19th Sep 2019 16:50
| 19 September 2019 |
United Carpets Group plc
('United Carpets' or the 'Company')
Result of AGM
United Carpets Group plc (AIM: UCG) the third largest chain of specialist retail carpet and floor covering stores in the UK, announces that, at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions proposed were duly passed. The number of votes lodged for each resolutions were as follows:
Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice of Meeting | |||||
| For | Against | Withheld | ||
Ordinary Resolutions | Number | % | Number | % | Number |
1. The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019, together with the report of the directors and of the auditor thereon, be received and adopted. | 54,586,933 | 99.97 | 16,863 | 0.03 | Nil |
2. A final dividend of 0.285p per share be declared on the ordinary shares | 54,513,796 | 99.83 | 90,000 | 0.17 | Nil |
3. (a) RSM UK Audit LLP be re-appointed as auditor to the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company; and (b) The directors be authorised to agree and determine the remuneration of the auditors of the Company | 54,580,277 | 99.96 | 23,519 | 0.04 | Nil |
4. PD Newton be re-elected as a director | 54,580,277 | 99.96 | 23,519 | 0.04 | Nil |
5. KS Piggott be re-elected as a director. | 54,579,321 | 99.95 | 24,475 | 0.05 | Nil |
6. The Board's report on directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2019 be approved. | 54,368,077 | 99.57 | 226,563 | 0.42 | 9,156 |
7. The Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to (a) make political donations to political parties and/or independent election candidates; (b) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties; and (c) incur political expenditure, in each case during the period of one year beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution, the aggregate donations and expenditure under (a), (b) and (c) above not to exceed £20,000. For the purposes of this resolution the terms "political donation", "political parties", "independent election candidates", "political organisation" and "political expenditure" have the meanings given by sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006. | 54,429,077 | 99.68 | 164,975 | 0.30 | 9,744 |
8. Subject to and in accordance with Article 16 of the Articles of Association of the Company the directors be and are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot Relevant Securities (as defined below) up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £271,000 (being approximately one third of the current issued share capital) provided that such authority shall, unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company, expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 31 December 2020, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority which would or might require Relevant Securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors shall be entitled to allot Relevant Securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired. For the purposes of this resolution, "Relevant Securities" means: (a) shares in the Company other than shares allotted pursuant to: (i) an employee share scheme (as defined by Section 1166 of Companies Act 2006); (ii) a right to subscribe for shares in the Company where the grant of the right itself constituted a Relevant Security; or (iii) a right to convert securities into shares in the Company where the grant of the right itself constituted a Relevant Security; and (b) any right to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company other than rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares allotted pursuant to an employee share scheme (as defined by Section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006). References to the allotment of Relevant Securities in this resolution include the grant of such rights. This resolution 8 revokes and replaces all unexercised authorities previously granted to the directors to allot Relevant Securities but without prejudice to any allotment of shares or grant of rights already made, offered or agreed to be made pursuant to such authorities. | 54,475,777 | 99.77 | 128,019 | 0.23 | Nil |
Special Resolution | |||||
9. THAT, subject to the passing of resolution 8 in this notice of AGM, and in accordance with Article 17 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the directors be and are empowered pursuant to Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of that Act) for cash, pursuant to the general authority conferred by resolution 8 above, as if sub-section (1) of Section 561 of the said Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited to: (a) the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue, open offer or other offer of securities in favour of ordinary shareholders on the register of members on such record date(s) as the directors may determine where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all ordinary shareholders are proportionate to, as near as may be practicable, the respective numbers of ordinary shares held or deemed to be held by them but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal or practical problems arising in or under the laws of any territory or regulations or requirements of any regulatory authority or any stock exchange in any territory; (b) the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the terms of any share scheme for employees of the Company; and (c) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) and (b) of this resolution) of equity securities, up to an aggregate nominal amount not exceeding £40,700 (being approximately 5 per cent of the current nominal amount of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company). The authority conferred on the directors to allot equity securities under this resolution 9 shall expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 31 December 2020, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired. This resolution revokes and replaces all unexercised powers previously granted to the directors to allot equity securities as if Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply but without prejudice to any allotment of equity securities already made or agreed to be made pursuant to such powers. | 54,207,126 | 99.27 | 396,670 | 0.73 | Nil |
10. The Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases pursuant to Section 693 of that Act (as defined in Section 693(4) of the said Act), of ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") provided that:
(a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased is 4,070,000 being approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital; (b) the minimum price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is 1p per share, being the nominal amount thereof (exclusive of expenses); (c) the maximum price which may be paid for each share (exclusive of expenses) shall not be more than 5% above the average of the middle market quotations for ordinary shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the 5 business days before the date on which the contract for the purchase is made; and (d) the authority herein contained shall expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 31 December 2020 (except in relation to the purchase of shares the contracts for which were concluded before such date and which are executed wholly or partly after such date) unless such authority is renewed or revoked prior to such time. Ordinary Shares purchased pursuant to the authority conferred by this resolution shall be either: (i) cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase; or (ii) be held, sold, transferred or or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006. | 54,603,796 | 100 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
- Ends -
For more information contact:
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United Carpets Group plcPaul Eyre, Chief Executive Ian Bowness, Finance Director |
01709 732 666
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Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (NOMAD and Broker)Rick Thompson Michael Boot
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020 7894 7000 | |
Novella Communications LimitedTim Robertson Fergus Young |
020 3151 7008 |
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