21 Jul 2017 16:25
21 July 2017
KCOM GROUP PLC
("KCOM or "the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of KCOM held earlier today at the KCOM Stadium, Hull, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.
Resolutions 1 to 13 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 were proposed as special resolutions.
Copies of the resolutions concerning items of special business (being resolutions 13 to 15) will be sent to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and will be available for inspection.
The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 22 July 2016 was 516,603,910.
The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below.
Resolution | No. of votes 'In favour' (%) | No. of votes 'Against' (%) | Total no. of votes cast (% of issued share capital) | Withheld* |
1. To receive and approve the Company's report and accounts. | 367,254,466
| 10,503
| 367,264,969
| 9,379,016
|
2. To declare a final dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share. | 367,293,334
| 3,864
| 367,297,198
| 9,346,787
|
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration report. | 364,635,824
| 1,942,022
| 366,577,846
| 10,066,139
|
4. To approve the Directors' Remuneration report (excluding the Remuneration policy) | 363,889,096
| 2,701,967
| 366,591,063
| 10,052,922
|
5. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditors. | 365,943,974
| 1,296,373
| 367,240,347
| 9,403,638
|
6. To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration. | 367,101,391
| 155,808
| 367,257,199
| 9,386,786
|
7. To re-elect Graham Holden as a Director of the Company. | 319,161,484
| 47,409,197
| 366,570,681
| 10,063,304
|
8. To re-elect Jane Aikman as a Director of the Company. | 365,236,518
| 1,350,426
| 366,586,944
| 10,037,252
|
9. To elect Liz Barber as a Director of the Company. | 364,395,862
| 2,208,173
| 366,604,035
| 10,039,950
|
10. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director of the Company. | 365,129,146
| 1,461,641
| 366,590,787
| 10,043,198
|
11. To re-elect Bill Halbert as a Director of the Company. | 319,759,463
| 46,844,877
| 366,604,340
| 10,039,645
|
12. To re-elect Peter Smith as a Director of the Company. | 365,541,826
| 1,062,202
| 366,604,028
| 10,039,957
|
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares as outlined in the Notice of Meeting. | 365,690,792
| 1,525,999
| 367,216,791
| 9,426,474
|
14. To disapplypre-emption rights as outlined in the Notice of Meeting. | 366,195,412
| 380,365
| 366,575,777
| 10,068,208
|
15. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares. | 366,033,896
| 1,222,617
| 367,256,513
| 9,387,472
|
16. To approve general meetings, other than AGMs, being called on at least 14 clear days' notice. | 357,934,450
| 9,312,811
| 367,247,261
| 9,394,724
|
*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" the resolution.
In the event of any queries, please contact Kathy Smith on +44 (0) 1924 882501.