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Inchcape plc
24 May 2018
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today were passed.
Details of the votes cast on all resolutions are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website: www.inchcape.com
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Resolution | Votes For | % For | Votes Against | % Against | Votes Withheld |
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017, together with the reports of the Directors. | 310,142,563 | 99.90 | 295,562 | 0.10 | 760,406 |
2. To approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2017. | 286,366,463 | 93.63 | 19,466,498 | 6.37 | 5,365,570 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 18.9 pence per ordinary share of 10 pence in the capital of the Company. | 311,137,102 | 99.98 | 60,001 | 0.02 | 1,429 |
4. To re-elect Stefan Bomhard as a Director | 311,104,753 | 99.98 | 76,764 | 0.02 | 17,015 |
5. To re-elect Jerry Buhlmann as a Director | 303,494,490 | 97.53 | 7,693,163 | 2.47 | 10,879 |
6. To re-elect Rachel Empey as a Director | 308,567,318 | 99.16 | 2,608,529 | 0.84 | 16,685 |
7. To re-elect Richard Howes as a Director | 309,768,901 | 99.54 | 1,418,322 | 0.46 | 11,309 |
8. To re-elect John Langston as a Director | 308,713,726 | 99.21 | 2,471,853 | 0.79 | 12,953 |
9. To re-elect Coline McConville as a Director | 301,241,474 | 98.50 | 4,600,628 | 1.50 | 5,356,430 |
10.To re-elect Nigel Northridge as a Director | 299,757,302 | 98.01 | 6,086,764 | 1.99 | 5,354,466 |
11. To re-elect Nigel Stein as a Director | 292,892,648 | 94.71 | 16,366,544 | 5.29 | 1,939,339 |
12. To re-elect Till Vestring as a Director | 308,693,043 | 99.20 | 2,489,896 | 0.80 | 15,593 |
13. To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting | 310,690,756 | 99.84 | 502,952 | 0.16 | 4,824 |
14. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditor's remuneration | 310,733,400 | 99.85 | 453,087 | 0.15 | 12,045 |
15. To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006 | 311,027,241 | 99.95 | 158,984 | 0.05 | 12,307 |
16. To empower the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares | 311,009,817 | 99.95 | 166,555 | 0.05 | 22,160 |
17. To empower the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares for an acquisition or capital investment | 281,397,120 | 90.43 | 29,783,120 | 9.57 | 18,291 |
18. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares up to 10.0% of its issued share capital | 308,240,386 | 99.21 | 2,469,090 | 0.79 | 489,055 |
19. Notice of Meetings | 299,693,692 | 96.30 | 11,500,666 | 3.70 | 4,174 |
Enquiries
Group Company Secretary | +44 (0) 207 546 8321 |
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