25 Jan 2018 14:13
25 January 2018
ITE Group plc (the 'Company')
Announcement of Results of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of ITE Group plc was held at 12 noon on Thursday 25 January 2018.
All resolutions were passed on a show of hands at the meeting.
The results of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
Resolution | For* | Against | Votes Withheld** |
1. Receive the Report and Accounts 2017. | 216,140,734 | 0 | 0 |
2. Declaration of final dividend. | 216,140,734 | 0 | 0 |
3. Re-election of Sharon Baylay as a Director. | 215,925,820 | 204,614 | 10,300 |
4. Re-election Andrew Beach as a Director. | 215,934,951 | 205,783 | 0 |
5. Re-election of Neil England as a Director. | 215,455,512 | 622,708 | 62,513 |
6. Re-election of Linda Jensen as a Director. | 215,933,951 | 206,783 | 0 |
7. Re-election of Stephen Puckett as a Director. | 215,910,861 | 229,872 | 0 |
8. Re-election of Mark Shashoua as a Director. | 215,933,951 | 206,783 | 0 |
9. Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company. | 206,360,378 | 9,780,355 | 0 |
10. Authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration. | 216,139,565 | 1,169 | 0 |
11. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 196,522,920 | 9,779,023 | 9,838,791 |
12. Authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities. | 206,120,244 | 10,018,825 | 1,665 |
13. To disapply pre-emption rights in certain circumstances. | 216,138,634 | 2,100 | 0 |
14. To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an allotment of equity securities in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. | 182,594,348
| 33,546,385
| 0 |
15. Renew the Company's authority to make market purchase of its own shares. | 216,047,232 | 93,501 | 0 |
16. Authorise General Meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clears days' notice. | 175,220,753 | 40,919,981 | 0 |
* Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion
** A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
The Company's issued share capital at 23 January 2018 was 269,280,274 ordinary shares.
Proxy appointments appointing the Chairman of the meeting were received from shareholders of 216,140,734 shares representing 80.27% of the issued share capital.
A copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
Anneka Kingan - Company Secretary, ITE Group plc
Tel: 020 7596 5139
Website: www.ite-exhibitions.com