31 Jul 2015 14:46
KCOM Group PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting on 31 July 2015
KCOM Group PLC (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11.00am today, 31 July 2015, at KC Stadium, Hull, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.
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 12 to 16) are being sent to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and will shortly be available for inspection.
The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 31 July 2015 was 516,603,910.
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. | 350,122,404 (99.99%) | 20,149 (0.01%) | 350,142,553 (67.78%) | 12,277 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 3.58 pence per ordinary share. | 350,026,442 (99.96%) | 125,280 (0.04%) | 350,151,722 (67.78%) | 1,108 |
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration report. | 323,502,285 (92.52%) | 26,135,659 (7.48%) | 349,637,944 (67.68%) | 516,686 |
4. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditors. | 347,808,845 (99.60%) | 1,394,159 (0.40%) | 349,203,004 (67.60%) | 951,826 |
5. To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration. | 349,941,647 (99.96%) | 148,229 (0.04%) | 350,089,876 (67.77%) | 64,976 |
6. To re-elect Graham Holden as a Director of the Company. | 348,680,660 (99.63%) | 1,311,510 (0.37%) | 349,992,170 (67.75%) | 160,594 |
7. To elect Liz Barber as a Director of the Company. | 349,810,731 (99.95%) | 161,869 (0.05%) | 349,972,600 (67.74%) | 177,230 |
8. To re-elect Bill Halbert as a Director of the Company. | 348,087,017 (99.43%) | 2,001,335 (0.57%) | 350,088,352 (67.77%) | 66,390 |
9. To re-elect Tony Illsley as a Director of the Company. | 349,164,902 (99.77%) | 817,715 (0.23%) | 349,982,617 (67.75%) | 170,525 |
10. To re-elect Paul Simpson as a Director of the Company. | 348,150,918 (99.45%) | 1,934,162 (0.55%) | 350,085,080 (67.77%) | 69,884 |
11. To elect Peter Smith as a Director of the Company. | 349,753,187 (99.94%) | 205,420 (0.06%) | 349,958,607 (67.74%) | 196,135 |
12. To approve the rules and trust deed of the KCOM Group PLC 2015 Share Incentive Plan. | 349,522,025 (99.90%) | 335,377 (0.10%) | 349,857,402 (67.72%) | 297,428 |
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares as outlined in the Notice of Meeting. | 348,966,511 (99.71%) | 1,028,101 (0.29%) | 349,994,612 (67.75%) | 160,240 |
14. To disapplypre-emption rights as outlined in the Notice of Meeting. | 348,915,390 (99.70%) | 1,035,382 (0.30%) | 349,950,772 (67.74%) | 203,858 |
15. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares. | 348,508,495 (99.58%) | 1,454,930 (0.42%) | 349,963,425 (67.74%) | 189,805 |
16. To approve general meetings, other than AGMs, being called on at least 14 clear days' notice. | 333,035,856 (95.15%) | 16,991,765 (4.85%) | 350,027,621 (67.76%) | 126,911 |
*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.