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16 October 2019
Loungers plc
("Loungers" or "the Company")
Result of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at today's AGM were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 11) and special resolutions (resolutions 12 to 14) set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 20 September 2019.
The final voting figures are shown below.
Resolution | Total Votes Cast | For (*) | Against | Withheld | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |||
1: To receive the financial statements of Lion/Jenga Topco Limited for the year ended 21 April 2019 | 82,905,923 | 82,905,923 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2: To elect Alex Reilley as a Director | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
3: To elect Nick Backhouse as a Director | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
4: To elect Adam Bellamy as a Director | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
5: To elect Nick Collins as a Director | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
6: To elect Robert Darwent as a Director | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
7: To elect Gregor Grant as a Director | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
8: To elect Jill Little as a Director | 82,905,923 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 1,500 | 0.00 | 0 |
9: To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 82,904,423 | 82,904,423 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 |
10: To authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration | 82,905,923 | 82,905,923 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
11: To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 82,905,923 | 82,905,923 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
12: To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital | 82,905,923 | 82,905,923 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
13: To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emptions rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital | 82,905,923 | 82,905,923 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
14: To authorise the Company to buy back shares | 82,905,923 | 82,905,923 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
(*) = Includes discretionary votes
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 92,500,000 shares. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll.
For further information please contact:
Loungers plc Nick Collins, Chief Executive Officer Gregor Grant, Chief Financial Officer
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GCA Altium Limited (Financial Adviser and NOMAD) Sam Fuller / Katherine Hobbs / Tim Richardson
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 7484 4040 |
Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Clayton Bush / Andrew Godber / John Fishley
| Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 |
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker) Dan Webster /George Sellar | Tel: +44 (0)20 7418 8900 |
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Instinctif Partners (Financial Public Relations) Justine Warren / Matthew Smallwood
| Tel: +44 (0) 207 457 2020 |