1 May 2014 15:30
1st May 2014
Countrywide plc
Voting results of Annual General Meeting held on 30 April 2014
Countrywide plc ('the Company') announces that its annual General Meeting held at 10.00 am at Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3BJ on 30 April 2014 was successfully concluded. All Resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. The voting results were attached and the voting represents 82.78% of the issued share capital of 219,444,961 shares.
The poll results are also to 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 14 and 17 were Special Resolutions and the full text of all the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website.
RESOLUTIONS | VOTES | |||||||
FOR | % | AGAINST | % | WITHHELD | TOTAL |
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1 | Company's annual report and accounts | 181,011,534 | 99.65% | 639,500 | 0.35% | 4,727 | 181,655,761 |
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2 | Final dividend | 181,655,761 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 181,655,761 |
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3 | Directors' remuneration report | 179,494,742 | 99.54% | 826,871 | 0.46% | 1,334,148 | 181,655,761 |
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4 | Directors' remuneration policy | 166,984,574 | 95.18% | 8,456,648 | 4.82% | 6,214,539 | 181,655,761 |
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5 | Re-election of David Watson | 172,896,838 | 98.60% | 2,453,084 | 1.40% | 6,305,839 | 181,655,761 |
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6 | Re-election of Grenville Turner | 161,309,283 | 98.69% | 2,142,062 | 1.31% | 18,204,416 | 181,655,761 |
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7 | Re-election of Jim Clarke | 174,225,817 | 99.19% | 1,415,405 | 0.81% | 6,014,539 | 181,655,761 |
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8 | Re-election of Caleb Kramer | 169,210,240 | 96.62% | 5,916,322 | 3.38% | 6,529,199 | 181,655,761 |
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9 | Re-election of Sandra Turner | 174,631,927 | 99.43% | 1,009,295 | 0.57% | 6,014,539 | 181,655,761 |
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10 | Re-election of Catherine Turner | 174,827,200 | 99.54% | 814,022 | 0.46% | 6,014,539 | 181,655,761 |
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11 | Reappointment of auditor | 176,637,514 | 97.24% | 5,018,247 | 2.76% | 0 | 181,655,761 |
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12 | Remuneration of auditor to be determined by the Audit and Risk Committee | 178,526,958 | 98.28% | 3,128,803 | 1.72% | 0 | 181,655,761 |
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13 | Authority to allot shares | 179,583,509 | 98.86% | 2,072,252 | 1.14% | 0 | 181,655,761 |
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14 | General power to disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) | 181,448,952 | 99.89% | 206,809 | 0.11% | 0 | 181,655,761 |
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15 | Political donations | 180,366,120 | 99.29% | 1,282,832 | 0.71% | 6,809 | 181,655,761 |
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16 | Authority to make market purchases | 181,563,575 | 99.99% | 750 | 0.01% | 91,436 | 181,655,761 |
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17 | Notice of general meetings (Special Resolution) | 176,605,159 | 97.22% | 5,050,602 | 2.78% | 0 | 181,655,761 |
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Enquiries:
Jim Clarke
Group Chief Financial Officer
+44(0)7970 477299
Gareth Williams
Company Secretary
Countrywide plc
17 Duke Street
Chelmsford
Essex CM1 1HP
Website: http://www.countrywide.co.uk