Last checked at 18 May 2023 10:46
Ascential plc
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
All 21 resolutions considered at the 2023 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 5 April 2023. The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below. The Company's issued share capital as at 18 May 2023 was 440,248,865 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.
Resolution no. | Shares For | % | Shares Against | % | Shares marked as Votes Withheld/ Abstentions |
AGM | |||||
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 | 392,728,193 | 99.96 | 141,390 | 0.04 | 246,964 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Annual report and Accounts | 362,835,042 | 92.30 | 30,266,677 | 7.70 | 14,828 |
3. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2022 contained in the Annual report and Accounts | 384,046,954 | 97.70 | 9,054,633 | 2.30 | 14,960 |
4. To elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director of the Company | 392,998,656 | 99.97 | 103,515 | 0.03 | 14,376 |
5. To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company | 389,346,016 | 99.04 | 3,756,154 | 0.96 | 14,377 |
6. To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company | 384,928,086 | 97.92 | 8,174,085 | 2.08 | 14,376 |
7. To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company | 392,868,180 | 99.94 | 233,991 | 0.06 | 14,376 |
8. To elect Joanne Harris as a Director of the Company | 392,998,656 | 99.97 | 103,515 | 0.03 | 14,376 |
9. To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company | 392,998,656 | 99.97 | 103,515 | 0.03 | 14,376 |
10. To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company | 343,065,492 | 87.27 | 50,036,679 | 12.73 | 14,376 |
11. To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company | 392,998,406 | 99.97 | 103,765 | 0.03 | 14,376 |
12. To elect Charles Song as a Director of the Company | 392,734,283 | 99.91 | 367,888 | 0.09 | 14,376 |
13. To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company | 389,657,457 | 99.12 | 3,444,714 | 0.88 | 14,376 |
14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 387,792,671 | 98.65 | 5,309,500 | 1.35 | 14,376 |
15. To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 389,885,674 | 99.18 | 3,216,197 | 0.82 | 14,676 |
16. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 368,422,752 | 93.72 | 24,679,419 | 6.28 | 14,376 |
17. To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities | 374,019,812 | 95.15 | 19,082,059 | 4.85 | 14,676 |
18. To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 18 in the Notice of AGM | 369,884,876 | 94.09 | 23,216,995 | 5.91 | 14,676 |
19. To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 19 in the Notice of AGM | 358,676,222 | 91.24 | 34,425,949 | 8.76 | 14,376 |
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 391,089,162 | 99.50 | 1,952,064 | 0.50 | 72,801 |
21. To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 384,646,896 | 97.85 | 8,456,275 | 2.15 | 13,376 |
Notes
1. AGM Resolutions 1-17 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 21 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