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19 July 2016
Assura plc ("Company")
Result of AGM
Assura plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today at Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London, each of the resolutions submitted to the meeting (as set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated 14 June 2016) were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.
Resolution | For | % For | Against | % Against | Total Votes Cast (% of issued share capital) | Votes Withheld |
1. To receive the report and accounts | 1,328,668,914 | 99.70 | 4,002,933 | 0.30 | 1,332,671,847 (81.26%) | 165,164 |
2. To approve the Remuneration Policy | 1,322,798,958 | 99.25 | 10,029,694 | 0.75 | 1,332,828,652 (81.27%) | 8,359 |
3. To approve the Remuneration Report | 1,320,733,144 | 99.09 | 12,097,233 | 0.91 | 1,332,830,377 (81.27%) | 6,634 |
4. To authorise the Directors to approve the PSP and further plans under it | 1,328,692,870 | 99.69 | 4,140,193 | 0.31 | 1,332,833,063 (81.27%) | 3,948 |
5. To re-appoint the Auditors | 1,330,315,750 | 99.81 | 2,502,933 | 0.19 | 1,332,818,683 (81.27%) | 18,328 |
6. To set Auditors' remuneration | 1,332,817,800 | 100.00 | 15,883 | - | 1,332,833,683 (81.27%) | 3,328 |
7. To appoint S Laffin | 1,249,374,006 | 93.74 | 83,458,177 | 6.26 | 1,332,832,183 (81.27%) | 4,828 |
8. To appoint J Murphy | 1,324,883,444 | 99.40 | 7,948,739 | 0.60 | 1,332,832,183 (81.27%) | 4,828 |
9. To appoint J Greenwood | 1,332,270,200 | 99.96 | 561,983 | 0.04 | 1,332,832,183 (81.27%) | 4,828 |
10. To appoint D Richardson | 1,331,570,200 | 99.91 | 1,261,983 | 0.09 | 1,332,832,183 (81.27%) | 4,828 |
11. To approve the dividend rectification | 1,329,244,836 | 100.00 | 883 | - | 1,329,245,719 (81.05%) | 3,591,292 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 1,314,415,234 | 98.62 | 18,373,678 | 1.38 | 1,332,788,912 (81.27%) | 48,099 |
13. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,265,985,286 | 99.46 | 6,831,672 | 0.54 | 1,272,816,958 (77.61%) | 20,053 |
14. To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment | 1,321,914,624 | 99.18 | 10,902,334 | 0.82 | 1,332,816,958 (81.27%) | 20,053 |
15. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of own shares | 1,329,413,443 | 99.74 | 3,423,568 | 0.26 | 1,332,837,011 (81.27%) | -
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16. To approve the calling of any GM other than AGM by not less than 14 clear days' notice | 1,295,296,985 | 97.19 | 37,502,698 | 2.81 | 1.332.799,683 (81.27%) | 37,328 |
Resolutions 1-12 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 13-16 were passed as special resolutions. Votes 'For' include votes at the discretion of the Chairman.
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
3. The number of ordinary shares in issue on the share register at 6.00pm on 18 July 2016 was 1,639,998,279 of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 1,639,998,279.
Copies of resolutions 11-16, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
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Enquiries:
Assura plc Carolyn Jones Orla Ball
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