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Result of AGM

15 May 2015 14:55

RNS Number : 3648N
Merlin Entertainments plc
15 May 2015
 



MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS PLC

 

Annual General Meeting

held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel, Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY

on Thursday 14 May 2015 at 11.00 am.

 

RESULTS OF POLL

 

The Merlin Entertainments plc Annual General Meeting was held at LEGOLAND Windsor Hotel, Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL4 4AY on Thursday 14 May 2015 at 11.00 am. In line with recommended practice, a poll was conducted on each Resolution proposed at the Meeting. Each Resolution was passed and the results of the poll on each Resolution are set out below:

 

RESOLUTION

*VOTESFOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTESTOTAL*

% of ISC VOTED

**VOTES WITHHELD

1

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 27 December 2014.

829,749,574

99.72

2,290,273

0.28

832,039,847

82.08

262,288

2

To declare a final dividend of 4.2 pence per share in respect of the year ended 27 December 2014.

832,057,370

100.00

290

0.00

832,057,660

82.08

244,475

3

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration in the Annual Report and Accounts.

815,000,513

97.95

17,023,562

2.05

832,024,075

82.07

278,060

4

To re-elect Sir John Sunderland as a Director of the Company.

782,785,382

98.90

8,669,801

1.10

791,455,183

78.07

40,846,952

5

To re-elect Nick Varney as a Director of the Company.

830,317,022

99.79

1,748,412

0.21

832,065,434

82.08

236,701

6

To re-elect Andrew Carr as a Director of the Company.

829,614,910

99.71

2,450,524

0.29

832,065,434

82.08

236,701

7

To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director of the Company.

831,072,075

99.91

768,488

0.09

831,840,563

82.06

461,572

8

To re-elect Ken Hydon as a Director of the Company.

790,172,713

99.87

1,057,152

0.13

791,229,865

78.05

41,072,270

9

To re-elect Fru Hazlitt as a Director of the Company.

831,176,875

99.91

767,504

0.09

831,944,379

82.07

357,756

10

To re-elect Søren Sørensen as a Director of the Company.

817,231,655

98.23

14,716,286

1.77

831,947,941

82.07

354,194

11

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.

819,725,305

98.52

12,319,158

1.48

832,044,463

82.08

257,672

12

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.

824,492,541

99.09

7,549,018

0.91

832,041,559

82.08

260,576

13

That the Company be authorised to make political donations and expenditure.

827,772,897

99.51

4,054,779

0.49

831,827,676

82.05

474,459

14

That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares.

807,805,708

97.08

24,257,285

2.92

832,062,993

82.08

239,142

15***

That approval is granted for the waiver by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of any obligation that could arise, pursuant to Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, for KIRKBI to make a general offer for all the issued share capital of the Company.

300,677,499

61.57

187,676,325

38.43

488,353,824

48.17

343,948,310

16****

To empower the Directors to allot equity securities under Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006.

795,607,772

95.63

36,343,183

4.37

831,950,955

82.07

351,180

17****

That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases under section 693 of the Companies Act 2006.

829,641,181

99.72

2,310,774

0.28

831,951,955

82.07

350,180

18****

That a General Meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

808,532,592

97.19

23,416,988

2.81

831,949,580

82.07

352,555

 

Notes:

* Includes discretionary votes received.

** A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes For or Against a Resolution.

*** KIRKBI Invest A/S ("KIRKBI") was, as at the date of the Annual General Meeting, interested in 302,971,529 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 29.89 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. These shares were not included in the votes cast for the purpose of the poll on Resolution 15 and are included in the Votes Withheld figure. If the Company were to exercise the buy-back authority to the exclusion of KIRKBI, KIRKBI's interest in Ordinary Shares would as a result (assuming no other allotments of Ordinary Shares) increase to 302,971,529 Ordinary Shares representing 33.21 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

**** Indicates a Special Resolution.

 

This Announcement is available for viewing on the Company's website, www.merlinentertainments.biz/shareholder-meetings.

 

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the Resolutions passed by Merlin Entertainments plc shareholders have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

Further enquiries:

 

Colin N. Armstrong

Group Legal Director and Company Secretary

Merlin Entertainments plc

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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