24 Jan 2018 17:25
24 January 2018
McCarthy & Stone plc (the Company)
Results of Annual General Meeting Poll
The directors are pleased to announce that at the Company's AGM held earlier today, all resolutions put to the meeting were passed by way of a poll. The results of the poll, which will also be available shortly on the Company's website, www.mccarthyandstonegroup.co.uk, are:
Resolution | Votes For:
Number (% of votes cast) | Votes Against:
Number (% of votes cast) | Votes Withheld
| Total Votes |
1 Receive the Report and Accounts | 405,942,100 (>99.99%) | 3,800 ( | 29,840 | 405,975,740 |
2 Approve Directors' Remuneration Report | 404,575,261 (99.66%) | 1,388,234 (0.34%) | 12,245 | 405,975,740 |
3 Approve final dividend of 3.6p per share | 405,969,072 (>99.99%) | 1,615 ( | 5,053 | 405,975,740 |
4 Elect Paul Lester | 374,307,129 (92.78%) | 29,116,324 (7.22%) | 2,552,287 | 405,975,740 |
5 Re-elect Clive Fenton | 404,864,535 (99.73%) | 1,098,851 (0.27%) | 12,354 | 405,975,740 |
6 Re-elect Rowan Baker | 405,355,780 (99.85%) | 607,606 (0.15%) | 12,354 | 405,975,740 |
7 Re-elect John Tonkiss | 405,402,297 (99.86%) | 561,089 (0.14%) | 12,354 | 405,975,740 |
8 Re-elect Geeta Nanda | 405,378,482 (99.86%) | 584,957 (0.14%) | 12,301 | 405,975,740 |
9 Re-elect Frank Nelson | 405,117,852 (99.79%) | 845,534 (0.21%) | 12,354 | 405,975,740 |
10 Re-elect Mike Parsons | 405,373,526 (99.85%) | 589,860 (0.15%) | 12,354 | 405,975,740 |
11 Re-elect John Carter | 404,730,599 (99.70%) | 1,232,787 (0.30%) | 12,354 | 405,975,740 |
12 Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 403,420,081 (>99.99%) | 14,868 ( | 2,540,791 | 405,975,740 |
13 Authorise Risk & Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 405,952,817 (>99.99%) | 17,342 ( | 5,581 | 405,975,740 |
14 Authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 403,938,878 (99.80%) | 828,149 (0.20%) | 1,208,713 | 405,975,740 |
15 Authorise the Company to allot shares | 403,901,373 (99.49%) | 2,064,540 (0.51%) | 9,827 | 405,975,740 |
16* Authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights (general authority) | 405,919,450 (99.99%) | 32,210 (0.01%) | 24,080 | 405,975,740 |
17* Authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights (additional authority) | 334,233,726 (82.33%) | 71,717,934 (17.67%) | 24,080 | 405,975,740 |
18* Authorise the Company to make market purchase of its own shares | 403,323,894 (99.35%) | 2,631,846 (0.65%) | 20,000 | 405,975,740 |
19* Authorise a general meeting other than an AGM to be held on 14 days' notice | 400,326,379 (98.61%) | 5,633,556 (1.39%) | 15,805 | 405,975,740 |
* Resolutions 16 - 19 are special resolutions requiring 75% majority.
Copies of resolutions relating to special business, being 14 to 19 have today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
For further information please contact:
Patrick Hole
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Telephone: 01202 508040
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