26th Apr 2016 16:06
Equiniti Group plc
("the Company")
Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 110 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AY on Tuesday 26 April 2016, all the resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by the Shareholders. The Poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website www.equiniti.com.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business resolutions (15 - 19) passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
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| Votes For (including discretion) | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld) | |||
| Resolution | Number of shares | % of shares voted | Number of shares | % of shares voted | Number of shares | Number of shares | % of issued share capital |
1 | To receive the 2015 Annual Report and Accounts | 227,603,099 | 100.00 | 7,958 | 0.00 | 0 | 227,611,057 | 75.87% |
2 | To approve the 2015 Directors' Remuneration Report | 219,459,365 | 99.40 | 1,328,479 | 0.60 | 6,823,213 | 220,787,844 | 73.60% |
3 | To approve the 2015 Directors' Remuneration Report Policy | 227,483,414 | 99.94 | 127,643 | 0.06 | 0 | 227,611,057 | 75.87% |
4 | To approve the final dividend | 227,605,699 | 100.00 | 5,358 | 0.00 | 0 | 227,611,057 | 75.87% |
5 | To reappoint Rodney Aldridge as a Director | 226,823,509 | 99.65 | 787,148 | 0.35 | 400 | 227,610,657 | 75.87% |
6 | To reappoint Kevin Beeston as a Director | 219,556,052 | 99.78 | 480,556 | 0.22 | 7,574,449 | 220,036,608 | 73.35% |
7 | To reappoint Victoria Jarman as a Director | 226,804,998 | 99.65 | 805,659 | 0.35 | 400 | 227,610,657 | 75.87% |
8 | To reappoint Haris Kyriakopoulos as a Director | 227,084,320 | 99.77 | 526,337 | 0.23 | 400 | 227,610,657 | 75.87% |
9 | To reappoint Timothy Miller as a Director | 226,823,558 | 99.65 | 787,099 | 0.35 | 400 | 227,610,657 | 75.87% |
10 | To reappoint John Parker as a Director | 226,648,526 | 99.58 | 962,131 | 0.42 | 400 | 227,610,657 | 75.87% |
11 | To reappoint John Stier as a Director | 227,140,262 | 99.80 | 462,895 | 0.20 | 400 | 227,603,157 | 75.87% |
12 | To reappoint Guy Wakeley as a Director | 227,140,693 | 99.80 | 462,864 | 0.20 | 0 | 227,603,557 | 75.87% |
13 | To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 226,279,015 | 99.42 | 1,324,542 | 0.58 | 0 | 227,603,557 | 75.87% |
14 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' fees | 226,344,297 | 99.45 | 1,259,260 | 0.55 | 0 | 227,603,557 | 75.87% |
15 | To give the directors authority to allot shares in the Company | 224,861,928 | 98.80 | 2,741,629 | 1.20 | 0 | 227,603,557 | 75.87% |
16 | To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 227,587,966 | 99.99 | 14,591 | 0.01 | 1,000 | 227,602,557 | 75.87% |
17 | To empower the Company to buy-back its ordinary shares | 134,565,676 | 99.96 | 54,660 | 0.04 | 92,983,221 | 134,620,336 | 44.87% |
18 | To authorise political donations and expenditure | 224,774,323 | 98.78 | 2,782,820 | 1.22 | 46,414 | 227,557,143 | 75.85% |
19 | To approve the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice | 226,286,872 | 99.42 | 1,316,685 | 0.58 | 0 | 227,603,557 | 75.87% |
Votes excluding controlling shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-executive Directors | ||||||||
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| Votes For (including discretion) | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld) | |||
| Resolution | Number of shares | % of shares voted | Number of shares | % of shares voted | Number of shares | Number of shares | % of issued share capital |
5 | To reappoint Rodney Aldridge as a Director | 133,840,688 | 99.42 | 787,148 | 0.58 | 400 | 134,627,836 | 65.03% |
7 | To reappoint Victoria Jarman as a Director | 133,822,177 | 99.40 | 805,659 | 0.60 | 400 | 134,627,836 | 65.03% |
9 | To reappoint Timothy Miller as a Director | 133,840,737 | 99.42 | 787,099 | 0.58 | 400 | 134,627,836 | 65.03% |
10 | To reappoint John Parker as a Director | 133,665,705 | 99.29 | 962,131 | 0.71 | 400 | 134,627,836 | 65.03% |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 5, 7, 9 and 10 were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.
The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 300,000,000.
Enquiries:
Equiniti Group Plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 1902
Frances Gibbons - Head of Investor Relations
Guy Wakeley - CEO
John Stier - CFO
Temple Bar Advisory Tel: +44 (0) 20 7002 1080
Alex Child-Villiers Tel: + 44 (0) 7795 425580
Tom Allison Tel: + 44 (0) 7789 998020
Will Barker Tel: + 44 (0) 7827 960151
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