1st Jun 2022 13:44
1 June 2022
East Imperial plc
("East Imperial" or the "Company")
Result of AGM
East Imperial plc (LSE: EISB), the global purveyor of ultra-premium beverages, announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed and approved on a show of hands. The results of the proxy voting position received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
| Resolution | Ordinary/ Special | For |
| Against |
| Withheld | Total votes cast |
No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % | |||||
1 | To receive the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2021. | Ordinary | 167,132,119 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration. | Ordinary | 167,063,628 | 99.87 | 216,324 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | Ordinary | 167,113,628 | 99.87 | 216,324 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
4 | To re-appoint Professor Dr Olufunke Abimbola as a director | Ordinary | 137,501,407 | 82.18 | 29,823,536 | 17.82 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
5 | To re-appoint Anthony Burt as a director | Ordinary | 167,127,110 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
6 | To re-appoint Toby Hayward as a director | Ordinary | 137,086,247 | 82.13 | 29,823,536 | 17.87 | 420,169 | 166,909,783 |
7 | To re-appoint Colin Henry as a director | Ordinary | 167,127,110 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
8 | To re-appoint Alistair McGeorge as a director | Ordinary | 167,127,110 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
9 | To re-appoint Andrew Robertson as a director | Ordinary | 167,127,110 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
10 | To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as auditor | Ordinary | 167,127,110 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
11 | To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's fees. | Ordinary | 167,127,110 | 99.88 | 197,833 | 0.12 | 5,009 | 167,324,943 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | Ordinary | 167,113,628 | 99.87 | 216,324 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares to Alistair McGeorge and Colin Henry pursuant to the exercise of options granted under resolutions 16 and 17 | Ordinary | 137,492,934 | 82.17 | 29,837,018 | 17.83 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
14 | To amend the fee payable to the Directors set out in the Articles of Association. | Ordinary | 167,113,628 | 99.87 | 216,324 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
15 | To amend Rule 4 of the Company's Unapproved Share Option Scheme Rules adopted on 19 July 2021. | Ordinary | 137,492,934 | 82.17 | 29,837,018 | 17.83 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
16 | To grant options to Alistair McGeorge to acquire up to 7.5 million ordinary shares in the Company. | Ordinary | 137,077,774 | 82.12 | 29,837,018 | 17.88 | 415,160 | 166,914,792 |
17 | To grant options to Colin Henry to acquire up to 7.5 million ordinary shares in the Company. | Ordinary | 137,077,774 | 82.12 | 29,837,018 | 17.88 | 415,160 | 166,914,792 |
18 | To dis-apply pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006. | Special | 167,118,637 | 99.87 | 211,315 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
19 | To dis-apply pre-emption rights for share allotments in connection with the issue of shares to Alistair McGeorge and Colin Henry pursuant to the exercise of options granted to them. | Special | 137,437,925 | 82.17 | 29,842,027 | 17.83 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
20 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases. | Special | 167,113,628 | 99.87 | 216,324 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
21 | To approve for calling of general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice. | Special | 167,118,637 | 99.87 | 211,315 | 0.13 | 0 | 167,329,952 |
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes validly cast for or against a resolution.
The Company's issued share capital is 338,171,043 ordinary shares of £0.001 each.
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