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KCOM Group PLC

22 July 2016

KCOM Group PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting on 22 July 2016

KCOM Group PLC (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 1.00pm today, 22 July 2016, at KCOM Stadium, Hull, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 12 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were proposed as special resolutions.

Copies of the resolutions concerning items of special business (being resolutions 12 to 15) are being sent to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and will shortly be available for inspection.

The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 22 July 2016 was 516,603,910.

 
        Resolution             No. of        No. of        Total      Withheld* 
                                votes         votes        no. of 
                             'In favour'    'Against'      votes 
                                 (%)           (%)          cast 
                                                           (% of 
                                                           issued 
                                                           share 
                                                          capital) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      1. To receive 
      and approve the 
     Company's report 
       and accounts.        329,143,862      12,738     329,156,600   20,863,506 
                              (100.00%)      (0.00%)      (63.72%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      2. To declare 
     a final dividend 
       of 3.94 pence 
       per ordinary 
          share.            349,982,146      20,995     350,003,141     16,965 
                              (99.99%)       (0.01%)      (67.75%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      3. To approve 
      the Directors' 
       remuneration 
          report.           327,764,376    22,195,736   349,960,112     92,126 
                              (93.66%)       (6.34%)      (67.74%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     4. To re-appoint 
  PricewaterhouseCoopers 
      as independent 
         auditors.          347,650,940    2,308,120    349,959,060     57,673 
                              (99.34%)       (0.66%)      (67.74%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     5. To authorise 
    the Audit Committee 
   to fix the auditors' 
       remuneration.        348,987,850     959,637     349,947,487     72,619 
                              (99.73%)       (0.27%)      (67.74%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      6. To re-elect 
       Graham Holden 
       as a Director 
      of the Company.       348,146,299    1,876,437    350,022,736     43,802 
                              (99.46%)       (0.54%)      (67.75%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      7. To re-elect 
       Liz Barber as 
       a Director of 
       the Company.         347,588,631    2,392,216    349,980,847     58,664 
                              (99.32%)       (0.68%)      (67.75%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
   8. To elect Patrick 
       De Smedt as a 
      Director of the 
         Company.           349,145,052     799,602     349,944,654     62,186 
                              (99.77%)       (0.23%)      (67.74%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      9. To re-elect 
       Bill Halbert 
       as a Director 
      of the Company.       348,597,145    1,426,888    350,024,033     42,505 
                              (99.59%)       (0.41%)      (67.75%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     10. To re-elect 
       Paul Simpson 
       as a Director 
      of the Company.       348,178,424    1,838,371    350,016,795     81,875 
                              (99.47%)       (0.53%)      (67.75%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     11. To re-elect 
      Peter Smith as 
       a Director of 
       the Company.         348,871,244     778,272     349,649,516    357,324 
                              (99.78%)       (0.22%)      (67.68%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     12. To authorise 
       the Directors 
      to allot shares 
      as outlined in 
       the Notice of 
         Meeting.           348,861,066    1,054,952    349,916,018     63,198 
                              (99.70%)       (0.30%)      (67.73%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     13. To disapply        349,331,827     396,865     349,728,692    237,786 
        pre-emption 
     rights as outlined 
       in the Notice 
        of Meeting.           (99.89%)       (0.11%)      (67.70%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
     14. To authorise 
       the Directors 
      to make market 
       purchases of 
       the Company's 
        own shares.         348,879,978     986,947     349,866,925     33,403 
                              (99.72%)       (0.28%)      (67.72%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      15. To approve 
     general meetings, 
     other than AGMs, 
       being called 
      on at least 14 
    clear days' notice.     335,026,626    14,907,289   349,933,915     65,667 
                              (95.74%)       (4.26%)      (67.74%) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 

*A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" the resolution.

In the event of any queries, please contact Kathy Smith on +44 (0) 1924 882501.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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