Ascential PLC Result of AGM (5665Y)
May 09 2019 - 10:53AM
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RNS Number : 5665Y
Ascential PLC
09 May 2019
Ascential plc
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
All 18 resolutions considered at the 2019 Annual General Meeting
were passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of
AGM dated 14 March 2019. The total number of votes received for
each resolutions is set out below. The Company's issued share
capital as at 9 May 2019 was 402,775,022 with voting rights. The
Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this
disclosure.
Resolution no. Shares For % Shares % Shares marked
Against as Votes
Witheld/
Abstentions
AGM
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1. To receive the Annual
Report and Accounts
for the year ended 31
December 2018 359,839,761 100.00 516 0.00 234,180
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2. To approve the Annual
Report on Remuneration
contained in the Annual
report and Accounts 256,656,145 99.15 3,072,116 0.85 346,196
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3. To declare a final
dividend of 3.9p per
share for the year ended
31 December 2019 360,072,909 100.00 0 0.00 1,548
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4. To elect Rita Clifton
as a Director of the
Company 351,080,739 97.50 8,990,106 2.50 3,612
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5. To elect Scott Forbes
as a Director of the
Company 329,960,730 94.69 18,519,144 5.31 11,594,583
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6. To elect Mandy Gradden
as a Director of the
Company 349,888,552 97.17 10,183,325 2.83 2,580
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7. To elect Paul Harrison
as a Director of the
Company 348,846,885 97.50 8,958,325 2.50 2,269,247
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8. To elect Gillian
Kent as a Director of
the Company 351,281,719 97.56 8,789,126 2.44 3,612
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9. To elect Duncan Painter
as a Director of the
Company 351,413,084 97.60 8,658,325 2.40 3,048
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10. To elect Judy Vezmar
as a Director of the
Company 350,617,506 97.47 9,111,209 2.53 345,742
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11. To re-appoint KPMG
LLP as auditor of the
Company 357,806,859 100.00 1,275 0.00 2,266,323
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12. To authorise the
Board to determine the
remuneration of the
auditor 358,748,153 99.63 1,324,632 0.37 1,672
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13. To authorise the
Company to make political
donations 356,655,259 99.05 3,417,010 0.95 2,188
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14. To authorise the
Company to allot relevant
securities 344,708,523 95.73 15,364,005 4.27 1,929
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15. To authorise the
Company to disapply
pre-emption rights as
per resolution 15 in
the Notice of AGM 356,648,425 99.05 3,422,826 0.95 3,206
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16. To authorise the
Company to additionally
disapply pre-emption
rights as per resolution
16 in the Notice of
AGM 350,156,713 97.25 9,914,281 2.75 3,463
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17. To authorise the
Company to purchase
its own shares 356,482,518 99.37 2,266,137 0.63 1,325,802
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18. To authorise the
Company to call any
general meeting of the
Company other than an
AGM) on not less than
14 clear days' notice 347,575,719 96.53 12,496,688 3.47 2,050
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Notes
1. AGM Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions.
AGM Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.
2. The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against a
resolution
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