25 May 2018 14:07
Lookers plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held today, Friday 25th May 2018, the Resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed.
For information, details of the proxy votes received in respect of the Resolutions are set out below:
Resolution | For | % | Against | % | Votes withheld |
1. Financial Statements | 258,473,210 | 99.99 | 19,081 | 0.01 | 265,134 |
2. Directors' Remuneration Report | 258,264,558 | 99.83 | 439,498 | 0.17 | 53,371 |
3. Final Dividend | 258,756,477 | 99.99 | 950 | 0.01 | 0 |
4. Re-elect Andy Bruce | 252,078,819 | 97.42 | 6,668,608 | 2.58 | 10,000 |
5. Re-elect Robin Gregson | 251,896,440 | 97.36 | 6,837,212 | 2.64 | 23,775 |
6. Re-elect Nigel McMinn | 252,074,616 | 97.42 | 6,672,811 | 2.58 | 10,000 |
7. Re-elect Tony Bramall | 251,739,080 | 97.29 | 7,008,346 | 2.71 | 10,000 |
8. Re-elect Phil White | 246,500,477 | 95.27 | 12,233,174 | 4.73 | 23,775 |
9. Re-elect Richard Walker | 258,063,555 | 99.74 | 670,097 | 0.26 | 23,775 |
10. Re-elect Sally Cabrini | 258,077,330 | 99.74 | 670,097 | 0.26 | 10,000 |
11. Re-elect Stuart Counsell | 258,145,223 | 99.77 | 588,429 | 0.23 | 23,775 |
12. Re-appoint Auditor | 258,205,311 | 99.79 | 543,615 | 0.21 | 8,500 |
13. Remuneration of Auditors | 258,745,337 | 99.99 | 3,474 | 0.01 | 8,616 |
14. Authority to Allot | 255,145,674 | 98.77 | 3,186,283 | 1.23 | 425,470 |
15. *Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights | 258,674,499 | 99.99 | 13,244 | 0.01 | 69,684 |
16. *Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights for Acquisitions and Capital Investments | 258,382,530 | 99.88 | 315,328 | 0.12 | 59,568 |
17. *Authority to Purchase Own Shares | 258,046,268 | 99.86 | 372,612 | 0.14 | 338,546 |
18. *General Meetings on 14 clear days' notice | 243,150,823 | 93.98 | 15,573,195 | 6.02 | 33,409 |
* Special Resolution
Notes:
i. Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolution and their shares have been included within the votes 'FOR' column.
ii. A vote 'WITHHELD' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentages of the votes cast against a resolution.
iii. Prior to the meeting there were 394,648,308 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue.
In accordance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.2, full details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
For further information, please contact
Lookers | Tel: 0161 291 0043 |
Andy Bruce, Chief Executive Officer |
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Robin Gregson, Chief Financial Officer |
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Glenda MacGeekie, Company Secretary |
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