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UBM PLC - Result of AGMUBM PLC - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, May 18
UBM plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
18 May 2016
UBM plc announces the results of its Annual General Meeting held today. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.
The total number of votes received in respect of each resolution is set out below:
| Resolution | For (including votes to be cast at chairman’s discretion) | Votes for(%) | Votes against | Votes against(%) | Total Votes | Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital | Votes Withheld | |
| 1 | To receive and adopt the 2015 Annual Report and Accounts | 327,154,768 | 99.63 | 1,222,885 | 0.37 | 328,377,653 | 74.13% | 24,197 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report | 308,644,126 | 96.23 | 12,095,931 | 3.77 | 320,740,057 | 72.41% | 7,661,793 |
| 3 | To approve a final dividend of 16.3p per Ordinary share | 328,396,614 | 100.00 | 3,441 | 0.00 | 328,400,055 | 74.13% | 1,795 |
| 4 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Auditor | 323,267,236 | 98.44 | 5,131,676 | 1.56 | 328,398,912 | 74.13% | 2,938 |
| 5 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor | 327,429,154 | 99.70 | 969,196 | 0.30 | 328,398,350 | 74.13% | 3,500 |
| 6 | To re-elect Dame Helen Alexander as a Director | 324,427,969 | 98.79 | 3,970,106 | 1.21 | 328,398,075 | 74.13% | 3,775 |
| 7 | To re-elect Tim Cobbold as a Director | 328,325,585 | 99.98 | 72,724 | 0.02 | 328,398,309 | 74.13% | 3,541 |
| 8 | To elect Marina Wyatt as a Director | 328,206,656 | 99.94 | 191,352 | 0.06 | 328,398,008 | 74.13% | 3,842 |
| 9 | To re-elect Alan Gillespie as a Director | 320,674,882 | 99.98 | 73,382 | 0.02 | 320,748,264 | 72.41% | 7,653,586 |
| 10 | To re-elect Pradeep Kar as a Director | 327,461,621 | 99.79 | 703,863 | 0.21 | 328,165,484 | 74.08% | 236,366 |
| 11 | To re-elect Greg Lock as a Director | 320,414,821 | 99.90 | 330,953 | 0.10 | 320,745,774 | 72.41% | 7,656,076 |
| 12 | To re-elect John McConnell as a Director | 319,361,940 | 99.57 | 1,384,114 | 0.43 | 320,746,054 | 72.41% | 7,655,796 |
| 13 | To re-elect Mary McDowell as a Director | 328,325,298 | 99.98 | 70,793 | 0.02 | 328,396,091 | 74.13% | 5,759 |
| 14 | To re-elect Terry Neill as a Director | 320,676,104 | 99.98 | 69,744 | 0.02 | 320,745,848 | 72.41% | 7,656,002 |
| 15 | To elect Trynka Shineman as a Director | 327,786,348 | 99.81 | 608,162 | 0.19 | 328,394,510 | 74.13% | 7,340 |
| 16 | To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities | 275,483,030 | 84.27 | 51,403,216 | 15.73 | 326,886,246 | 73.79% | 1,515,604 |
| 17 | To disapply pre-emption rights* | 289,843,759 | 89.90 | 32,580,356 | 10.10 | 322,424,115 | 72.79% | 5,977,735 |
| 18 | To authorise the purchase by the Company of Ordinary shares in the market* | 323,820,772 | 98.61 | 4,565,665 | 1.39 | 328,386,437 | 74.13% | 15,413 |
| 19 | To allow general meetings to be called on 14 days’ notice* | 284,658,778 | 86.74 | 43,502,191 | 13.26 | 328,160,969 | 74.08% | 240,881 |
Notes:
* Special Resolution
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
The number of ordinary shares in issue at 18 May 2016 was 442,977,538. Ordinary Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have also been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing shortly at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the UBM website at http://investors.ubm.com/AGM.
Enquiries to:
Corinna Bridges
Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: 020 7921 5000
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