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KCOM Group PLC

21 July 2017

21 July 2017

KCOM GROUP PLC

("KCOM or "the Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of KCOM held earlier today at the KCOM Stadium, Hull, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

Resolutions 1 to 13 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 were proposed as special resolutions.

Copies of the resolutions concerning items of special business (being resolutions 13 to 15) will be sent to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and will 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.

The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below.

 
        Resolution             No. of        No. of        Total no.      Withheld* 
                                votes         votes         of votes 
                             'In favour'    'Against'       cast (% 
                                 (%)           (%)         of issued 
                                                         share capital) 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 1. To receive 
  and approve the 
  Company's report 
  and accounts.             367,254,466      10,503       367,264,969     9,379,016 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 2. To declare 
  a final dividend 
  of 4.0 pence per 
  ordinary share.           367,293,334      3,864        367,297,198     9,346,787 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 3. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  remuneration report.      364,635,824    1,942,022      366,577,846     10,066,139 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 4. To approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration report 
  (excluding the 
  Remuneration policy)      363,889,096    2,701,967      366,591,063     10,052,922 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 5. To re-appoint 
  PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  as independent 
  auditors.                 365,943,974    1,296,373      367,240,347     9,403,638 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 6. To authorise 
  the Audit Committee 
  to fix the auditors' 
  remuneration.             367,101,391     155,808       367,257,199     9,386,786 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Graham Holden 
  as a Director 
  of the Company.           319,161,484    47,409,197     366,570,681     10,063,304 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  Jane Aikman as 
  a Director of 
  the Company.              365,236,518    1,350,426      366,586,944     10,037,252 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 9. To elect Liz 
  Barber as a Director 
  of the Company.           364,395,862    2,208,173      366,604,035     10,039,950 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 10. To re-elect 
  Patrick De Smedt 
  as a Director 
  of the Company.           365,129,146    1,461,641      366,590,787     10,043,198 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 11. To re-elect 
  Bill Halbert as 
  a Director of 
  the Company.              319,759,463    46,844,877     366,604,340     10,039,645 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 12. To re-elect 
  Peter Smith as 
  a Director of 
  the Company.              365,541,826    1,062,202      366,604,028     10,039,957 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 13. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to allot shares 
  as outlined in 
  the Notice of 
  Meeting.                  365,690,792    1,525,999      367,216,791     9,426,474 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 14. To disapply 
  pre-emption rights 
  as outlined in 
  the Notice of 
  Meeting.                  366,195,412     380,365       366,575,777     10,068,208 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 15. To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to make market 
  purchases of the 
  Company's own 
  shares.                   366,033,896    1,222,617      367,256,513     9,387,472 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 16. To approve 
  general meetings, 
  other than AGMs, 
  being called on 
  at least 14 clear 
  days' notice.             357,934,450    9,312,811      367,247,261     9,394,724 
-------------------------  -------------  -----------  ----------------  ----------- 
 

*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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