22nd May 2018 15:57
22 May 2018
GoCompare.com Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
GoCompare.com Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Tuesday 22 May 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each resolution and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:
Resolution | For | Against | Total Votes | Votes Withheld* | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Ordinary Resolutions | |||||||
1. | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 322,536,596 | 99.99 | 24,833 | 0.01 | 322,561,429 | 8,394 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 311,064,818 | 96.49 | 11,303,170 | 3.51 | 322,367,988 | 204,020 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 0.7 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 December 2017 | 322,553,617 | 100.00 | 7,628 | 0.00 | 322,561,245 | 10,764 |
4. | To elect Joe Hurd as a director | 322,548,596 | 100.00 | 12,585 | 0.00 | 322,561,181 | 10,828 |
5. | To elect Dr. Ashley Steel as a director | 322,330,546 | 99.93 | 230,635 | 0.07 | 322,561,181 | 10,828 |
6. | To re-elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a director | 306,262,899 | 94.95 | 16,298,626 | 5.05 | 322,561,525 | 10,484 |
7. | To re-elect Matthew Crummack as a director | 322,223,432 | 99.90 | 338,093 | 0.10 | 322,561,525 | 10,484 |
8. | To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director | 312,491,088 | 96.92 | 9,943,661 | 3.08 | 322,434,749 | 137,259 |
9. | To re-elect Adrian Webb as a director | 310,458,179 | 96.25 | 12,103,345 | 3.75 | 322,561,524 | 10,484 |
10. | To re-elect Sir Peter Wood as a director | 318,268,159 | 98.67 | 4,293,365 | 1.33 | 322,561,524 | 10,484 |
11. | To re-elect Nick Wrighton as a director | 321,990,620 | 99.82 | 570,305 | 0.18 | 322,560,925 | 11,084 |
12. | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 321,850,035 | 99.82 | 589,215 | 0.18 | 322,439,250 | 132,758 |
13. | To authorise the directors and the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Remuneration of the Auditor | 322,500,868 | 99.98 | 59,619 | 0.02 | 322,560,487 | 11,522 |
14. | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations | 320,964,477 | 99.51 | 1,588,444 | 0.49 | 322,552,921 | 19,088 |
15. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 322,047,517 | 99.84 | 506,618 | 0.16 | 322,554,135 | 17,874 |
Special Resolutions | |||||||
16. | To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 322,446,563 | 99.97 | 93,066 | 0.03 | 322,539,629 | 32,380 |
17. | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments | 321,758,556 | 99.76 | 781,072 | 0.24 | 322,539,628 | 32,380 |
18. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 321,826,924 | 99.78 | 697,779 | 0.22 | 322,524,703 | 47,305 |
19. | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 319,213,641 | 98.96 | 3,347,032 | 1.04 | 322,560,673 | 11,336 |
As at the date of the AGM, the number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting rights was 418,353,623.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
Enquiries:
Nick Edwards
Company Secretary
01633 654 060
Registered Office: Imperial House, Imperial Way, Newport, Gwent NP10 8UH
Registered in England and Wales with registered number: 6062003
LEI: 213800DUUN4C47JEL561
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