Last checked at 30 Sep 2020 12:06
30 September 2020
Marlowe plc
Result of Annual General Meeting
Marlowe plc ("Marlowe" or the "Group"), the specialist services group focused on developing companies which assure safety and regulatory compliance, announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held at 10.00am today, shareholders duly passed all of the resolutions proposed. Each of the resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a show of hands.
Resolutions 1 to 5 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 6 to 7 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the vote incorporated proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, which are set out below.
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| Votes for | % | Votes against
| % | Total votes cast | Votes withheld |
1. | To receive the report and accounts | 22,059,259 | 84.29 | 4,110,995 | 15.71 | 26,170,254 | 49 |
2. | To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK Audit LLP as auditor | 25,390,680 | 98.68 | 340,800 | 1.32 | 25,731,480 | 438,823 |
3. | To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 26,001,957 | 99.36 | 168,297 | 0.64 | 26,170,254 | 49 |
4. | To re-elect Alex Dacre as a Director | 26,170,254 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 26,170,254 | 49 |
5. | To authorise the directors to allot shares pursuant to section 560 Companies Act 2006 | 26,170,254 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 26,170,254 | 49 |
6. | To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006 | 23,366,885 | 89.29 | 2,803,369 | 10.71 | 26,170,254 | 49 |
7. | To authorise the Group to make market purchases of its own shares | 25,563,183 | 97.68 | 607,071 | 2.32 | 26,170,254 | 49 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' total.
2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution, nor in the calculation of "total votes cast" for any resolution.
3. The issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM was 54,825,420 ordinary shares.
For further information:
Marlowe plc | www.marloweplc.com |
Alex Dacre, Chief Executive | Tel: +44 (0) 203 841 6194 |
Mark Adams, Group Finance Director | IR@marloweplc.com |
Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | |
Nicholas Wells | Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8900 |
Ben Jeynes Harry Hargreaves | |
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, London Branch (Joint Broker) | |
Ben Wright | Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
Mark Whitmore |
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FTI Consulting | |
Nick Hasell | Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1340 |
Alex Le May | |