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NewRiver REIT plc("NewRiver" or the "Company")
Results of the AGM
The Directors of NewRiver are pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held today on Tuesday 27 July 2021, all of the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll. The number of shares voted on the poll are as set out below. Resolutions 1-13 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 14-19 were special resolutions.
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % |
| Total shares for & against | % of total voting rights* |
| Votes withheld** | |
1 | That the Directors' Report, Auditor's Report & the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 be received and approved. | 133,322,796 | 99.99 | 14,990 | 0.01 | 133,337,786 | 43.53 | 1,557,012 | ||
2 | That the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Company's 2021 Annual Report on pages 99 to 117 be received and approved.
| 123,377,051 | 93.01 | 9,276,709 | 6.99 | 132,653,760 | 43.31 | 2,241,038 | ||
3. | To declare a final dividend of 3.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2021 | 134,621,319 | 99.83 | 233,204 | 0.17 | 134,854,523 | 44.03 | 40,275 | ||
4 | That Margaret Ford, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 124,598,269 | 93.30 | 8,942,464 | 6.70 | 133,540,733 | 43.60 | 1,354,065 | ||
5 | That Colin Rutherford being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 125,635,238 | 93.17 | 9,205,495 | 6.83 | 134,840,733 | 44.02 | 54,065 | ||
6 | That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 134,701,877 | 99.90 | 139,856 | 0.10 | 134,841,733 |
44.02 | 53,065 | ||
7 | That Mark Davies, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 134,691,598 | 99.89 | 149,135 | 0.11 | 134,840,733 | 44.02 | 54,065 | ||
8 | That Kay Chaldecott, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 125,557,249 | 93.12 | 9,283,484 | 6.88 | 134,840,733 | 44.02 | 54,065 | ||
9 | That Alastair Miller, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 119,239,617 | 93.06 | 8,895,991 | 6.94 | 128,135,608 | 41.83 | 6,759,190 | ||
10 | That Charlie Parker, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company. | 126,015,824 | 93.46 | 8,824,909 | 6.54 | 134,840,733 | 44.02 | 54,065 | ||
11 | That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of 1 Embankment Pl, London WC2N 6RH be appointed as auditors of the Company. | 124,711,956 | 92.48 | 10,134,611 | 7.52 | 134,846,567 | 44.02 | 48,231 | ||
12 | That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditor.
| 126,091,505 | 93.50 | 8,763,018 | 6.50 | 134,854,523 | 44.03 | 40,275 | ||
13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 131,784,479 | 97.72 | 3,070,044 | 2.28 | 134,854,523 | 44.03 | 40,275 | ||
14 | To disapply pre-emption rights. | 134,702,666 | 99.91 | 125,601 | 0.09 | 134,828,267 | 44.02 | 66,531 | ||
15 | To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those disapplied by resolution 14. | 133,383,755 | 98.93 | 1,444,512 | 1.07 | 134,828,267 | 44.02 | 66,531 | ||
16 | To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares.
| 124,761,381 | 92.52 | 10,085,107 | 7.48 | 134,846,488 | 44.02 | 48,310 | ||
17 | To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice.
| 131,474,473
| 97.49 | 3,379,881 | 2.51 | 134,854,354 | 44.03 | 40,444 | ||
18 | That the share premium account of the Company be cancelled | 134,789,835 | 99.95 | 64,688 | 0.05 | 134,854,523 | 44.03 | 40,275 | ||
19 | To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company | 134,745,954 | 99.93 | 98,400 | 0.07 | 134,844,354 | 44.02 | 50,444 | ||
Notes:
* As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 306,300,152. This excludes 2,625,006 shares in the Employee Benefit Trust.
** A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and cannot be counted in the calculation of the votes for and against a resolution.
For further information
NewRiver REIT plc | +44 (0)20 3328 5800 | ||
Kerin Williams (Company Secretary) |