15th May 2025 15:13
15 May 2025
M&C SAATCHI PLC
(the "Company" or "M&C Saatchi")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company confirms that at its Annual General Meeting, held earlier today at 11 a.m., all of the resolutions were voted on by poll and were duly passed by the required majority.
The full text of each resolution was included in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting posted to shareholders and made available on the Company's website https://www.mcsaatchiplc.com/shareholder-centre/annual-general-meeting/2025
The following table shows the results of the votes cast.
Resolution | Total votes cast (excl. Votes Withheld) | For | Against | Withheld | |||
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| Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number |
Ordinary Resolutions
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1 | To approve the Annual Report and Accounts
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,404 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,154 | 100 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 1.95 pence per share
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,404 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | To reappoint auditors of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,404 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | To approve the auditors' remuneration
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,404 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | To elect Georgina Harvey as a director of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,154 | 100 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
7 | To elect Zaid Al-Qassab as a director of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 86,373,808 | 94.32 | 5,200,596 | 5.68 | 0 |
8 | To elect Simon Fuller as a director of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 86,373,555 | 94.32 | 5,200,849 | 5.68 | 0 |
9 | To re-elect Dame Heather Rabbatts as a director of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 91,573,884 | 100 | 520 | 0 | 0 |
10 | To re-elect Colin Jones as a director of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 91,574,131 | 100 | 273 | 0 | 0 |
11 | To re-elect Chris Sweetland as a director of the Company
| 91,574,404 | 86,373,535 | 94.32 | 5,200,869 | 5.68 | 0 |
12 | Authority for directors to allot shares
| 91,574,404 | 91,569,959 | 100 | 4,445 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Authority for directors to allot rights issue shares
| 91,574,404 | 91,552,459 | 99.98 | 21,945 | 0.02 | 0 |
Special Resolutions
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14 | Authority for directors to allot shares on a non-pre-emptive basis (1)
| 91,574,404 | 87,093,247 | 95.11 | 4,481,157 | 4.89 | 0 |
15 | Authority for directors to allot shares on a non-pre-emptive basis (2)
| 91,574,404 | 90,325,767 | 98.64 | 1,248,637 | 1.36 | 0 |
16 | Authority for the Company to purchase up to 10% of its own share capital
| 71,545,217 | 71,523,272 | 99.97 | 21,945 | 0.03 | 20,029,187 |
FURTHER INFORMATION
M&C Saatchi |
+44 (0)20-7543-4500 |
Zaid Al-Qassab, Chief Executive Officer | |
Simon Fuller, Chief Financial Officer | |
Thomas Fahey, Head of Investor Relations
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Headland Consultancy | +44 (0)20-3805-4822 |
Rob Walker / Charlie Twigg / James Waters
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Panmure Liberum - Nominated adviser and joint broker | +44 (0)20-3100-2000 |
Max Jones, Edward Mansfield, Will King |
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Deutsche Numis - Joint broker |
+44 (0)20-7260-1000 |
Nick Westlake, Iqra Amin |
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About M&C Saatchi
M&C Saatchi is a creative solutions company with specialist expertise and creativity in helping our clients grow by maximising the reach and potential of their brands. It does this through its regional-first operating model with five core specialisms - Advertising, Issues, Passions, Consulting and Media - which it leverages in an integrated go-to-market approach. It has significant global reach, with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East, APAC and the Americas and is supported by global shared services. M&C Saatchi is headquartered in London and listed on the FTSE AIM index of the London Stock Exchange.
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