26 Jul 2013 16:49
KCOM Group PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting on 26 July 2013
KCOM Group PLC (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11.00am today, 26 July 2013, at KC Stadium, Hull, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 12 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were proposed as special resolutions.
Copies of the resolutions concerning items of special business (being resolutions 12 to 15) have been 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 26 July 2013 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. | 372,960,967 (99.98%) | 68,485 (0.02%) | 373,029,452 (72.21%) | 25,596 |
2. To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 361,403,839 (98.60%) | 5,143,534 (1.40%) | 366,547,373 (70.95%) | 6,507,672 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 2.97 pence per ordinary share. | 372,949,642 (99.97%) | 97,361 (0.03%) | 373,047,003 (72.21%) | 8,045 |
4. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditors. | 370,000,339 (99.94%) | 224,037 (0.06%) | 370,224,376 (71.67%) | 2,830,670 |
5. To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration. | 372,700,890 (99.92%) | 293,089 (0.08%) | 372,993,979 (72.20%) | 60,935 |
6. To re-elect Bill Halbert as a Director of the Company. | 270,055,163 (86.00%) | 43,944,471 (14.00%) | 313,999,634 (60.78%) | 59,055,280 |
7. To re-elect Graham Holden as a Director of the Company. | 370,917,955 (99.46%) | 2,018,215 (0.54%) | 372,936,170 (72.19%) | 118,744 |
8. To re-elect Tony Illsley as a Director of the Company. | 370,321,056 (99.30%) | 2,599,527 (0.70%) | 372,920,583 (72.19%) | 133,221 |
9. To re-elect Paul Simpson as a Director of the Company. | 371,009,109 (99.48%) | 1,929,750 (0.52%) | 372,938,859 (72.19%) | 116,056 |
10. To re-elect Martin Towers as a Director of the Company. | 370,930,818 (99.45%) | 2,033,111 (0.55%) | 372,963,929 (72.20%) | 90,985 |
11. To re-elect Kevin Walsh as a Director of the Company. | 371,040,840 (99.48%) | 1,926,958 (0.52%) | 372,967,798 (72.20%) | 87,073 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares as outlined in the Notice of Meeting. | 363,085,012 (97.35%) | 9,869,650 (2.65%) | 372,954,662 (72.19%) | 100,209 |
13. To disapply pre-emption rights as outlined in the Notice of Meeting. | 369,976,538 (99.21%) | 2,964,164 (0.79%) | 372,940,702 (72.19%) | 113,281 |
14. To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares. | 371,101,491 (99.51%) | 1,829,831 (0.49%) | 372,931,322 (72.19%) | 123,593 |
15. To approve general meetings, other than AGMs, being called on at least 14 clear days' notice. | 351,877,741 (94.34%) | 21,107,860 (5.66%) | 372,985,601 (72.20%) | 67,704 |
*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.