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3 Jun 2015 16:57
AGM STATEMENT
Johnston Press plc (the "Company") - Results of Annual General Meeting.
Annual General Meeting - 3 June 2015
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at its registered office at Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh on 3 June 2015, the following resolutions were passed on a poll. The table below shows the results of the poll vote for each resolution:-
| RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR (INCLUDING DISCRETIONARY) | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % of AVAILABLE VOTING RIGHTS* | VOTES WITHHELD |
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1 | To receive the Accounts for the financial period ended 3 January 2015 and the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
| 68,465,535 | 100.00 | 484 | 0.00 | 68,466,019 | 64.00% | 60,359 | |||||||
2 | To approve the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration for the financial year ended 3 January 2015.
| 59,821,681 | 87.94 | 8,201,848 | 12.06 | 68,023,529 | 63.58% | 502,849 |
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3 | To re-elect I Russell as a Director of the Company
| 68,437,195 | 99.97 | 19,800 | 0.03 | 68,456,995 | 63.99% | 69,383 |
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4 | To re-elect A Highfield as a Director of the Company.
| 68,508,434 | 99.99 | 7,368 | 0.01 | 68,515,802 | 64.04% | 10,576 |
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5 | To re-elect D King as a Director of the Company.
| 68,508,202 | 99.99 | 6,961 | 0.01 | 68,515,163 | 64.04% | 11,215 |
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6 | To re-elect M Pain as a Director of the Company.
| 68,509,079 | 99.99 | 6,434 | 0.01 | 68,515,513 | 64.04% | 10,865 |
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7 | To re-elect K Aamot as a Director of the Company.
| 68,517,690 | 99.99 | 6,434 | 0.01 | 68,524,124 | 64.05 | 2,254 |
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8 | To re-elect A R Marshall as a Director of the Company.
| 68,447,567 | 99.99 | 9,428 | 0.01 | 68,456,995 | 63.99 | 69,383 |
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9 | To re-elect C Rhodes as a Director of the Company.
| 61,772,846 | 90.15 | 6,749,549 | 9.85 | 68,522,395 | 64.05 | 3,983 |
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10 | To re-elect S Van Rooyen as a Director of the Company.
| 68,509,093 | 99.99 | 6,420 | 0.01 | 68,515,513 | 64.04 | 10,865 |
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11 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, as auditors of the Company.
| 67,224,481 | 98.12 | 1,289,124 | 1.88 | 68,513,605 | 64.04 | 12,742 |
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12 | To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors.
| 68,505,279 | 99.99 | 4,373 | 0.01 | 68,509,652 | 64.04 | 16,726 |
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13 | To approve the amendments to the rules of the Johnston Press Performance Share Plan 2006.
| 64,125,746 | 93.58 | 4,398,059 | 6.42 | 68,523,805 | 64.05 | 2,573 |
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14 | To renew for a further year the Directors' authority to allot equity securities in certain circumstances.
| 68,500,570 | 99.97 | 19,666 | 0.03 | 68,520,236 | 64.05 | 6,142 |
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15 | Special Resolution To disapply pre-emption rights.
| 68,505,903 | 99.97 | 18,502 | 0.03 | 68,524,405 | 64.05 | 1,973 |
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16 | Special Resolution To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
| 68,504,307 | 99.97 | 17,454 | 0.03 | 68,521,761 | 64.05 | 4,617 |
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17 | Special Resolution To call General Meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on not less than 14 days' notice.
| 67,809,844 | 98.96 | 711,697 | 1.04 | 68,521,541 | 64.05 | 4,837 |
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Notes
1. The Company's issued share capital having the right to vote at the Annual General Meeting consists of the following (with each share having the right to one vote):
1. 105,877,777 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each;
2. 756,000 £1 13.75% Cumulative Preference Shares; and
3. 349,600 £1 13.75% "A" Cumulative Preference Shares.
The total voting rights as at the date of the Annual General Meeting were therefore 106,983,377.
2. A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
3. In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules, copies of resolutions 13 to 17 will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do).
Contact
Peter McCall
Company Secretary
0131 311 7500
3 June 2015
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