26 Jun 2014 16:07
NMC Health Plc - Results of voting at Annual General Meeting
London, 26 June 2014: NMC Health plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 26 June 2014, as set out in the AGM Notice of Meeting.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions and the Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions were duly passed. Resolutions 1 to 18 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 and 20 were proposed as special resolutions. The result of the poll on each resolution was as follows:
For | % For | Against | % For | Total Votes Validly Cast | % of Issued Share Capital Voted | Votes Withheld | |
Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for 2013 | 164,586,557 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,586,557 | 88.62 | 2,143 |
Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' remuneration policy | 160,485,923 | 97.51 | 4,102,777 | 2.49 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 3: To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 164,571,007 | 99.99 | 17,693 | 0.01 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 4: To declare a final dividend for 2013 | 164,588,700 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 5: To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 164,553,041 | 99.98 | 35,659 | 0.02 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 6: To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' remuneration | 164,521,508 | 99.96 | 67,192 | 0.04 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 7: To re-elect H. J. Mark Tompkins as a Director | 164,588,700 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 8: To re-elect Dr B. R. Shetty as a Director | 164,521,258 | 99.96 | 67,192 | 0.04 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 9: To re-elect Lord Clanwilliam as a Director | 164,588,450 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 10: To re-elect Heather Lawrence as a Director | 164,588,450 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 11: To re-elect Jonathan Bomford as a Director | 164,588,450 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 12: To re-elect Abdulrahman Basaddiq as a Director | 164,521,258 | 99.96 | 67,192 | 0.04 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 13: To appoint Mrs Salma Hareb as a director of the Company, subject to the passing of resolution 20 | 164,588,450 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 14: To appoint Dr Ayesha Abdullah as a director of the Company, subject to the passing of resolution 20 | 164,588,450 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 15: To appoint Dr Nandini Tandon as a director of the Company, subject to the passing of resolution 20 | 164,521,258 | 99.96 | 67,192 | 0.04 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 16: To appoint Mr Binay Shetty as a director of the Company | 164,521,258 | 99.96 | 67,192 | 0.04 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 17: To appoint Mr Prasanth Manghat as a director of the Company | 164,521,258 | 99.96 | 67,192 | 0.04 | 164,588,450 | 88.62 | 250 |
Resolution 18: To authorise the Company to make political donations | 164,585,630 | 100.00 | 3,070 | 0.00 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 19 (Special): To authorise general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 153,037,672 | 92.98 | 11,551,028 | 7.02 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
Resolution 20 (Special): To amend article 50 of the Company's Articles of Association notice | 164,588,700 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,588,700 | 88.62 | 0 |
The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on Tuesday 24 June 2014 was 185,714,286 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.
Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against each resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.
General
Copies of all resolutions are available for inspection in the Notice of Meeting previously submitted to the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will then be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The Notice of Meeting and the voting results are also available on the NMC Health plc website at www.nmc.ae.