Last checked at 23 Nov 2020 17:40
23 November 2020
Mitie Group plc
LEI number: 213800MTCLTKEHWZMJ03
Result of General Meeting
At the General Meeting ("GM") of Mitie Group plc ("Mitie" or the "Company"), held on 23 November 2020, the resolutions put to the meeting were passed. Details of the votes cast are shown in a table below. The full text of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of GM, which is available on our website at www.mitie.com. The total number of votes cast was 959,247,678 representing 81.38% of Mitie's issued share capital.
Copies of the below resolutions have been submitted to the FCA and will shortly be made available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
GM - Poll results
Resolution | Votes in favour (as % of votes cast) | Votes against (as % of votes cast) | Votes cast | Votes withheld | |||
To approve the acquisition set out in the sale and purchase agreement entered into by the Company and How Group Limited on 25 June 2020. | 832,139,044 | 86.75% | 127,108,634 | 13.25% | 959,247,678 | 62,206 | |
To allot new ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in connection with the acquisition, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £6,209,904.58. | 831,906,642 | 86.72% | 127,340,368 | 13.28% | 959,247,010 | 62,874 | |
To approve the terms of an agreement providing for the purchase by the Company of certain of its own shares by way of an off-market purchase. | 832,134,802 | 86.75% | 127,112,208 | 13.25% | 959,247,010 | 62,874 | |
Note:
The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 1,178,754,935 of which 7,744,359 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 1,171,010,576.
-Ends-
For further information, contact:
Claire Lovegrove
Head of Media Relations | M: +44 (0)790 027 6400 | E: claire.lovegrove@mitie.com |
Fiona Lawrence
Group IR Director | M: +44 (0)7808 727 500 | E: fiona.lawrenceIR@mitie.com |
Peter Dickinson
Chief of Staff and General Counsel | M: +44 (0)776 821 5013 | E: peter.dickinson@mitie.com |
Notes for editors
About Mitie Group
Founded in 1987, Mitie is one of the UK's leading facilities management and professional services companies. It offers a range of services including Technical Services (Engineering Services, Energy, Water and Real Estate Services), Business Services (Security, Cleaning and Office Services) and Specialist Services (Care & Custody, Landscapes and Waste Management).
Mitie employs 47,500 people across the country, looking after a large, diverse, blue-chip customer base, from banks and retailers, to hospitals, schools and critical government strategic assets. It takes care of its customers' people and buildings, by delivering the basics brilliantly and by deploying advanced technology. It is pioneering technology, using smart analytics to provide valuable insight and deliver efficiencies to create outstanding work environments for customers.
Find out more at www.mitie.com