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NCC GROUP PLC
RESULTS OF THE 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of NCC Group plc (the "Company") held at Manchester Technology Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7EF on 22 September 2016, shareholders duly passed all of the resolutions proposed. Each of the resolutions put to the AGM were voted on by way of a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 11 and resolution 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.
Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Total votes cast | % of ISC voted | Votes withheld | ||
1. | To receive the report and accounts | 212,807,417 | 99.14 | 1,842,830 | 0.86 | 214,650,247 | 77.77 | 12,373 |
2. | To approve the directors' remuneration report (other than the directors' remuneration policy) | 212,330,807 | 98.92 | 2,312,857 | 1.08 | 214,643,664 | 77.76 | 18,955 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 3.15p per share | 212,869,790 | 99.16 | 1,792,830 | 0.84 | 214,662,620 | 77.77 | 0 |
4. | To re-appoint the auditors | 214,662,235 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 214,662,235 | 77.77 | 385 |
5. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 214,662,235 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 214,662,235 | 77.77 | 385 |
6. | To re-elect Rob Cotton as a Director | 213,897,646 | 99.64 | 764,589 | 0.36 | 214,662,235 | 77.77 | 385 |
7. | To re-elect Paul Mitchell as a Director | 206,311,727 | 98.99 | 2,094,840 | 1.01 | 208,406,567 | 75.51 | 6,256,052 |
8. | To re-elect Debbie Hewitt as a Director | 204,777,479 | 99.34 | 1,355,128 | 0.66 | 206,132,607 | 74.68 | 8,530,013 |
9. | To re-elect Thomas Chambers a Director | 214,607,951 | 99.99 | 25,410 | 0.01 | 214,633,361 | 77.76 | 29,259 |
10. | To elect Chris Batterham as a Director | 202,718,418 | 96.97 | 6,329,999 | 3.03 | 209,048,417 | 75.74 | 5,614,203 |
11. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 196,451,231 | 91.52 | 18,211,004 | 8.48 | 214,662,235 | 77.77 | 385 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights up to 5% of the issue share capital | 209,195,089 | 97.45 | 5,467,146 | 2.55 | 214,662,235 | 77.77 | 385 |
13. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for an additional 5% in relation to an acquisition or capital investment | 187,846,573 | 87.51 | 26,800,482 | 12.49 | 214,647,055 | 77.77 | 15,565 |
14. | To authorise the purchase of own shares pursuant to s.701 of the Companies Act 2006 | 211,548,597 | 98.55 | 3,114,023 | 1.45 | 214,662,620 | 77.77 | 0 |
15. | To reduce the notice period required for General Meetings | 209,001,515 | 97.36 | 5,661,104 | 2.64 | 214,662,619 | 77.77 | 0 |
16. | To approve the adoption of the NCC Group International Sharesave Plan | 214,653,473 | 100.00 | 2,162 | 0.00 | 214,655,635 | 77.77 | 6,985 |
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 276,016,423 ordinary shares.
4. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and on the Company's website.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business of the meeting will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
For enquiries please contact:
Helen Nisbet
Company Secretary
0161 209 5200