111
Paul Hamer, Chief Executive Officer
Sean Cummins, Group Finance Director
MHP Communications Tel: 020 3128 8100
John Olsen / Katie Hunt / Vicky Watkins / Ollie Hoare
N+1 Singer Tel: 020 7496 3000
Sandy Fraser / Richard Lindley
WH Ireland Limited Tel: 0113 394 6600
Andrew Kitchingman / James Bavister
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