27th May 2020 13:21
27 May 2020
GoCo Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
GoCo Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 27 May 2020, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each resolution and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 17 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:
Resolution | For | Against | Total Votes | Votes Withheld* | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Ordinary Resolutions | |||||||
1. | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 332,990,024 | 99.99 | 34,961 | 0.01 | 333,024,985 | 229,459 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 301,938,592 | 90.69 | 31,004,905 | 9.31 | 332,943,497 | 310,947 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 312,041,073 | 95.47 | 14,803,665 | 4.53 | 326,844,738 | 6,409,706 |
4. | To declare a final dividend of 0.5 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2019 | 333,246,119 | 100.00 | 6,726 | 0.00 | 333,252,845 | 1,600 |
5. | To reappoint Zillah Byng-Thorne as a director | 279,854,868 | 85.54 | 47,295,490 | 14.46 | 327,150,358 | 6,104,086 |
6. | To reappoint Matthew Crummack as a director | 333,132,233 | 99.97 | 116,512 | 0.03 | 333,248,745 | 5,700 |
7. | To reappoint Nick Hugh as a director | 333,239,503 | 100.00 | 9,242 | 0.00 | 333,248,745 | 5,700 |
8. | To reappoint Joe Hurd as a director | 333,237,180 | 100.00 | 11,565 | 0.00 | 333,248,745 | 5,700 |
9. | To reappoint Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | 298,755,452 | 89.73 | 34,190,545 | 10.27 | 332,945,997 | 308,447 |
10. | To reappoint Dr. Ashley Steel as a director | 333,227,474 | 99.99 | 19,771 | 0.01 | 333,247,245 | 7,200 |
11. | To reappoint Adrian Webb as a director | 332,802,807 | 99.87 | 445,938 | 0.13 | 333,248,745 | 5,700 |
12. | To reappoint Sir Peter Wood as a director | 327,034,184 | 98.13 | 6,217,060 | 1.87 | 333,251,244 | 3,200 |
13. | To reappoint Nick Wrighton as a director | 333,134,965 | 99.97 | 113,780 | 0.03 | 333,248,745 | 5,700 |
14. | To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 333,180,840 | 99.98 | 67,288 | 0.02 | 333,248,128 | 6,316 |
15. | To authorise the directors and the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Remuneration of the Auditor | 333,214,634 | 99.99 | 37,661 | 0.01 | 333,252,295 | 2,150 |
16. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations | 323,903,513 | 97.19 | 9,348,021 | 2.81 | 333,251,534 | 2,911 |
17. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 313,771,655 | 94.16 | 19,478,416 | 5.84 | 333,250,071 | 4,374 |
18. | To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 327,866,754 | 98.38 | 5,383,180 | 1.62 | 333,249,934 | 4,511 |
19. | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments | 327,826,071 | 98.37 | 5,422,362 | 1.63 | 333,248,433 | 6,011 |
20. | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 329,434,258 | 98.85 | 3,818,587 | 1.15 | 333,252,845 | 1,600 |
As at the date of the AGM, the number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting rights was 421,361,940.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available for inspection at:
https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
Enquiries:
Nick Edwards
General Counsel and Company Secretary
01633 654 060
Registered Office: Imperial House, Imperial Way, Newport, Gwent NP10 8UH
Registered in England and Wales with registered number: 6062003
LEI: 213800DUUN4C47JEL561
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