20th Jan 2022 14:55
20 January 2022
COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES PLC (THE "COMPANY")
RESULTS OF 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Company's sixth Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today 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 vote for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Total Votes Cast (excluding votes withheld) | Votes Withheld | ||||
No of Shares | % of shares voted | No. of Shares | % of shares voted | No. of Shares | % of issued share capital | No. of Shares | ||
1. | To receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2021 and the reports of the Directors and Auditor thereon. | 450,275,445 | 100.00 | 2,987 | 0.00 | 450,278,432 | 87.99 | 310,125 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 30 September 2021. | 413,117,193 | 91.69 | 37,464,913 | 8.31 | 450,582,106 | 88.05 | 6,451 |
3. | To re-elect John Martin as a Director. | 450,571,689 | 100.00 | 4,404 | 0.00 | 450,576,093 | 88.04 | 13,564 |
5. | To re-elect Douglas Hurt as a Director. | 381,528,864 | 87.40 | 55,004,977 | 12.60 | 436,533,841 | 85.30 | 14,054,716 |
6. | To re-elect Amanda Burton as a Director | 383,001,756 | 87.74 | 53,533,274 | 12.26 | 436,535,030 | 85.30 | 14,053,527 |
7. | To re-elect Baroness Sally Morgan as a Director. | 383,001,502 | 87.97 | 52,353,264 | 12.03 | 435,354,766 | 85.07 | 15,233,791 |
8. | To re-elect Simon Townsend as a Director. | 399,268,457 | 91.71 | 36,085,120 | 8.29 | 435,353,577 | 85.07 | 15,234,980 |
9. | To appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company. | 450,548,084 | 99.99 | 36,234 | 0.01 | 450,584,318 | 88.05 | 4,239 |
10. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration. | 450,540,225 | 99.99 | 40,189 | 0.01 | 450,580,414 | 88.05 | 8,143 |
11. | To authorise the Directors to allot or sell shares and grant subscription/ conversion rights over shares. | 413,435,709 | 91.81 | 36,895,535 | 8.19 | 450,331,244 | 88.00 | 7,313 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities or sell shares without complying with pre-emption rights. | 403,401,896 | 91.47 | 37,636,010 | 8.53 | 441,037,906 | 86.18 | 9,300,651 |
13. | To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities or sell shares for acquisitions or other capital investments without complying with pre-emption rights. | 374,655,137 | 84.95 | 66,395,682 | 15.05 | 441,050,819 | 86.18 | 9,287,738 |
14. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases. | 446,160,978 | 99.08 | 4,120,705 | 0.92 | 450,281,683 | 87.99 | 56,874 |
15. | To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. | 409,440,615 | 91.16 | 39,705,735 | 8.84 | 449,146,350 | 87.76 | 1,192,207 |
16. | To change the Company name to Countryside Partnerships PLC. | 449,483,585 | 99.81 | 852,533 | 0.19 | 450,336,118 | 88.00 | 2,439 |
17. | To allow the Company to hold general meetings, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 445,001,044 | 98.82 | 5,332,488 | 1.18 | 450,333,532 | 88.00 | 5,025 |
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 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
The total number of voting rights as at voting record date were 511,761,463 shares of £0.01 each.
With regards to resolution 16, further to the passing of this resolution at the AGM on 20 January 2022 and in line with the strategy update announced on 7 July 2021, the Company name will be changed to Countryside Partnerships PLC. A same-day application will be submitted to Companies House on 28 January 2022 for this name change and further communications will follow once the name change process has been completed.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at www.investors.countrysideproperties.com.
For further information please contact:
Countryside Properties PLC - +44 (0) 1277 260 000
John Martin - Interim Group Chief Executive
Tom Wright - Interim Group Chief Financial Officer
Victoria Prior - Managing Director, Corporate Affairs
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