12th Jun 2018 15:20
Interserve Plc
Result of Annual General Meeting
Interserve Plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company, duly convened and held today at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2AG, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 May 2018 were passed on a poll.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, are set out below:
Resolution | For/Discretionary | Against | Total Shares Voted | Votes Withheld | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017 | 42,944,254 | 99.94 | 25,676 | 0.06 | 42,969,930 | 43,232 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 41,540,619 | 97.86 | 908,028 | 2.14 | 42,448,647 | 561,872 |
3 | To approve the Remuneration Committee Chairman's Summary Statement and the Annual Report on Remuneration | 34,729,009 | 82.87 | 7,179,574 | 17.13 | 41,908,583 | 1,109,937 |
4 | To elect Mrs Debbie White as a director of the Company | 42,882,394 | 99.77 | 96,832 | 0.23 | 42,979,226 | 39,295 |
5 | To elect Mr Mark Whiteling as a director of the Company | 42,117,722 | 98.01 | 855,812 | 1.99 | 42,973,534 | 44,987 |
6 | To re-elect Mr Glyn Barker as a director of the Company | 42,255,725 | 98.71 | 553,586 | 1.29 | 42,809,311 | 209,209 |
7 | To re-elect Mr Gareth Edwards as a director of the Company | 42,009,075 | 97.76 | 964,599 | 2.24 | 42,973,674 | 44,846 |
8 | To re-elect Miss Anne Fahy as a director of the Company | 41,928,755 | 97.56 | 1,046,470 | 2.44 | 42,975,225 | 43,295 |
9 | To re-elect Mr Russell King as a director of the Company | 41,935,443 | 97.58 | 1,038,231 | 2.42 | 42,973,674 | 44,846 |
10 | To re-elect Mr Nick Salmon as a director of the Company | 42,469,277 | 98.83 | 504,398 | 1.17 | 42,973,675 | 44,846 |
11 | To re-elect Mr Dougie Sutherland as a director of the Company | 42,740,157 | 99.46 | 233,518 | 0.54 | 42,973,675 | 44,846 |
12 | To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as the Company's auditor | 42,870,642 | 99.74 | 110,389 | 0.26 | 42,981,031 | 37,490 |
13 | To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 42,899,154 | 99.80 | 84,771 | 0.20 | 42,983,925 | 29,237 |
14 | To authorise the directors to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 42,757,501 | 99.49 | 218,249 | 0.51 | 42,975,750 | 42,771 |
15 | To renew the Interserve Sharesave Scheme 2009 | 42,873,120 | 99.76 | 104,253 | 0.24 | 42,977,373 | 41,148 |
16 | To renew the Interserve Share Incentive Plan 2009 | 42,853,490 | 99.73 | 117,077 | 0.27 | 42,970,567 | 47,954 |
17 | To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount | 42,804,334 | 99.58 | 180,882 | 0.42 | 42,985,216 | 33,305 |
18* | To empower the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (general authority) | 42,798,978 | 99.65 | 149,657 | 0.35 | 42,948,635 | 69,886 |
19* | To empower the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (additional authority) | 41,225,146 | 95.99 | 1,723,488 | 4.01 | 42,948,634 | 69,886 |
20* | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares | 42,371,024 | 98.58 | 609,900 | 1.42 | 42,980,924 | 37,596 |
21* | To approve the sub-division of the Company's share capital | 42,840,734 | 99.72 | 120,924 | 0.28 | 42,961,658 | 56,863 |
22* | To approve the holding of general meetings, other than AGMs, on 14 clear days' notice | 41,758,159 | 97.16 | 1,220,863 | 2.84 | 42,979,022 | 39,499 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
**Special Resolution
The total number of votes cast excludes votes withheld. The issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM was 149,719,938 ordinary shares of 10p each.
A copy of the above results will shortly be available in the Investor Centre section of the Company's website at www.interserve.com.
Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
As a result of the approval of Resolution 21 relating to the sub-division of the Company's share capital, a request for an amendment to the Official List for the Company's ordinary shares has been made to the UK Listing Authority. It is expected that dealings in the Company's ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each will commence at or around 8.00 a.m. on 13 June 2018.
Andy McDonald
Group Secretary
12 June 2018
LEI Number: 549300MVYY4EZCRFHZ09
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