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18 May 2017
JRP Group plc
(the 'Company')
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
JRP Group plc announces the results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today at etc. venues, 8 Fenchurch Place, London, EC3M 4PB
All resolutions proposed in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were duly passed on a poll, save for Resolutions 13 and 14, which were withdrawn with the consent of the meeting.
Full details of the results of the poll are set out below:
Resolutions | For | Against | No. of votes Withheld
| |||
Ordinary Resolutions: | No. of votes | % of votes | No. of votes | % of votes | ||
1. | Receive 2016 Annual Report and Accounts |
809,718,880
| 99.97% | 235,538 | 0.03% | 795,737 |
2. | Receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 783,439,479 | 97.79% |
17,683,522
|
2.21%
|
9,627,154
|
3. | Receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 785,635,441 |
96.90%
|
25,111,348
|
3.10%
|
3,366
|
4. | Declare final dividend of 2.4 pence per ordinary share | 810,750,085 |
100.00%
| 0 | 0.00% | 70 |
5. | Re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith | 783,986,184 |
99.60%
|
3,131,582
|
0.40%
|
23,632,389
|
6. | Re-elect Tom Cross Brown | 801,670,000 |
98.88%
|
9,076,594
|
1.12%
|
3,561
|
7. | Re-elect Keith Nicholson | 810,280,536 |
99.94%
|
466,058
|
0.06%
|
3,561
|
8. | Re-elect Michael Deakin | 810,281,979 |
99.94%
|
464,615
|
0.06%
|
3,561
|
9. | Re-elect Steve Melcher | 810,281,979 |
99.94%
|
464,615
|
0.06%
|
3,561
|
10. | Re-elect Paul Bishop | 807,954,088 |
99.66%
|
2,792,738
|
0.34%
|
3,329
|
11. | Re-elect Ian Cormack | 809,046,579 |
99.80%
|
1,585,978
|
0.20%
|
117,598
|
12. | Re-elect Clare Spottiswoode | 766,595,786
| 96.22% | 30,145,765 | 3.78% | 14,008,603
|
13. | Re-elect James Fraser | WITHDRAWN | ||||
14. | Re-elect Peter Catterall | WITHDRAWN | ||||
15. | Re-elect Rodney Cook | 810,014,516 |
99.91%
|
735,074
|
0.09%
|
565
|
16. | Re-elect David Richardson | 809,884,018 |
99.89%
|
863,886
|
0.11%
|
2,251
|
17. | Re-elect Simon Thomas | 810,013,062 |
99.91%
|
734,840
|
0.09%
|
2,253
|
18. | Appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 784,648,258 |
96.78%
|
26,101,496
|
3.22%
|
401
|
19. | Authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditors' remuneration |
794,818,813
|
98.04%
|
15,930,941
|
1.96%
|
401
|
20. | Renew the authority to make political donations and expenditure | 798,662,425 |
99.69%
|
2,459,247
|
0.31%
|
9,628,483
|
21. | Renew the authority to allot shares | 778,580,863 |
96.03%
|
32,166,104
|
3.97%
|
3,188
|
Special ResolutionS: | ||||||
22. | Renew the power to disapply pre-emption rights. | 810,729,089 |
100.00%
| 18,647 |
0.00%
|
2,419
|
23. | Grant additional power to disapply pre-emption rights. | 769,535,587 |
94.92%
| 41,212,149 |
5.08%
| 2,419
|
24. | Renew the authority to purchase Company shares | 800,649,766 |
98.78%
| 9,925,406 |
1.22%
|
174,983
|
25. | Renew the approval of a shorter notice period for general meetings | 802,519,566 | 98.98% | 8,229,252 |
1.02%
|
1,336
|
26. | Change the name of the Company | 802,430,107 |
98.97%
| 8,320,046 |
1.03%
|
2
|
VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS | ||||||
Resolutions | FOR (notes 2 & 3) | % | AGAINST (notes 2 & 3) | % | NO. VOTES WITHHELD | |
5. | Re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith | 423,449,863 | 99.27% | 3,131,582 | 0.73% | 23,632,389 |
6. | Re-elect Tom Cross Brown | 441,133,679 | 97.98% | 9,076,594 | 2.02% | 3,561 |
7. | Re-elect Keith Nicholson | 449,744,215 | 99.90% | 466,058 | 0.10% | 3,561 |
8. | Re-elect Michael Deakin | 449,745,658 | 99.90% | 464,615 | 0.10% | 3,561 |
9. | Re-elect Steve Melcher | 449,745,658 | 99.90% | 464,615 | 0.10% | 3,561 |
10. | Re-elect Paul Bishop | 447,417,767 | 99.38% | 2,792,738 | 0.62% | 3,329 |
11. | Re-elect Ian Cormack | 448,510,258 | 99.65% | 1,585,978 | 0.35% | 117,598 |
12. | Re-elect Clare Spottiswoode | 406,059,465 | 93.09% | 30,145,765 | 6.91% | 14,008,603 |
Full details of the resolutions passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 April 2017, which is available at www.jrpgroup.com.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting will shortly be available to view on the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Notes:
(a) All resolutions were passed.
(b) The votes "For" and "Against" are expressed in percentage of the votes received.
(c) Votes "For" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
(d) A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.
(e) The total number of shares in issue on 17 May 2017 was 933,052,221 ordinary shares of 10 pence each
Enquiries:
Simon O'Hara
Group Company Secretary
JRP Group plc
+44 (0) 207 444 8391
18 May 2017