26th Jan 2017 16:53
26 January 2017
COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES PLC (THE "COMPANY")
2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLL RESULTS
The Company held its first Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today at Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ.
All resolutions put to the meeting were voted on by way of a poll and were passed by the shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | Total Votes Cast (including votes withheld) | ||||
No of Shares | % of shares voted | No. of shares | % of shares voted | No. of Shares | No. of Shares | % of issued share capital | ||
1. | To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2016 and the reports of the Directors and Auditor thereon. | 419,707,986 | 100.00 | 1,889 | 0.00 | 6,403 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
2. | To declare a final dividend of 3.4 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 September 2016. | 419,716,278 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
3. | To elect David Howell as a Director. | 419,696,954 | 100.00 | 18,324 | 0.00 | 1,000 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
4. | To elect Ian Sutcliffe as a Director. | 419,712,350 | 100.00 | 2,928 | 0.00 | 1,000 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
5. | To elect Rebecca Worthington as a Director. | 419,713,389 | 100.00 | 1,889 | 0.00 | 1,000 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
6. | To elect Federico Canciani as a Director. | 417,205,852 | 99.40 | 2,509,425 | 0.60 | 1,000 | 419,716,277 | 93.27 |
7. | To elect James Van Steenkiste as a Director. | 411,071,993 | 97.94 | 8,643,285 | 2.06 | 1,000 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
8. | To elect Amanda Burton as a Director. | 419,635,947 | 99.98 | 80,331 | 0.02 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
9. | To elect Baroness Sally Morgan as a Director. | 419,712,350 | 100.00 | 3,928 | 0.00 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
10. | To elect Richard Adam as a Director. | 419,713,389 | 100.00 | 2,889 | 0.00 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
11. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company. | 415,604,230 | 99.41 | 2,457,437 | 0.59 | 1,654,611 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor. | 418,053,628 | 99.60 | 1,662,650 | 0.40 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
13. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 411,908,806 | 99.59 | 1,710,885 | 0.41 | 6,096,586 | 419,716,277 | 93.27 |
14. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 30 September 2016. | 412,936,700 | 99.83 | 682,992 | 0.17 | 6,096,586 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
15. | To authorise the Board to allot or sell shares and grant subscription/conversion rights over shares. | 419,714,389 | 100.00 | 1,889 | 0.00 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
16. | To authorise the Board to allot or sell shares without complying with pre-emption rights. | 414,947,350 | 98.86 | 4,768,928 | 1.14 | 0 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
17. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases. | 418,128,778 | 99.62 | 1,586,500 | 0.38 | 1,000 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
18. | To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. | 414,937,066 | 98.86 | 4,778,212 | 1.14 | 1,000 | 419,716,278 | 93.27 |
19. | To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 418,791,743 | 99.78 | 924,534 | 0.22 | 0 | 419,716,277 | 93.27
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Please note a "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is, therefore, not included in the calculation of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
The total number of voting rights as at voting record date were 450,000,000 shares of £0.01 each.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will be shortly available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
A copy of the voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at www.investors.countryside-properties.com.
Enquiries: Tel: +44 (0) 1277 260 000
Ian Sutcliffe - Group Chief Executive
Rebecca Worthington - Group Chief Financial Officer
Victoria Prior - Investor Relations & Strategy Director
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