28 Jun 2017 17:12
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Medica Group Plc
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Result of Annual General Meeting
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Medica Group Plc (LSE: MGP, "Medica" or the "Company") announces that, at its Annual General Meeting held at the offices of Eversheds Sutherlands (International) LLP at One Wood Street, London at 10.00 a.m. today, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.
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Resolutions | For (including discretionary votes) | % of votes | Against | % of votes cast | Votes cast as a % of relevant shares in issue | |
Ordinary business | ||||||
1 | To receive the annual report and accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016 | 63,425,585 | 100 | - | - | 57.08 |
2 | To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors to the Company | 61,522,182 | 97.00 | 1,903,403 | 3.00 | 57.08 |
3 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 63,425,585 | 100 | - | - | 57.08 |
4 | To re-elect John Graham as a Director | 63,189,597 | 99.63 | 235,988 | 0.37 | 57.08 |
5 | To re-elect Stephen Davies as a Director as a Director | 63,189,597 | 99.63 | 235,988 | 0.37 | 57.08 |
6 | To re-elect Anthony Lee as a Director | 62,946,448 | 99.63 | 235,988 | 0.37 | 56.86 |
7 | To re-elect Anand Jain as a Director | 62,946,448 | 99.24 | 479,137 | 0.76 | 57.08 |
8 | To re-appoint Roy Davis as a Director | 62,032,134 | 100 | - | - | 55.83 |
9 | To re-appoint Stephen Whittern as a Director | 63,425,585 | 100 | - | 57.08 | |
10 | To re-appoint Michael Bewick as a Director | 63,425,585 | 100 | - | - | 57.08 |
11 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2016 | 63,181,436 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 56.86 |
Special business | ||||||
12 | General authority to allot pursuant to Section 551 Companies Act 2006 | 63,425,585 | 100 | - | - | 57.08 |
13* | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (5% general authority) | 58,218,347 | 91.79 | 5,207,238 | 8.21 | 57.08 |
14* | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (5% additional authority for an acquisition or specified capital investment) | 57,975,398 | 91.41 | 5,450,187 | 8.59 | 57.08 |
15* | Authority for on-market purchases of up to 10% of issued share capital | 63,181,436 | 99.62 | 244,149 | 0.38 | 57.08 |
16 | Authority to send information by electronic means | 63,424,585 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 57.08 |
17* | Authority to call general meetings at 14 clear days' notice | 63,424,585 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 57.08 |
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* Passed as a special resolution of the Company; all other resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.
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N.B. Percentage of Votes cast excludes withheld votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
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The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 28 June 2017 at 10.00 a.m. was 111,111,114. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
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The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website (www.medicagroup.co.uk).
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A copy of this announcement will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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Enquiries:Â Â
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Medica Group: | +44Â (0)33 33 111 222 |
John Graham, Chief Executive Officer | |
Tony Lee, Chief Financial Officer | |
Investec Bank plc | +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
Sara Hale Daniel Adams | |
Henry Reast Edward Thomas David Herring | |
FTI Consulting | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Brett Pollard | |
Ben Atwell | |
Victoria Foster Mitchell | |
Robert Winder |
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About Medica
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Medica is the UK market leader by revenue in the provision of teleradiology services, providing outsourced interpretation and reporting on MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computerised tomography) and plain film (x-ray) images. The Company currently offers three primary services to hospital radiology departments: NightHawk, an out-of-hours service, routine cross-sectional (Routine CS) reporting on MRI and CT scans, and routine plain film (Routine PF) reporting on x-ray images.
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Medica has developed a bespoke secure IT platform that provides market-leading linkage between a hospital's Radiology Information System (RIS) and Consultant Radiologists who contract with Medica. Direct RIS access ensures that the full wider patient information is available and reviewed with every report.
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The Company contracts with the largest pool of consultant radiologists outside of the NHS and has been trusted to provide more than 1.3 million examinations annually across its customer base of more than 100 NHS Trusts and various private hospital groups and diagnostic imaging companies.
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About teleradiology
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Teleradiology is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, including plain film (x-rays), CT scans and MRI scans, from one location to another for the purposes of diagnostic interpretation and reporting.
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