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DE LA RUE PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of De La Rue plc ("De La Rue" or the "Company") was held today, 6 August 2020, at 10:30am at De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS.
The Company is also pleased to announce that the Resolutions (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting) were duly passed on a poll (in which every member present in person or proxy had one vote for each Ordinary Share held).
The poll results on the Resolutions, on which Computershare (the Company's registrar) acted as scrutineer, are as follows:
Poll Voting Figures
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | TOTAL | WITHHELD | ||||
Number of Votes | % of votes Cast | Number of Votes | % of votes Cast | Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld) | % of Issued Share Capital | Number of Votes | ||
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
1. | Receive the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements of the Company, together with the report of the auditor | 123,396,613 | 99.99 | 8,556 | 0.01 | 123,405,169 | 63.30% | 255,444 |
2. | Approve the directors' remuneration policy | 117,001,673 | 94.64 | 6,628,523 | 5.36 | 123,630,196 | 63.41% | 30,416 |
3. | Approve the directors' remuneration report | 121,649,532 | 98.40 | 1,980,487 | 1.60 | 123,630,019 | 63.41% | 29,656 |
4. | Elect Kevin Loosemore | 123,560,155 | 99.93 | 90,470 | 0.07 | 123,650,625 | 63.42% | 9,988 |
5. | Elect Clive Vacher | 123,578,457 | 99.94 | 69,318 | 0.06 | 123,647,775 | 63.42% | 12,838 |
6. | Re-elect Nick Bray | 123,481,946 | 99.87 | 162,632 | 0.13 | 123,644,578 | 63.42% | 16,034 |
7. | Re-elect Maria da Cunha | 117,916,055 | 95.36 | 5,732,622 | 4.64 | 123,648,677 | 63.42% | 11,935 |
8. | Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor | 123,544,215 | 99.92 | 105,065 | 0.08 | 123,649,280 | 63.42% | 8,709 |
9. | Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 123,586,197 | 99.94 | 68,397 | 0.06 | 123,654,594 | 63.43% | 6,019 |
10. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 123,255,609 | 99.70 | 375,216 | 0.30 | 123,630,825 | 63.41% | 29,402 |
11. | Authorise political donations and political expenditure | 122,566,685 | 99.17 | 1,026,598 | 0.83 | 123,593,283 | 63.40% | 67,330 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
12. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply | 123,450,725 | 99.87 | 157,471 | 0.13 | 123,608,196 | 63.40% | 52,417 |
13. | Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply | 123,425,843 | 99.85 | 180,350 | 0.15 | 123,606,193 | 63.40% | 54,420 |
14. | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares
| 123,593,755 | 99.95 | 63,592 | 0.05 | 123,657,347 | 63.43% | 3,266 |
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
15. | Approve the executive incentive arrangements comprising the De La Rue Deferred Bonus Plan 2020 (DBP) | 122,770,772 | 99.32 | 842,742 | 0.68 | 123,613,514 | 63.41% | 45,139 |
16. | Approve the executive incentive arrangements comprising the De La Rue Performance Share Plan 2020 (PSP) | 122,772,104 | 99.32 | 843,710 | 0.68 | 123,615,814 | 63.41% | 44,799 |
Special Resolution | ||||||||
17 | That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 123,192,906 | 99.62 | 464,584 | 0.38 | 123,657,490 | 63.43% | 3,123 |
1. Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' the resolutions, nor the total votes cast.
3. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.
4. As at 6:00 p.m. on 4 August 2020 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 194,956,241 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 194,956,241, each ordinary share carrying one vote.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the Resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. In addition, a copy of the Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House. The results of the Annual General Meeting held on 6 August 2020 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com.
Jane Hyde, Company Secretary
Contact Number: 01256 605212
6 August 2020
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78