Last checked at 3 Jun 2020 11:22
3 June 2020
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc
Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 3 June 2020
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc ("the Company") announces that its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today at 14 Soho Square, London W1D 3QG at 10.00 am was successfully concluded. All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. The voting results are below, and the voting represents 65.17% of the issued share capital of 1,520,014,450 shares.
The poll results will also be posted on the Company's website.
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Resolutions 14,15,16 and 17 were special resolutions and the full text of all of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website.
Resolution 4 was withdrawn as Dr Andy Palmer stepped down from the Board on 25 May 2020.
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc - Poll Results by All Shareholders
RESOLUTION | VOTES | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD | TOTAL |
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
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1 | Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2019 | 990,181,267
| 99.99%
| 66,529
| 0.02% | 407,154
| 990,247,796 |
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2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 990,194,165
| 99.98%
| 163,423
| 0.02% | 295,139
| 990,357,588 |
|
3 | To elect Lawrence Stroll as a Director | 940,730,956
| 94.99%
| 49,665,521
| 5.01% | 260,195
| 990,396,477 |
|
4 | To re-elect Dr Andy Palmer as a Director | Withdrawn |
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5 | To re-elect Lord Matthew Carrington as a Director | 990,503,181
| 99.99%
| 109,604
| 0.01% | 41,258
| 990,612,785 |
|
6 | To re-elect Peter Espenhahn as a Director | 990,533,193
| 99.99%
| 74,362
| 0.01% | 46,260
| 990,607,555 |
|
7 | To elect Michael do Picciotto as a Director | 950,028,557
| 95.90%
| 40,596,854
| 4.10% | 31,631
| 990,625,411 |
|
8 | To re-elect Amr Ali Abdallah AbouelSeoud as a Director | 938,533,602
| 94.74%
| 52,087,014
| 5.26%
| 33,426
| 990,620,616 |
|
9 | To re-elect Mahmoud Samy Mohamed Aly El Sayed as a Director | 935,118,583
| 94.40%
| 55,499,403
| 5.60% | 36,056
| 990,617,986 |
|
10 | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor | 990,477,682
| 99.98%
| 161,316
| 0.02%
| 17,675
| 990,638,998 |
|
11 | To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 990,596,360
| 99.99%
| 55,068
| 0.01% | 5,495
| 990,651,428 |
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12 | To authorise limited political donations | 990,081,354 | 99.94%
| 560,839
| 0.06% | 13,345
| 990,642,193 |
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13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 990,204,637
| 99.96%
| 442,686
| 0.04% | 7,945
| 990,647,323 |
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14 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 989,104,736
| 99.99%
| 114,713
| 0.01% | 1,433,189
| 989,219,449 |
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15 | To authorise Directors to further disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions and specified capital investments | 989,089,375
| 99.99%
| 132,465
| 0.01%
| 1,432,816
| 989,221,840 |
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16 | To authorise the Company to purchase own shares | 989,089,829
| 99.99%
| 144,202
| 0.01%
| 1,421,236
| 989,234,031 |
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17 | To reduce the notice of general meetings | 987,845,930
| 99.86%
| 1,365,714
| 0.14%
| 1,444,154
| 989,211,644 |
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Notes:-
1) Percentage of votes cast for proxy votes results calculated excludes withheld votes.
2) Total of ordinary shares in issue (eligible to vote) is 1,520,014,450.
3) Total of votes received per Resolution (including withheld votes) 990,657,042
4) Participation level per Resolution (including withheld votes) 65.17%
Catherine SukmonowskiCompany Secretary
Enquiries:
Investors and Analysts Charlotte Cowley, Director of Investor Relations
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+44 (0)7771 976764 charlotte.cowley@astonmartin.com |
Media Kevin Watters, Director of Communications
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+44 (0)7764 386683 kevin.watters@astonmartin.com |
Grace Barnie, Corporate Communications Manager
| +44 (0)7880 903490 grace.barnie@astonmartin.com |
Toby Bates, Senior Advisor, Financial Communications
| +44 (0)7584 773837 toby.bates1@astonmartin.com |
Tulchan Communications Harry Cameron and Simon Pilkington |
+44 (0)20 7353 4200 |