Last checked at 26 Apr 2018 13:53
26 April 2018
FDM Group (Holdings) plc
Result of AGM
The board of directors of FDM Group (Holdings) plc (the "Company" or "FDM") announces that, at the Company's 2018 annual general meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
As at the date of the meeting, there were 107,517,506 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The following proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting:
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD | ||||||
VOTES | % OF | VOTES | % OF | VOTES | |||||
VOTES | VOTES | ||||||||
CAST* | CAST* | ||||||||
1 | Receive the Company's Annual | 89,830,421 | 99.93 | 44,958 | 0.05 | 397,851 | |||
Report and Accounts for the | |||||||||
year ended 31 December 2017 | |||||||||
together with the reports of the | |||||||||
directors and shareholders. | |||||||||
2 | Approve | the | Directors' | 88,367,484 | 97.87 | 1,905,746 | 2.11 | 0 | |
Remuneration Policy. | |||||||||
3 | Approve | the | Directors' | 88,771,760 | 98.95 | 926,309 | 1.03 | 575,161 | |
Remuneration Report (other | |||||||||
than the part containing the | |||||||||
Directors' Remuneration Policy) | |||||||||
for the year ended 31 December | |||||||||
2017. | |||||||||
4 | Declare a final ordinary dividend | 90,273,231 | 99.98 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
for the year ended 31 December | |||||||||
2017 of 14.0 pence for each | |||||||||
ordinary share in the capital of | |||||||||
the Company. | |||||||||
5 | Re-elect Andrew Brown as a | 90,219,885 | 99.92 | 53,346 | 0.06 | 0 | |||
director of the Company. | |||||||||
6 | Re-elect Rod Flavell as a | 90,185,381 | 99.88 | 87,850 | 0.10 | 0 | |||
director of the Company. | |||||||||
7 | Re-elect Sheila Flavell as a | 90,219,885 | 99.92 | 53,346 | 0.06 | 0 | |||
director of the Company. | |||||||||
8 | Re-elect Michael McLaren as a | 90,202,066 | 99.90 | 71,165 | 0.08 | 0 | |||
director of the Company. | |||||||||
9 | Re-elect Ivan Martin as a | 81,751,784 | 97.18 | 2,356,184 | 2.80 | 6,165,262 | |||
director of the Company. | |||||||||
10 | Re-elect David Lister as a | 90,262,662 | 99.97 | 10,569 | 0.01 | 0 | |
director of the Company. | |||||||
11 | Re-elect Michelle Senecal de | 90,262,662 | 99.97 | 10,569 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Fonseca as a director of the | |||||||
Company. | |||||||
12 | Re-elect Robin Taylor as a | 90,262,662 | 99.97 | 10,569 | 0.01 | 0 | |
director of the Company. | |||||||
13 | Re-elect Peter Whiting as a | 90,199,925 | 99.90 | 73,306 | 0.08 | 0 | |
director of the Company. | |||||||
14 | Re-appoint | 89,698,069 | 99.96 | 16,915 | 0.02 | 558,246 | |
PricewaterhouseCoopers | LLP | ||||||
as the Company's auditors | |||||||
15 | Authorise the directors to agree | 90,273,231 | 99.98 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
the remuneration of the auditors | |||||||
16 | Authorise the directors to allot | 89,591,586 | 99.23 | 681,645 | 0.75 | 0 | |
securities pursuant to section | |||||||
551 of the Companies Act 2006 | |||||||
(the "Act") | |||||||
17 | Special Resolution: | 90,273,231 | 99.98 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Disapply pre-emption rights | |||||||
pursuant to section 570 of the | |||||||
Act. | |||||||
18 | Special Resolution: | 88,072,814 | 97.54 | 2,200,416 | 2.44 | 0 | |
Disapply pre-emption rights in | |||||||
additional | limited | ||||||
circumstances. | |||||||
19 | Special Resolution: | 89,721,670 | 99.38 | 543,716 | 0.60 | 7,844 | |
Authorise the Company to make | |||||||
market purchases of its own | |||||||
shares pursuant to section 701 | |||||||
of the Act | |||||||
20 | Special Resolution: | 88,212,401 | 97.70 | 2,060,830 | 2.28 | 0 | |
That a general meeting (other | |||||||
than an AGM) may be called on | |||||||
not less than 14 clear days' | |||||||
notice | |||||||
*Excludes votes withheld
ends
For further information please contact:
FDM Group (Holdings) plc | Rod Flavell - CEO | 020 7067 0000 | (today) |
Mike McLaren - CFO | 0203 056 8240 | (thereafter) | |
Weber Shandwick (financial PR) | Nick Oborne / Tom Jenkins | 020 7067 0000 |