13th May 2016 08:56
esure Group plc
Results of AGM
Resolution passed at Annual General Meeting
Thursday 12 May 2016
esure Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Thursday 12 May 2016, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each resolution and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 19 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 23 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes | Votes Withheld* | |
1 | To receive the report and accounts | 355,271,325 | 98.91% | 3,913,367 | 1.09% | 359,184,692 | 1,451,145 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 314,203,210 | 87.48% | 44,967,619 | 12.52% | 359,170,829 | 1,465,008 |
3 | To approve the annual remuneration report | 323,706,386 | 92.51% | 26,222,010 | 7.49% | 349,928,396 | 10,707,441 |
4 | To declare the final dividend | 359,189,440 | 100.00% | 1,889 | 0.00% | 359,191,329 | 1,444,508 |
5 | To re-appoint Maria Dolores Dancausa as a director | Including controlling shareholder 354,381,086 Excluding controlling shareholder 225,771,431 |
98.66%
97.91% |
4,813,193
4,813,193 |
1.34%
2.09% |
359,194,279
230,584,624 |
1,441,558
1,441,558 |
6 | To re-appoint Shirley Garrood as a director | Including controlling shareholder 356,917,247 Excluding controlling shareholder 228,307,592 |
99.37%
99.01% |
2,277,032
2,277,032 |
0.63%
0.99% |
359,194,279
230,584,624 |
1,441,558
1,441,558 |
7 | To re-appoint Darren Ogden as a director | 358,876,926 | 99.91% | 315,853 | 0.09% | 359,192,779 | 1,443,058 |
8 | To appoint Martin Pike as a director | Including controlling shareholder 358,849,243 Excluding controlling shareholder 230,239,588 |
99.90%
99.85% |
344,436
344,436 |
0.10%
0.15% |
359,193,679
230,584,024 |
1,442,158
1,442,158 |
9 | To appoint Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | Including controlling shareholder 358,853,333 Excluding controlling shareholder 230,243,678 |
99.91%
99.85% |
340,032
340,032 |
0.09%
0.15% |
359,193,365
230,583,710 |
1,442,472
1,442,472 |
10 | To re-appoint Stuart Vann as a director | 358,877,483 | 99.91% | 315,882 | 0.09% | 359,193,365 | 1,442,472 |
11 | To re-appoint Peter Ward as a director | Including controlling shareholder 325,168,943 Excluding controlling shareholder 196,559,288 |
90.73%
85.55% |
33,205,244
33,205,244 |
9.27%
14.45% |
358,374,187
229,764,532 |
2,261,650
2,261,650 |
12 | To re-appoint Peter Wood as a director | 347,559,213 | 96.76% | 11,634,152 | 3.24% | 359,193,365 | 1,442,472 |
13 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 358,040,146 | 99.68% | 1,153,571 | 0.32% | 359,193,717 | 1,442,120 |
14 | To authorise the directors to set the remuneration of the auditors' | 359,085,343 | 99.97% | 109,536 | 0.03% | 359,194,879 | 1,440,958 |
15 | To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations | 358,333,308 | 99.76% | 861,701 | 0.24% | 359,195,009 | 1,440,828 |
16 | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 358,628,318 | 99.85% | 545,961 | 0.15% | 359,174,279 | 1,461,558 |
17 | To approve the waiver granted by the Panel under Rule 9 of The Takeover Code | 184,425,429 | 80.67% | 44,192,782 | 19.33% | 228,618,211 | 3,407,972 |
18 | To approve the 2016 Strategic Leadership Plan rules | 309,052,048 | 86.05% | 50,110,352 | 13.95% | 359,162,400 | 1,473,437 |
19 | To approve the 2016 Deferred Bonus Plan | 359,059,395 | 99.97% | 102,402 | 0.03% | 359,161,797 | 1,474,040 |
20 | To disapply pre-emption rights | 359,069,049 | 99.57% | 1,565,588 | 0.43% | 360,634,637 | 1,200 |
21 | To authorise the company to purchase its own shares | 352,899,561 | 98.56% | 5,163,815 | 1.44% | 358,063,376 | 2,572,461 |
22 | To authorise the company to amend its Articles of Association | 359,154,000 | 100.00% | 11,279 | 0.00% | 359,165,279 | 1,470,558 |
23 | To authorise the company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 354,711,041 | 98.75% | 4,483,238 | 1.25% | 359,194,279 | 1,441,558 |
As at the date of the AGM, the number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting rights was 416,853,576.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available for inspection from the National Storage Mechanism.
Enquiries:
Alice Rivers
Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone: 01737 235504
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