Last checked at 3 Feb 2021 11:46
3 February 2021
Premier Miton Group plc
('Premier Miton' or the 'Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
Premier Miton Group plc (AIM: PMI) announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM' or 'Meeting') of the Company, which was held today at 10.00am. The Meeting was held as a closed meeting, with shareholders able to watch and listen by way of a webinar, in accordance with the extended provisions of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020. The proxy votes validly cast for each of the resolutions are set out in the table below.
The total issued share capital of the Company is 157,913,035 ordinary shares (the 'ISC').
As announced on 3 December 2020, Mike Vogel retired from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM.
Resolution | Votes cast 'For' (includes discretionary) |
% | Votes cast 'Against' |
% | Votes withheld* | Total Votes Cast (excluding Withheld) | Total votes cast as a % of ISC | |
1. | To receive the Company's audited accounts for the year ending 30 September 2020 | 98,836,050 | 99.99 | 838 | 0.01 | 628 | 98,836,888 | 62.59 |
2. | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration | 98,813,864 | 99.99 | 4,023 | 0.01 | 19,629 | 98,817,887 | 62.58 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 4.5 pence per share | 98,837,516 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 98,837,516 | 62.59 |
4. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 98,012,575 | 99.18 | 806,934 | 0.82 | 18,007 | 98,819,509 | 62.58 |
5. | To appoint Alison Fleming as a Director | 98,814,131 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 23,385 | 98,814,131 | 62.58 |
6. | To re-appoint Will Smith as a Director | 98,813,131 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 24,385 | 98,813,131 | 62.57 |
7. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 98,798,014 | 99.98 | 20,639 | 0.02 | 18,773 | 98,818,743 | 62.58 |
8. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights** | 97,917,927 | 99.09 | 896,042 | 0.91 | 23,547 | 98,813,969 | 62.57 |
9. | To authorise the Directors to purchase own shares** | 97,313,437 | 99.99 | 838 | 0.01 | 1,523,241 | 97,314,275 | 61.63 |
*A vote Withheld is not a vote at law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of vote cast 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
**Special Resolutions requiring 75% majority to pass
For further information, please contact:
Premier Miton Group plc Mike O'Shea, Chief Executive Officer
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01483 306 090
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Numis Securities Limited (NOMAD and Broker) Charles Farquhar / Huw Jeremy
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020 7260 1000
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Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Richard Crawley / Jamie Richards
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020 3100 2000 |
Smithfield Consultants (Financial PR) John Kiely / Andrew Wilde / Imogen Gardam
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020 3047 2544 / 07785 275665
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Notes to editors:
Premier Miton Investors is focused on delivering good investment outcomes for investors through relevant products and active management across its range of investment strategies, which include equity, fixed income, multi-asset and absolute return.