Connect Group PLC Result of AGM (7144O)
January 31 2019 - 8:16AM
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RNS Number : 7144O
Connect Group PLC
31 January 2019
31 January 2019
Connect Group PLC
Result of 2019 Annual General Meeting
Connect Group PLC is pleased to announce that at its AGM held at
11.30am today, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.
All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of
the poll for each resolution are shown below:
Resolution For Against Withheld
No. of % No. of votes % No. of votes
votes
------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
To receive the Annual
Report and Accounts
for the year ended
1 31 August 2018 146,541,027 99.98% 32,383 0.02% 11,573
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To approve the directors'
remuneration report
for the year ended
2 31 August 2018 144,131,838 99.71% 424,137 0.29% 2,029,008
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
3 To elect Jos Opdeweegh 146,318,818 99.84% 238,175 0.16% 27,990
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To elect Michael
4 Holt 146,319,878 99.84% 232,942 0.16% 32,163
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5 To elect Tony Grace 146,203,346 99.76% 348,792 0.24% 32,845
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To re-elect Gary
6 Kennedy 113,655,684 78.00% 32,059,126 22.00% 870,172
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To re-elect Jonathan
7 Bunting 146,192,837 99.76% 358,999 0.24% 33,147
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To re-elect Denise
8 Collis 146,304,866 99.83% 250,989 0.17% 29,128
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To re-elect Mark
9 Whiteling 146,223,678 99.78% 322,273 0.22% 39,032
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To re-appoint the
10 auditor 146,074,375 99.74% 383,906 0.26% 126,701
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To authorise the
Audit Committee to
determine the auditor's
11 remuneration 146,434,951 99.91% 129,415 0.09% 20,617
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Authority to make
12 political donations 139,077,737 94.96% 7,389,083 5.04% 118,163
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
Authority to allot
13 shares 121,628,759 83.00% 24,911,086 17.00% 45,138
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
Authority to partially
disapply pre-emption
14 rights* 121,598,640 82.98% 24,939,952 17.02% 46,391
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
Authority to disapply
pre-emption rights
in connection with
an acquisition or
specified capital
15 investment* 120,232,709 82.25% 25,954,839 17.75% 397,434
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
Authority to make
market purchases
16 of ordinary shares* 145,139,807 99.03% 1,419,095 0.97% 26,080
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
Authority to call
general meetings
(other than the AGM)
on 14 clear days'
17 notice* 143,165,082 97.68% 3,403,071 2.32% 16,830
-------------------------- ------------ ------- ------------- ------- -------------
* Special resolution
The Board acknowledges the number of votes cast by a small
number of shareholders against resolution 6 for the re-election of
Gary Kennedy, Chairman. The Board has initiated dialogue with
certain interested shareholders in order to better understand their
voting decision and will continue to engage with shareholders over
the course of the year on this matter. The Board will take those
views into account, where appropriate, in order to ensure good
corporate governance principles are maintained and will, pursuant
to the 2018 Corporate Governance Code, report in the Company's 2019
Annual Report what steps have been taken by the Board in order to
understand shareholders' views in relation to this resolution and
what impact any feedback may have on future decisions to be taken
by the Board and actions or resolutions proposed.
Notes:
1. Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with
discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the
resolutions and have been included in the "For" total.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and
against a resolution.
3. The total number of shares in issue at 6.30pm on 29 January
2019 was 247,659,200. Votes were cast in respect of 59% of the
issued share capital.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule
9.6.2, a copy of the special business passed at the AGM, being
resolutions 12 to 17, has been submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Adele Duff
Deputy Company Secretary
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