Last checked at 4 Jun 2014 16:00
For Immediate release | 4 June 2014 |
Mears Group PLC
("Mears")
Result of AGM
At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Mears, held earlier today at 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed.
Summary of AGM Proxy Voting:
For information, the summary of the proxy voting is shown in the table below. The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Mears website at www.mearsgroup.co.uk and copies of all special resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes at Chairman's Discretion | Votes Abstained |
Ordinary Resolution 1 | 80,063,727 | 2,014 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 2 | 46,855,363 | 33,209,794 | 21,659 | 750 |
Ordinary Resolution 3 | 80,064,731 | 651 | 22,018 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 4 | 80,065,741 | 0 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 5 | 78,767,100 | 953,357 | 21,659 | 345,284 |
Ordinary Resolution 6 | 79,819,874 | 245,867 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 7 | 79,819,874 | 245,867 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 8 | 79,818,028 | 247,713 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 9 | 78,161,777 | 1,903,964 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 10 | 79,313,864 | 451,877 | 21,659 | 300,000 |
Ordinary Resolution 11 | 78,784,671 | 1,281,070 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 12 | 79,953,817 | 111,924 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 13 | 78,264,528 | 1,801,213 | 21,659 | 0 |
Ordinary Resolution 14 | 73,171,051 | 6,894,690 | 21,659 | 0 |
Special Resolution 15 | 79,176,825 | 881,914 | 21,659 | 7,002 |
Special Resolution 16 | 76,562,900 | 3,503,007 | 21,659 | 0 |
Special Resolution 17 | 80,052,225 | 12,766 | 21,659 | 750 |
Special Resolution 18 | 80,054,110 | 10,881 | 21,659 | 750 |
The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote as at 4 June 2014 was 101,060,781.
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For further information, contact:
Mears Group PLC
Andrew Smith, Finance Director Tel: +44(0)7712 866 461
www.mearsgroup.co.uk
Buchanan
Richard Darby, Sophie McNulty, Sophie Cowells Tel: +44(0)20 7466 5000
www.buchanan.uk.com
Notes for editors
Mears is a leading social housing repairs and maintenance service provider to Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords in the UK and now commands a leading position in the UK Local Authorities' outsourced care market, providing personal care services to people in their own homes.
Mears employs in excess of 15,000 people and provides maintenance and repairs services to in excess of 10% of the UK social housing stock. Mears also provides care to over 20,000 service users.