7 May 2020 16:59
Equiniti Group plc
Incorporated in England and Wales
Registration number: 07090427
LEI: 213800TS721HGE2JIV94
ISIN: GB00BYWWHR75
Equiniti Group plc
(the Company)
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at Worthing Town Football Club Limited, Palatine Park, Palatine Road, Worthing, BN12 6JN on Thursday 7th May 2020 at 4.00 p.m. (the AGM), all the resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by the Company's shareholders.
As notified to the market on 15th April 2020, the Board took the decision to no longer propose a final dividend for the year ended 31st December 2019. Resolution 3 was therefore withdrawn.
The total voting rights of the Company on 5th May 2020, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 364,536,666. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:
Votes For (including discretion) | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | Total Votes Cast (excluding Votes Withheld) | |||||
Resolution | Number of shares | % of shares voted | Number of shares | % of shares voted | Number of shares | Number of shares | % of issued share capital | |
1 | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 279,270,177 | 99.98 | 45,060 | 0.02 | 19,477,738 | 279,315,237 | 76.62% |
2 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 277,821,644 | 99.37 | 1,753,148 | 0.63 | 19,218,183 | 279,574,792 | 76.69% |
3 | Approve a final dividend of 3.54p per ordinary share |
WITHDRAWN | ||||||
4 | Reappoint Mark Brooker as a Director | 276,985,673 | 99.07 | 2,591,136 | 0.93 | 19,216,167 | 279,576,809 | 76.69% |
5 | Reappoint Alison Burns as a Director | 276,984,280 | 99.07 | 2,590,529 | 0.93 | 19,218,167 | 279,574,809 | 76.69% |
6 | Reappoint Sally-Ann Hibberd as a Director | 276,928,386 | 99.05 | 2,648,423 | 0.95 | 19,216,167 | 279,576,809 | 76.69% |
7 | Reappoint Dr Tim Miller as a Director | 274,773,502 | 98.28 | 4,803,307 | 1.72 | 19,216,167 | 279,576,809 | 76.69% |
8 | Appoint Cheryl Millington as a Director | 276,983,673 | 99.07 | 2,593,136 | 0.93 | 19,216,167 | 279,576,809 | 76.69% |
9 | Reappoint Darren Pope as a Director | 276,897,898 | 99.04 | 2,678,911 | 0.96 | 19,216,167 | 279,576,809 | 76.69% |
10 | Reappoint John Stier as a Director | 276,204,587 | 98.79 | 3,369,557 | 1.21 | 19,218,832 | 279,574,144 | 76.69% |
11 | Reappoint Guy Wakeley as a Director | 279,456,639 | 99.96 | 119,262 | 0.04 | 19,217,075 | 279,575,901 | 76.69% |
12 | Reappoint Philip Yea as a Director | 279,393,576 | 99.93 | 183,224 | 0.07 | 19,216,176 | 279,576,800 | 76.69% |
13 | Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor | 276,560,966 | 98.92 | 3,008,617 | 1.08 | 19,223,392 | 279,569,583 | 76.69% |
14 | Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 268,541,171 | 96.05 | 11,034,070 | 3.95 | 19,217,734 | 279,575,241 | 76.69% |
15 | Grant the Director's authority to allot shares | 264,777,971 | 94.70 | 14,803,972 | 5.30 | 19,211,033 | 279,581,943 | 76.70% |
16 | To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 249,700,752 | 91.03 | 24,612,852 | 8.97 | 24,479,372 | 274,313,604 | 75.25% |
17 | Authorise market purchases of shares | 278,150,625 | 99.49 | 1,413,276 | 0.51 | 19,227,865 | 279,563,901 | 76.69% |
18 | Authorise the giving of political donations | 269,383,651 | 96.36 | 10,181,062 | 3.64 | 19,228,263 | 279,564,713 | 76.69% |
19 | Authorise the holding of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice | 271,464,112 | 97.10 | 8,114,399 | 2.90 | 19,214,465 | 279,578,511 | 76.69% |
In accordance with the Company's articles of association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held. There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes "for" include proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM. Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business resolutions passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and shortly be available for inspection at its web site: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website, in addition to a copy of this announcement detailing the AGM Results which will be available as soon as practicable, at: http://investors.equiniti.com/investors
Enquiries:
Kathy Cong
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 1800
7th May 2019