10th May 2018 16:33
10 May 2018
Communisis plc
('Communisis')
(Symbol: CMS)
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")
LODGING WITH THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE AGM
Communisis plc confirms that all resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, 10 May 2018, were passed on a poll.
The results of the poll are shown below.
Resolution Number | Nature of Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | ||||
Votes | %age of votes cast | Votes | %age of votes cast | Total Votes Cast | Votes | %age of ISC voted | ||
1 | To receive the Company's Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 together with the reports of the Directors and the auditor | 83,788,472
| 100.00%
| 0
| 0.00%
| 83,788,472 | 115,599
| 39.95% |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 82,869,184
|
99.86%
|
114,228 |
0.14% |
82,983,412 |
920,659 | 39.57% |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 1.77 pence per share | 83,788,157
| 100.00% | 315 | 0.00% | 83,788,472 | 115,599
| 39.95% |
4 | To elect Mr Steve Rawlins as a director | 83,597,511
| 99.79%
| 175,842
| 0.21%
| 83,773,353 | 130,718
| 39.95% |
5 | To re-elect Mr Andy Blundell as a director | 83,771,174
| 100.00%
| 2,179
| 0.00%
| 83,773,353 | 130,718
| 39.95% |
6 | To re-elect Mr David Gilbertson as a director | 83,729,800
| 99.95%
| 43,553
| 0.05%
| 83,773,353 | 130,718
| 39.95% |
7 | To re-elect Ms Jane Griffiths as a director | 83,742,199
| 99.83%
| 146,154
| 0.17%
| 83,888,353 | 15,718
| 40.00% |
8 | To re-elect Mr Peter Harris as a director | 83,401,302
| 99.42%
| 487,051
| 0.58%
| 83,888,353 | 15,718
| 40.00% |
9 | Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 82,875,969
| 98.91%
| 911,102
| 1.09%
| 83,787,071 | 116,999
| 39.95% |
10 | To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditor | 83,739,873
| 99.97%
| 24,828
| 0.03%
| 83,764,701 | 139,370
| 39.94% |
11 | Authority to allot shares | 83,610,338
| 99.81%
| 162,233
| 0.19%
| 83,772,571 | 131,500
| 39.95% |
12 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights and allot shares for cash (5%) | 78,199,313
| 93.24%
| 5,667,506
| 6.76%
| 83,866,818 | 37,252
| 39.99% |
13 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights and allot shares for cash (further 5% re capital investments) | 83,672,958
| 99.77%
| 193,860
| 0.23%
| 83,866,818 | 37,252
| 39.99% |
14 | Authority to purchase own shares | 83,620,089
| 99.82%
| 154,898
| 0.18%
| 83,774,987 | 129,083
| 39.95% |
15 | To permit calling of meetings (other than the AGM) on 14 days' notice | 83,243,359
| 99.33%
| 561,884
| 0.67%
| 83,805,243 | 98,828
| 39.96% |
16 | Changes to Articles of Association | 83,614,746
| 99.93%
| 58,263
| 0.07%
| 83,673,009 | 231,062
| 39.90% |
Notes:
1. Any proxy votes which were at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. "Total Votes Cast" is the total number of shares voted and excludes shares on which votes were withheld.
3. "Percentage of ISC voted", and the percentages of votes cast "for" and "against" are calculated based on the Total Votes Cast and therefore exclude any shares on which votes were withheld.
4. The issued share capital as at 12 noon 8 May 2018 was 209,707,398 ordinary shares of 25p each and the number of votes per share is one. This figure has been used to calculate the percentage of issued share capital voted.
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Resolutions 11 to 16 comprised Special Business and, of them, resolutions 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 were passed as special resolutions. As required by the Listing Rules, a copy of all the resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The form of each of the above resolutions as passed accords with the corresponding item on the Notice of AGM which is available for viewing or downloading from the Company's website www.communisis.com/investors. A copy of any or all of the resolutions may be obtained by writing to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office: Communisis plc, Communisis House, Manston Lane, Leeds LS15 8AH.
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Sarah Caddy
Company Secretary
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