29 Jun 2020 12:21
29 June 2020
Countrywide plc
Voting results of Annual General Meeting held on 26 June 2020
Countrywide plc ("the Company") announces that its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at Greenwood House, 1st Floor, 91-99 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0PP on 26 June 2020 at 4.00pm was successfully concluded. All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. The voting results are below and the voting represents 66.6% of the issued share capital of 32,763,019 shares.
As required by Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of resolution 21, not being ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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 17, 18, 20 and 21 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.
Countrywide - Poll Results by All Shareholders
RESOLUTION | VOTES | ||||||
FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD | TOTAL | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |||
1 | Company's annual report and accounts | 21,810,775 | 99.99% | 872 | 0.01% | 29 | 21,811,647 |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 20,226,243 | 92.83% | 1,562,096 | 7.17% | 23,337 | 21,788,339 |
3 | Directors' Remuneration Policy | 20,697,248 | 94.89% | 1,114,359 | 5.11% | 69 | 21,811,607 |
4 | Re-election of Peter Long | 21,325,181 | 97.77% | 486,066 | 2.23% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
5 | Re-election of Paul Creffield | 21,809,065 | 99.99% | 2,182 | 0.01% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
6 | Re-election of Himanshu Raja | 21,808,510 | 99.99% | 2,551 | 0.01% | 615 | 21,811,061 |
7 | Re-election of David Watson | 21,808,568 | 99.99% | 2,623 | 0.01% | 485 | 21,811,191 |
8 | Re-election of Mark Shuttleworth | 21,809,029 | 99.99% | 2,032 | 0.01% | 615 | 21,811,061 |
9 | Re-election of Natalie Ceeney | 21,809,309 | 99.99% | 1,938 | 0.01% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
10 | Re-election of Rupert Gavin | 21,809,251 | 99.99% | 1,996 | 0.01% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
11 | Re-election of Lisa Charles-Jones | 21,809,434 | 99.99% | 1,813 | 0.01% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
12 | Re-election of Amanda Rendle | 21,809,439 | 99.99% | 1,808 | 0.01% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
13 | Re-election of Caleb Kramer | 21,809,215 | 99.99% | 2,032 | 0.01% | 429 | 21,811,247 |
14 | Reappointment of auditor | 19,925,647 | 91.35% | 1,885,948 | 8.65% | 81 | 21,811,595 |
15 | Remuneration of auditor to be determined by the Audit and Risk Committee | 20,409,844 | 93.57% | 1,401,617 | 6.43% | 215 | 21,811,461 |
16 | Authority to allot shares | 21,805,998 | 99.97% | 5,622 | 0.03% | 56 | 21,811,620 |
17 | General power to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution) | 21,797,039 | 99.93% | 14,353 | 0.07% | 284 | 21,811,392 |
18 | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments (special resolution) | 19,580,625 | 89.77% | 2,230,767 | 10.23% | 284 | 21,811,392 |
19 | Political donations | 21,792,899 | 99.92% | 18,425 | 0.08% | 352 | 21,811,324 |
20 | Authority to make market purchases (special resolution) | 21,784,529 | 99.88% | 27,118 | 0.12% | 29 | 21,811,647 |
21 | Notice of General meetings (special resolution) | 19,611,512 | 89.91% | 2,200,108 | 10.09% | 56 | 21,811,620 |
Notes:-
1) Percentage of votes cast for proxy votes results calculated excludes withheld votes.
2) Total of ordinary shares in issue (eligible to vote) 32,763,019.
3) Total of votes received per Resolution (including withheld votes) 21,811,676
4) Participation level per Resolution (including withheld votes) 66.6%
Gareth WilliamsCompany Secretary
Contacts:
Investors
Himanshu Raja, Chief Financial Officer
investor@countrywide.co.uk
Media
Natalie Gunson | press.office@countrywide.co.uk | Tel: +44 (0)7721 439043 |
Hudson Sandler | Tel: +44 (0)207 796 4133 |