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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, 27 July 2022, at 10:45am at the Worsley Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Walkden Road, Manchester, M28 2QT.
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 Annual Report and Accounts | 147,393,667 | 99.95% | 78,909 | 0.05% | 147,472,576 | 75.46% | 265,399 |
2. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 127,958,215 | 86.72% | 19,589,328 | 13.28% | 147,547,543 | 75.50% | 190,432 |
3. | Re-elect Kevin Loosemore | 125,482,306 | 97.76% | 2,880,583 | 2.24% | 128,362,889 | 65.68% | 19,376,092 |
4. | Re-elect Catherine Ashton | 127,482,704 | 99.31% | 879,321 | 0.69% | 128,362,025 | 65.68% | 19,376,956 |
5. | Re-elect Nick Bray | 127,401,004 | 99.25% | 961,942 | 0.75% | 128,362,946 | 65.68% | 19,376,035 |
6. | Re-elect Ruth Euling | 128,114,643 | 99.81% | 247,287 | 0.19% | 128,361,930 | 65.68% | 19,376,334 |
7. | Re-elect Rob Harding | 128,113,624 | 99.81% | 249,322 | 0.19% | 128,362,946 | 65.68% | 19,376,035 |
8. | Re-elect Margaret Rice-Jones | 127,399,565 | 99.25% | 962,460 | 0.75% | 128,362,025 | 65.68% | 19,376,035 |
9. | Re-elect Clive Vacher | 125,877,914 | 98.06% | 2,484,732 | 1.94% | 128,362,646 | 65.68% | 19,376,335 |
10. | Re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as Auditor | 147,496,161 | 99.86% | 204,126 | 0.14% | 147,700,287 | 75.57% | 38,694 |
11. | Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 147,627,215 | 99.93% | 99,717 | 0.07% | 147,726,932 | 75.59% | 12,049 |
12. | Authorise political donations and political expenditure | 124,751,189 | 84.46% | 22,948,901 | 15.54% | 147,700,090 | 75.57% | 38,652 |
13. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 145,841,248 | 98.83% | 1,720,167 | 1.17% | 147,561,415 | 75.50% | 177,566 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||||
14. | Dis-application of pre-emption rights | 128,085,593 | 86.81% | 19,468,349 | 13.19% | 147,553,942 | 75.50% | 185,039 |
15. | Additional dis-application of pre-emption rights | 126,553,698 | 85.77% | 21,000,896 | 14.23% | 147,554,594 | 75.50% | 184,387 |
16. | Authorise the Company to make on-market purchases of its own shares | 147,489,023 | 99.83% | 245,388 | 0.17% | 147,734,411 | 75.59% | 4,570 |
17. | Shortened notice of general meetings | 130,112,776 | 88.08% | 17,612,883 | 11.92% | 147,725,659 | 75.59% | 13,322 |
Ordinary Resolution | ||||||||
18. | Approve the De La Rue Sharesave Plan 2022 | 147,487,110 | 99.90% | 148,123 | 0.10% | 147,635,233 | 75.54% | 103,748 |
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 25 July 2022 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 195,435,840 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these Ordinary Shares was 195,435,840, 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 27 July 2022 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com.
As outlined in the 2022 Annual Report, Maria da Cunha retired from the Board following the conclusion of this year's Annual General Meeting. We would like to thank Maria for her contribution and expertise provided to De La Rue over the last seven years. Margaret Rice-Jones will take on the role of Chair of the Remuneration Committee following Maria's retirement.
Jane Hyde, Company Secretary
Contact Number: 01256 605212
27 July 2022
De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78