30th Jan 2014 13:23
ITE Group plc
Result of AGM
Announcement of Results of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of ITE Group plc was held at 12 noon on
Thursday 30 January 2014. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands at the meeting.
The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
Resolution | Summary | For* | Against | Votes Withheld** |
1. | Receive the Report and Accounts 2013 | 193,906,062 | 0 | 0 |
2. | Declaration of final dividend | 193,906,062 | 0 | 0 |
3. | Re-election of Neil England as a Director. | 193,680,009 | 226,053 | 0 |
4. | Re-election of Linda Jensen as a Director. | 193,171,967 | 734,095 | 0 |
5. | Re-election of Neil Jones as a Director. | 193,624,025 | 282,037 | 0 |
6. | Election of Stephen Puckett as a Director. | 193,680,009 | 226,053 | 0 |
7. | Re-election of Marco Sodi as a Director. | 193,507,558 | 398,504 | 0 |
8. | Re-election of Edward Strachan as a Director. | 193,618,670 | 286,742 | 650 |
9. | Re-election of Russell Taylor as a Director | 193,623,375 | 282,037 | 650 |
10. | Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company. | 192,941,159 | 523,324 | 441,579 |
11. | Authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration. | 193,426,755 | 479,307 | 0 |
12. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2013. | 191,817,329 | 2,078,739 | 9,994 |
13. | Approve the Directors 'Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2013. | 192,821,909 | 630,915 | 453,238 |
14. | Renew the Directors' authority to allot shares. | 188,201,738 | 4,779,298 | 925,026 |
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15. | To disapply pre-emption rights in certain circumstances. | 193,891,091 | 10,300 | 4,671 |
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16. | Renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares. | 193,895,113 | 10,299 | 650 |
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17. | Approve the establishment of The ITE Group plc Employees' Performance Share Plan 2014 and the ITE Group plc Key Contractors' Performance Share Plan 2014 | 191,017,626 | 1,189,481 | 1,698,955 |
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18. | Authorise General Meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 185,308,920 | 8,597,142 | 0 |
The Company's issued share capital at 30 January 2014 was 249,720,524 ordinary shares. Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 193,906,062 shares representing 77.65% of the issued share capital.
* | Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion |
** | A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the |
| votes cast 'for' or 'against' a resolution. |
In accordance with LR 9.6.11, ITE also announces the appointment, with immediate effect, of Linda Jensen as the Company's Senior Independent Director and of Stephen Puckett as Chairman of the Audit Committee, in succession to Michael Hartley who stepped down from the Board after today's Annual General Meeting.
A copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
John Price ITE Group plc Tel: 020 7596 5139
Anil Gadhia ITE Group plc Tel: 020 7596 5024
Website: www.ite-exhibitions.com
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