15 Sep 2021 15:30
15 September 2021
Best of the Best plc
("Best of the Best" or "the Company")
Result of the Annual General Meeting
The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 11) and special resolutions (resolutions 12 and 13) set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 10 August 2021.
The final voting figures are shown below.
Resolution | Total VotesCast | For (*) | Against | Withheld | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
1. To receive the Company's financial statements for year ended 30 April 2021 | 6,287,888 | 6,287,706 | 100 | 182 | 0.00 | 0 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 5 pence per ordinary share for year ended30 April 2021 | 6,287,888 | 6,287,413 | 99.99 | 475 | 0.01 | 0 |
3. To elect Daniel Burns as a Director | 6,287,484 | 6,286,058 | 99.98 | 1,426 | 0.02 | 404 |
4. To elect Ben Hughes as a Director | 6,287,484 | 6,285,765 | 99.97 | 1,719 | 0.03 | 404 |
5. To re-elect Michael Hindmarch as a Director | 6,283,863 | 5,710,870 | 90.88 | 572,993 | 9.12 | 4,025 |
6. To re-elect William Hindmarch as a Director | 6,287,888 | 6,285,323 | 99.96 | 2,565 | 0.04 | 0 |
7. To re-elect Rupert Garton as a Director | 6,287,484 | 6,284,626 | 99.95 | 2,858 | 0.05 | 404 |
8. To re-elect David Firth as a Director | 6,287,484 | 6,284,919 | 99.96 | 2,565 | 0.04 | 404 |
9. To re-appoint the Auditor, AzetsAudit Services | 6,287,888 | 6,286,377 | 99.98 | 1,511 | 0.02 | 0 |
10. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 6,287,484 | 6,286,302 | 99.98 | 1,182 | 0.02 | 404 |
11. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 6,287,888 | 5,426,995 | 86.31 | 860,893 | 13.69 | 0 |
12. To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights | 6,287,484 | 5,422,030 | 86.24 | 865,454 | 13.76 | 404 |
13. To authorise the company to purchase its own shares | 6,287,484 | 6,281,749 | 99.91 | 5,735 | 0.09 | 404 |
(*) = Includes discretionary votes
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 9,412,901 shares in issue. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll.
Enquiries: Best of the Best plc |
William Hindmarch, Chief Executive Rupert Garton, Commercial Director
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T: 020 7371 8866 |
Buchanan (Public Relations & Press) | Chris Lane Toto Berger
| T: 0207 466 5000
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finnCap (Nominated Advisor & Broker) | Carl Holmes Kate Bannatyne Teddy Whiley Alice Lane (ECM)
| T: 020 7220 0500
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The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.