13th May 2020 15:30
13 May 2020
Sanne Group plc
(SANNE or the Company)
Result of AGM
SANNE, the global provider of alternative asset and corporate services, announces that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company was held earlier today. All of resolutions presented at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed by the Company's shareholders.
The results of the poll, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, are set out below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | Total Votes Cast (including votes withheld) | |||
Details | Number of shares voted | % of shares voted | Number of shares voted | % of shares voted | Number of shares | Number of shares | % of issued share capital |
Resolution 1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019, together with the reports of the Directors and Auditor. | 131,356,324 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 283,045 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the financial year ended 31 December 2019. | 128,882,694 | 97.91% | 2,756,636 | 2.09% | 38 | 131,639,368 | 89.83% |
Resolution 3 To approve a final dividend of 9.4 pence per Ordinary Share. | 131,639,369 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 4 To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Auditor. | 131,639,369 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 5 To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Company's Auditor. | 131,639,369 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 6 To re-elect Rupert Robson as a Director of the Company. | 125,305,590 | 96.71% | 4,266,925 | 3.29% | 2,066,854 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 7 To re-elect Andy Pomfret as a Director of the Company. | 129,419,882 | 98.31% | 2,219,487 | 1.69% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 8 To re-elect Mel Carvill as a Director of the Company. | 131,386,811 | 99.81% | 252,558 | 0.19% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 9 To re-elect Nicola Palios as a Director of the Company. | 131,386,811 | 99.81% | 252,558 | 0.19% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 10 To re-elect Julia Chapman as a Director of the Company. | 130,897,343 | 99.44% | 742,026 | 0.56% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 11 To re-elect James Ireland as a Director of the Company. | 131,038,645 | 99.54% | 600,724 | 0.46% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 12 To re-elect Yves Stein as a Director of the Company. | 131,386,811 | 99.81% | 252,558 | 0.19% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 13 To re-elect Martin Schnaier as a Director of the Company. | 131,478,600 | 99.88% | 160,769 | 0.12% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 14 To authorise the Directors to allot Equity Securities (as defined in the Articles) and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into Equity Securities subject to certain limitations. | 125,245,619 | 95.14% | 6,393,750 | 4.86% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 15* To dis-apply pre-emption rights - general power. | 131,639,331 | 100.00% | 38 | 0.00% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 16* To dis-apply pre-emption rights - specific power. | 131,639,331 | 100.00% | 38 | 0.00% | 0 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
Resolution 17* To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares and to authorise the Company to hold any such purchased shares as treasury shares. | 131,632,834 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,535 | 131,639,369 | 89.83% |
* Special Resolution requiring a 75% majority
Notes:
1. All resolutions were passed.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
3. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.
4. The issued share capital as at 11 May 2020, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 146,633,168 (including Treasury Shares). The Company held 98,533 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights; therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as at the voting record date was 146,534,635.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will be available for inspection.
These poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.sannegroup.com.
Enquiries:
Sanne Group plc | +44 (0)203 9111 048 |
Ian Portal, Company Secretary |
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About SANNE
SANNE is a leading global provider of alternative asset and corporate services. Established for over 30 years and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250 index, SANNE employs more than 1,700 people worldwide and administers structures and funds that have in excess of £250 billion of assets.
Key clients include alternative asset managers, financial institutions, family offices, ultra-high net-worth individuals and corporates.
SANNE operates from a global network of offices located in leading financial jurisdictions, which are spread across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
www.sannegroup.com
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