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De La Rue plc (the "Company")
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting ("AGM") - 20 July 2017
All resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 20 July 2017 were passed on a poll. There were 5,620 shareholders on the register as at 20 July 2017. The issued share capital was 101,912,489 ordinary shares of 44 152/175p each and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 101,912,489, each ordinary share carrying one vote.
The final poll voting figures are shown in the table below and are also available on the De La Rue plc website at www.delarue.com
Poll Voting Figures
No. | Resolution | Votes For (Including Discretionary) | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld) | No. of Votes Withheld* |
1. | Receive the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements of the Company, together with the report of the auditor | 81,406,480 | 100.00 | 2,764 | 0.00 | 81,409,244 | 1,931,455 |
2. | Approve the directors' remuneration policy | 80,461,069 | 98.37 | 1,335,559 | 1.63 | 81,796,628 | 1,544,071 |
3. | Approve the directors' remuneration report | 80,258,348 | 98.14 | 1,525,179 | 1.86 | 81,783,527 | 1,557,172 |
4. | Declare a final dividend | 83,336,260 | 99.99 | 4,199 | 0.01 | 83,340,459 | 240 |
5. | Elect Nick Bray | 82,941,841 | 99.64 | 299,052 | 0.36 | 83,240,893 | 99,806 |
6. | Re-elect Sabri Challah | 83,034,846 | 99.75 | 205,777 | 0.25 | 83,240,623 | 100,076 |
7. | Re-elect Maria da Cunha | 83,038,956 | 99.76 | 202,305 | 0.24 | 83,241,261 | 99,438 |
8. | Re-elect Philip Rogerson | 81,441,939 | 99.67 | 269,146 | 0.33 | 81,711,085 | 1,629,614 |
9. | Re-elect Jitesh Sodha | 83,124,984 | 99.86 | 116,673 | 0.14 | 83,241,657 | 99,042 |
10. | Re-elect Andrew Stevens | 82,719,154 | 99.76 | 198,262 | 0.24 | 82,917,416 | 423,283 |
11. | Re-elect Martin Sutherland | 82,868,519 | 99.55 | 370,414 | 0.45 | 83,238,933 | 104,425 |
12. | Appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor | 83,138,282 | 99.82 | 150,112 | 0.18 | 83,288,394 | 51,916 |
13. | Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 83,144,020 | 99.83 | 144,752 | 0.17 | 83,288,772 | 51,927 |
14. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 82,801,549 | 99.36 | 532,889 | 0.64 | 83,334,438 | 6,261 |
15. | Authorise political donations and political expenditure | 74,828,365 | 89.86 | 8,443,273 | 10.14 | 83,271,638 | 67,821 |
16. | Increase the borrowing limit in the Articles of Association | 81,926,681 | 98.32 | 1,401,023 | 1.68 | 83,327,704 | 12,994 |
17. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply | 83,179,410 | 99.83 | 144,343 | 0.17 | 83,323,753 | 16,946 |
18. | Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply | 72,060,647 | 86.48 | 11,262,756 | 13.52 | 83,323,403 | 17,296 |
19. | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares | 82,734,827 | 99.31 | 578,684 | 0.69 | 83,313,511 | 27,188 |
20. | That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 71,844,827 | 86.21 | 11,493,722 | 13.79 | 83,338,549 | 2,149 |
*A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
LISTING RULES LR 9.6.2R AND LR 9.6.3R
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 the full text of the resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business at this year's AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Ed Peppiatt
Company Secretary
20 July 2017
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78.