Last checked at 30 Mar 2023 12:54
30 March 2023
LEI: 213800LFMHKVNTZ7GV45
AssetCo plc ("AssetCo" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
AssetCo is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions proposed to the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 12, 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions; all other resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions.
Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution (all of which passed on a show of hands) are set out in the table below:
No. | Resolution | For | Against | Total | Withheld | |||
No. of votes | % of votes | No. of votes | % of votes | No. of votes | % of votes | No. of votes | ||
1 | To receive the Company's audited accounts for the 12 month period ended 30 September 2022, together with the Directors' report, the strategic report and the auditor's report on those accounts. | 65,239,987 | 99.09 | 601,200 | 0.91 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
2 | To re-elect Martin Gilbert as a Director of the Company. | 65,530,667 | 99.53 | 310,520 | 0.47 | 65,841,187 | 100` | 0 |
3 | To re-elect Peter McKellar as a Director of the Company. | 65,530,667 | 99.53 | 310,520 | 0.47 | 65,841, 187 | 100 | 0 |
4 | To re-elect Campbell Fleming as a Director of the Company. | 65,841,167 | 100` | 20 | 0,00 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
5 | To re-elect Tudor Davies as a Director of the Company. | 63,957,167` | 97.14 | 1,884,020 | 2.86 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
6 | To re-elect Christopher Mills as a Director of the Company. | 63,957,167 | 97.14 | 1,884,020 | 2.86 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
7 | To elect Jonathan Dawson as a Director of the Company. | 65,837,207 | 99.99 | 3,980 | 0.01 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
8 | To elect Gary Marshall as a Director of the Company. | 65,841,167 | 100 | 20 | 0.00 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
9 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 64,611,397 | 98.13 | 1,229,790 | 1.87 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
10 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors. | 64,302,177 | 97.66 | 1,538,930 | 2.34 | 65,841,187 | 100 | 0 |
11 | To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities. | 64,002,237 | 97.21 | 1,838,810 | 2.79 | 65,841,047 | 100 | 140 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. | 63,759,677 | 96.84 | 2,081,290 | 3.16 | 65,841,047 | 100 | 140 |
13 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 65,830,667 | 99.98 | 10,380 | 0.02 | 65,841,047 | 100 | 140 |
14 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting of the Company (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 65,789,977 | 99.93 | 46,210 | 0.07 | 65,836,187 | 99.99 | 5,000 |
¹ The number of ordinary shares in issue is 149,292,970. The Company holds 8,283,027 ordinary shares in treasury which attract no voting rights. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 141,009,943.
² A vote "WITHHELD" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "FOR" or "AGAINST" any resolution.
For further information, please contact:
AssetCo plc Campbell Fleming, CEO Peter McKellar, Deputy Chairman Tel: +44 (0) 785 0464 301 | Numis Securities Limited Nominated adviser and joint broker Giles Rolls / Charles Farquhar Tel: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000 |
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Joint broker Atholl Tweedie Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 | H/Advisors Maitland Neil Bennett Rachel Cohen Tel: +44 (0) 20 7379 55151 |
For further details, visit the website, www.assetco.com
Ticker: AIM: ASTO.L