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The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.
8th Floor
100 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4AG
28 March 2024
Annual General Meeting Poll Results
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. (the "Corporation") announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 28 March 2024, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were duly passed by way of poll and the results are as follows:
Resolutions | Description | For (including discretionary) | % | Against | % | Withheld | Votes cast as a % of TVR |
1 | Report and Accounts | 28,673,898 | 99.93% | 19,785 | 0.07% | 14,553 | 21.87% |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 27,701,860 | 98.02% | 559,917 | 1.98% | 446,359 | 21.54% |
3 | Final dividend of 9.125p | 28,679,756 | 99.93% | 20,570 | 0.07% | 7,910 | 21.88% |
4 | Re-elect Denis Jackson | 28,515,590 | 99.64% | 102,911 | 0.36% | 89,635 | 21.81% |
5 | Re-elect Trish Houston | 28,514,840 | 99.67% | 94,493 | 0.33% | 98,803 | 21.81% |
6 | Re-elect Robert Hingley | 27,895,774 | 97.50% | 714,041 | 2.50% | 98,321 | 21.81% |
7 | Re-elect Pars Purewal | 27,897,483 | 97.50% | 714,227 | 2.50% | 96,426 | 21.81% |
8 | Re-elect Claire Finn | 27,886,039 | 97.43% | 734,475 | 2.57% | 87,622 | 21.82% |
9 | Re-elect Clare Askem | 27,826,668 | 97.26% | 783,960 | 2.74% | 97,508 | 21.81% |
10 | Elect Maarten Slendebroek | 28,527,171 | 99.74% | 75,062 | 0.26% | 105,903 | 21.80% |
11 | Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as statutory auditors | 28,542,104 | 99.62% | 108,179 | 0.38% | 57,953 | 21.84% |
12 | Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 28,610,176 | 99.74% | 74,091 | 0.26% | 23,969 | 21.86% |
13 | Authority to allot shares | 28,608,617 | 99.72% | 81,613 | 0.28% | 17,906 | 21.87% |
14 | Amendment to the rules of the LTIP | 28,339,858 | 99.06% | 269,344 | 0.94% | 98,934 | 21.81% |
15* | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 27,963,589 | 97.58% | 693,174 | 2.42% | 51,373 | 21.84% |
16* | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investment | 27,962,022 | 97.58% | 693,558 | 2.42% | 52,556 | 21.84% |
17* | Authority to buy back shares | 28,598,950 | 99.72% | 80,180 | 0.28% | 29,006 | 21.86% |
18* | Authority to call general meeting on 14 clear days' notice | 28,403,348 | 99.01% | 285,314 | 0.99% | 19,474 | 21.87% |
* Special resolutions.
For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Corporation's total voting rights as at close of business on 26 March 2024, being the time at which shareholders had to be registered on the register of members in order to attend and vote at the AGM. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a resolution.
The number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of this announcement is 131,194,367 with no ordinary shares held in treasury. As at the date of this announcement the Corporation's total voting rights therefore comprises 131,194,367 shares with one vote each.
A copy of the special resolutions, resolutions 15, 16, 17 and 18 (the "Resolutions") and the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts will be filed at Companies House. The Resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, Corporate Secretary
Contact: Alison Skerritt, Tel: 02076065451
The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. is registered in England, company registration number 00030397. LEI number - 2138006E39QX7XV6PP21