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Mothercare plc Annual General Meeting 26 July 2019: Results
Annual General Meeting
At the annual general meeting held at 11.00am on 26 July 2019, the resolutions before the meeting were passed on a show of hands.
The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:
| Resolution | Votes For (including discretion) | % of Votes For (including discretion) | Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Votes Withheld* | % of votes withheld* |
1 | To receive the annual accounts, directors' report, strategic report, directors' remuneration report and auditor's report | 235,520,863 | 99.99% | 19,301 | 0.01% | 29,646 | 0.01% |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report | 205,792,725 | 87.38% | 29,729,692 | 12.62% | 47,396 | 0.02% |
3 | To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director | 211,007,087 | 89.58% | 24,545,518 | 10.42% | 17,205 | 0.01% |
4 | To re-elect Mark Newton-Jones as a director | 235,317,601 | 99.90% | 236,127 | 0.10% | 16,082 | 0.01% |
5 | To re-elect Glyn Hughes as a director | 235,208,692 | 96.85% | 348,069 | 0.15% | 13,049 | 0.01% |
6 | To re-elect Gillian Kent as a director | 235,400,147 | 99.93% | 159,479 | 0.07% | 10,184 | 0.00% |
7 | To re-elect Nick Wharton as a director | 235,508,630 | 99.98% | 42,915 | 0.02% | 18,265 | 0.01% |
8 | To appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditor of the Company | 211,223,296 | 89.67% | 24,322,246 | 10.33% | 24,268 | 0.01% |
9 | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 235,528,461 | 100.00% | 11,297 | 0.00% | 30,052 | 0.01% |
10 | Authority for the directors to allot shares | 235,321,921 | 99.90% | 231,772 | 0.10% | 16,117 | 0.01% |
11 | To authorise political donations by the company and its subsidiaries | 180,696,069 | 86.72% | 27,660,345 | 13.28% | 27,213,396 | 11.55% |
12 | Amend the Company's Articles of Association | 201,946,694 | 85.74% | 33,584,725 | 14.26% | 38,391 | 0.02% |
13 | Authority to call a general meeting at 14 days' notice | 235,514,597 | 99.99% | 28,553 | 0.01% | 26,660 | 0.01% |
14 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 235,453,055 | 99.98% | 56,700 | 0.02% | 60,055 | 0.03% |
15 | Authority to further disapply pre-emption rights | 211,156,478 | 89.66% | 24,362,835 | 10.34% | 50,497 | 0.02% |
16 | Authority to purchase own shares | 211,209,783 | 89.66% | 24,351,353 | 10.34% | 8,674 | 0.00% |
Resolutions 12 to 16 were Special Resolutions.
Notes
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution
As at 25 July 2019, the Company's issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 341,798,346 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights. There are no shares in treasury. As a result, proxy votes representing approximately 68.9% of the voting capital were cast for the AGM.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, www.mothercareplc.com and for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism, http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Further details:
MHP Communications
Simon Hockridge, Tim Rowntree, Alistair de Kare-Silver 020 3128 8789