17th Sep 2015 17:25
17 September 2015
Poundland Group plc
Voting results of Annual General Meeting held on 17th September 2015
Poundland Group plc ('the Company') announces that its annual General Meeting held at 11.00 am at Wellmans Road, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 2QT on 17th September, 2015 was successfully concluded. All Resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. The voting results are below and the total votes cast amounted to 212,084,282 representing 84.83% of the issued share capital of 250,000,000 shares.
The poll results are also to be posted on the Company's website.
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Resolutions 15 to 18 were Special Resolutions and the full text of all the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website.
Following the passing of resolution 17, and as described in detail in the explanatory notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting published on 12 August 2015, the Company confirms that it has today entered into:- a deed of release in favour of the Company's shareholders; and- a deed of release in favour of the current and former Directors of the Company (being related parties of the Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules and which deed constitutes a smaller related party transaction under LR11.1.10R of the Listing Rules)
RESOLUTION | VOTES | % | VOTES | % | VOTES | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES | |
FOR | AGAINST | TOTAL | WITHHELD | |||||
1 | Annual Report and Accounts | 211,848,966 | 99.96 | 90,250 | 0.04 | 211,939,216 | 84.78% | 145,066 |
2 | Directors Remuneration Report | 203,846,055 | 96.23 | 7,983,755 | 3.77 | 211,829,810 | 84.73% | 254,472 |
3 | Final Dividend | 212,084,032 | 100 | 250 | 0 | 212,084,282 | 84.83% | 0 |
4 | To re-appoint KPMG as Auditors | 211,156,141 | 99.56 | 924,886 | 0.44 | 212,081,027 | 84.83% | 3,255 |
5 | Remuneration of Auditor | 211,378,423 | 99.67 | 704,859 | 0.33 | 212,083,282 | 84.83% | 0 |
6 | Re-elect James McCarthy | 211,965,496 | 99.95 | 115,686 | 0.05 | 212,081,182 | 84.83% | 3,100 |
7 | Re-elect Nicholas Hateley | 211,944,647 | 99.93 | 139,535 | 0.07 | 212,084,182 | 84.83% | 100 |
8 | Re-elect Darren Shapland | 211,741,876 | 99.89 | 231,606 | 0.11 | 211,973,482 | 84.79% | 110,800 |
9 | Re-elect Teresa Colaianni | 207,466,568 | 97.89 | 4,479,899 | 2.11 | 211,946,467 | 84.78% | 137,815 |
10 | Re-elect Grant Hearn | 211,872,380 | 99.9 | 211,802 | 0.1 | 212,084,182 | 84.83% | 100 |
11 | Elect Miles Roberts | 211,892,130 | 99.91 | 192,052 | 0.09 | 212,084,182 | 84.83% | 100 |
12 | Elect Timothy Jones | 203,947,230 | 96.23 | 7,999,237 | 3.77 | 211,946,467 | 84.78% | 137,815 |
13 | Elect Mary Barnard | 211,664,276 | 99.91 | 189,191 | 0.09 | 211,853,467 | 84.74% | 230,815 |
14 | Authority to allot shares | 192,536,092 | 90.79 | 19,532,976 | 9.21 | 212,069,068 | 84.83% | 15,214 |
15 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 212,036,903 | 100 | 8,565 | 0 | 212,045,468 | 84.82% | 38,814 |
16 | Authority to make market purchases | 212,074,530 | 100 | 3,770 | 0 | 212,078,300 | 84.83% | 5,982 |
17 | Approval of distributable reserves for interim dividend | 211,667,266 | 99.99 | 30,411 | 0.01 | 211,697,677 | 84.68% | 386,605 |
18 | Notice of general meetings | 209,328,144 | 98.7 | 2,755,888 | 1.3 | 212,084,032 | 84.83% | 250 |
Enquiries:
Jinder Jhuti
Company Secretary & General Counsel
0121 568 7000
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