1 May 2019 16:30
1 May 2019
Countrywide plc
Voting results of Annual General Meeting held on 30 April 2019
Countrywide plc ("the Company") announces that its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3BJ on 30 April 2019 at 10.00am was successfully concluded. All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. The voting results are below and the voting represents 88.84% of the issued share capital of 1,638,050,452 shares.
As required by Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of resolution 19, not being ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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 15, 16, 18 and 19 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.
The Company notes that more than 20% of the votes cast on resolution 6 ("Re-election of Caleb Kramer as a director") were against that resolution. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Company will consult with shareholders to understand the reasons behind the result on that resolution and will in due course provide an update on the views received from shareholders.
Countrywide - Poll Results by All Shareholders
RESOLUTION | VOTES | ||||||
FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD | TOTAL | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |||
1 | Company's annual report and accounts | 1,454,218,207 | 100.00 | 6,514 | 0.00 | 972,009 | 1,454,224,721 |
2 | Remuneration | 1,406,084,725 | 96.63 | 49,109,956 | 3.37 | 2,048 | 1,455,194,681 |
3 | Re-election of Peter Long | 1,448,755,327 | 99.56 | 6,434,228 | 0.44 | 7,174 | 1,455,189,555 |
4 | Re-election of David Watson | 1,453,933,351 | 99.91 | 1,256,865 | 0.09 | 6,514 | 1,455,190,216 |
5 | Re-election of Himanshu Raja | 1,454,289,523 | 99.94 | 900,693 | 0.06 | 6,514 | 1,455,190,216 |
6 | Re-election of Caleb Kramer | 1,074,345,528 | 74.30 | 371,586,633 | 25.70 | 9,264,568 | 1,445,932,161 |
7 | Re-election of Jane Lighting | 1,453,947,358 | 99.91 | 1,249,372 | 0.09 | 0 | 1,455,196,730 |
8 | Re-election of Rupert Gavin | 1,455,138,083 | 100.00 | 49,324 | 0.00 | 9,323 | 1,455,187,407 |
9 | Re-election of Natalie Ceeney | 1,453,947,074 | 99.91 | 1,249,656 | 0.09 | 0 | 1,455,196,730 |
10 | Re-election of Paul Creffield | 1,455,162,667 | 100.00 | 34,063 | 0.00 | 0 | 1,455,196,730 |
11 | Re-election of Mark Shuttleworth | 1,455,143,776 | 100.00 | 46,440 | 0.00 | 6,514 | 1,455,190,216 |
12 | Reappointment of auditor | 1,431,172,309 | 99.51 | 7,024,420 | 0.49 | 17,000,000 | 1,438,196,729 |
13 | Remuneration of auditor to be determined by the Audit and Risk Committee | 1,432,399,851 | 99.60 | 5,787,556 | 0.40 | 17,009,323 | 1,438,187,407 |
14 | Authority to allot shares | 1,455,053,824 | 99.99 | 136,310 | 0.01 | 6,596 | 1,455,190,134 |
15 | General power to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution) | 1,455,111,053 | 99.99 | 79,081 | 0.01 | 6,596 | 1,455,190,134 |
16 | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments (special resolution) | 1,247,181,370 | 85.71 | 208,008,763 | 14.29 | 6,596 | 1,455,190,133 |
17 | Political donations | 1,455,031,926 | 99.99 | 162,597 | 0.01 | 2,207 | 1,455,194,523 |
18 | Authority to make market purchases (special resolution) | 1,453,882,354 | 99.91 | 1,314,375 | 0.09 | 0 | 1,455,196,729 |
19 | Cancellation of share premium account (special resolution) | 1,455,148,228 | 100.00 | 42,242 | 0.00 | 6,260 | 1,455,190,470 |
Notes:-
1) Percentage of votes cast for proxy votes results calculated excludes withheld votes.
2) Total of ordinary shares in issue (eligible to vote) 1,638,050,452.
3) Total of votes received per Resolution (including withheld votes) 1,455,196,730
4) Participation level per Resolution (including withheld votes) 88.84%
Gareth WilliamsCompany Secretary
Contacts:
Investors
Himanshu Raja, Chief Financial Officer
investor@countrywide.co.uk
Media
press.office@countrywide.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)7721 439043
Hudson Sandler Tel: +44 (0)207 796 4133