18 May 2016 14:35
AGM STATEMENT
Johnston Press plc (the "Company") - Results of Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting - 18 May 2016
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA on 18 May 2016, 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 RIGHTS1 | VOTES WITHHELD2 |
1 | To receive the annual accounts of the Company and the reports of the directors for the financial period ended 2 January 2016, together with the reports of the auditors thereon.
| 77,764,506 | 100.00 | 2,431 | 0.00 | 77,766,937 | 73.45 | 18,057 |
2 | To approve the Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration for the financial period ended on 2 January 2016 as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2015.
| 74,666,440 | 96.06 | 3,060,434 | 3.94 | 77,726,874 | 73.41 | 58,120 |
3 | To re-elect Mr I Russell as a Director of the Company.
| 77,444,897 | 99.64 | 281,382 | 0.36 | 77,726,279 | 73.41 | 58,715 |
4 | To re-elect Mr A Highfield as a Director of the Company.
| 77,774,085 | 99.99 | 9,967 | 0.01 | 77,784,052 | 73.47 | 942 |
5 | To re-elect Mr D King as a Director of the Company.
| 77,775,416 | 99.99 | 8,604 | 0.01 | 77,784,020 | 73.47 | 974 |
6 | To re-elect Mr M Pain as a Director of the Company.
| 77,776,879 | 99.99
| 6,791 | 0.01 | 77,783,670 | 73.47 | 1,324 |
7 | To re-elect Mr K Aamot as a Director of the Company.
| 77,756,916 | 99.99 | 8,754 | 0.01 | 77,765,670 | 73.45 | 19,324 |
8 | To re-elect Mr A R Marshall as a Director of the Company.
| 77,513,585 | 99.65 | 270,435 | 0.35 | 77,784,020 | 73.47 | 974 |
9 | To re-elect Ms C Rhodes as a Director of the Company.
| 75,061,830 | 96.50 | 2,722,190 | 3.50 | 77,784,020 | 73.47 | 941 |
10 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, as auditors of the Company.
| 75,971,890 | 98.27 | 1,333,671 | 1.73 | 77,305,561 | 73.01 | 479,400 |
11 | To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors.
| 77,776,318 | 99.99 | 7,587 | 0.01 | 77,783,905 | 73.47 | 601 |
12 | To renew for a further year the Directors' authority to allot equity securities in certain circumstances.
| 77,758,771 | 99.99 | 7,558 | 0.01 | 77,766,329 | 73.45 | 18,665 |
13 | Special Resolution To disapply pre-emption rights.
| 77,424,314 | 99.56 | 341,961 | 0.44 | 77,766,275 | 73.45 | 18,719 |
14 | Special Resolution To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
| 77,439,251 | 99.58 | 327,428 | 0.42 | 77,766,679 | 73.45 | 18,315 |
15 | Special Resolution To call General Meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
| 77,349,923 | 99.46 | 416,360 | 0.54 | 77,766,283 | 73.45 | 18,711 |
Notes
1. The Company's issued share capital having the right to vote at the Annual General Meeting consists of 105,877,777 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each.
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 12 to 15 will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism (www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).
Contact
Peter McCall, Company Secretary
Tel: 0131 311 7500
18 May 2016