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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, 29 July 2021, 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 by 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 annual report and accounts (including the strategic report, the directors' report, the auditor's report and the financial statements) of the Company | 155,564,498 | 99.97% | 41,897 | 0.03% | 155,606,395 | 79.74% | 211,718 |
2. | Approve the directors' remuneration report | 152,694,360 | 98.11% | 2,943,972 | 1.89% | 155,638,332 | 79.76% | 180,480 |
3. | Elect Catherine Ashton | 155,582,867 | 99.96% | 62,257 | 0.04% | 155,645,124 | 79.76% | 173,688 |
4. | Elect Ruth Euling | 155,590,738 | 99.96% | 57,478 | 0.04% | 155,648,216 | 79.76% | 168,991 |
5. | Elect Rob Harding | 155,592,677 | 99.97% | 48,936 | 0.03% | 155,641,613 | 79.76% | 177,199 |
6. | Elect Margaret Rice-Jones | 155,592,377 | 99.96% | 56,037 | 0.04% | 155,648,414 | 79.76% | 170,398 |
7. | Re-elect Nick Bray | 155,595,023 | 99.97% | 48,616 | 0.03% | 155,643,639 | 79.76% | 175,173 |
8. | Re-elect Maria de Cunha | 155,582,078 | 99.96% | 65,358 | 0.04% | 155,647,436 | 79.76% | 171,376 |
9. | Re-elect Kevin Loosemore | 155,575,252 | 99.96% | 66,426 | 0.04% | 155,641,678 | 79.76% | 177,134 |
10. | Re-elect Clive Vacher | 155,491,632 | 99.90% | 150,210 | 0.10% | 155,641,842 | 79.76% | 176,970 |
11. | Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor | 155,674,496 | 99.92% | 119,881 | 0.08% | 155,794,377 | 79.84% | 24,435 |
12. | Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 155,742,862 | 99.97% | 53,053 | 0.03% | 155,795,915 | 79.84% | 22,897 |
13. | Authorise political donations and political expenditure | 154,714,026 | 99.31% | 1,070,124 | 0.69% | 155,784,150 | 79.83% | 34,665 |
14. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 154,469,757 | 99.22% | 1,210,712 | 0.78% | 155,680,469 | 79.78% | 137,860 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
15. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply | 155,504,560 | 99.90% | 147,935 | 0.10% | 155,652,495 | 79.77% | 166,317 |
16. | Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561 of the Companies Act did not apply | 154,584,378 | 99.31% | 1,067,640 | 0.69% | 155,652,018 | 79.77% | 166,794 |
17. | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares | 155,624,339 | 99.88% | 186,407 | 0.12% | 155,810,746 | 79.85% | 8,066 |
18. | Approve the adoption of new articles of association of the Company | 155,728,411 | 99.97% | 53,924 | 0.03% | 155,782,335 | 79.83% | 36,477 |
19. | That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 142,927,251 | 91.74% | 12,860,638 | 8.26% | 155,787,889 | 79.84% | 30,923 |
1. The percentages voted 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast, which does not include votes withheld since for legal purposes a vote withheld is not a vote cast.
2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.
3. As at 6:00 p.m. on 27 July 2021 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 195,134,340 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 195,134,340, 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 29 July 2021 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com.
Jane Hyde, Company Secretary
Contact Number: 01256 605212
29 July 2021
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78