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Parity Group PLC
29 May 2014
29 May 2014
Parity Group plc (the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today were passed on a show of hands. A summary of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting is set out below:
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Withheld | |
1 | Report and Accounts | 32,813,384 | 100.00 | 208 | 0.00 | 0 |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 32,790,294 | 99.98 | 6,787 | 0.02 | 16,511 |
3 | Re - Election of Philip Swinstead OBE as Director | 32,813,212 | 100.00 | 380 | 0.00 | 0 |
4 | Re - Election of Lord Freeman as Director | 32,811,142 | 99.99 | 2,228 | 0.01 | 222 |
5 | Re - Election of Paul Davies as a Director | 32,812,218 | 100.00 | 1,152 | 0.00 | 222 |
6 | Re- Election of Alastair Woolley as a Director | 32,813,077 | 100.00 | 293 | 0.00 | 222 |
7 | Election of Neal Ransome as a Director | 32,812,230 | 100.00 | 1,139 | 0.00 | 223 |
8 | Resolution withdrawn at the Annual General Meeting - Sir Peter Luff is not standing for election | 32,811,429 | 99.99 | 1,919 | 0.01 | 244 |
9 | Appointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors | 32,813,455 | 100.00 | 137 | 0.00 | 0 |
10 | Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors | 32,813,535 | 100.00 | 56 | 0.00 | 1 |
11 | Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive Rights | 32,808,384 | 99.98 | 5,208 | 0.02 | 0 |
12 | Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights | 27,953,548 | 85.21 | 4,853,220 | 14.79 | 6,824 |
13 | Authorise Market Purchase | 32,806,935 | 100.00 | 199 | 0.00 | 6,458 |
Notes:1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.2. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is carried.3. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at the date of the AGM Notice was XXXXXXXXXX carrying one vote each.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2R the full text of resolutions 11 to 13 (inclusive) which are items of special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Enquiries:
Parity Group PLC 0845 873 0790
Philip Swinstead
Alastair Woolley
MHP Communications 020 3128 8100
John Olsen
Ben Griffiths
Investec Bank PLC 020 7597 5970
Andrew Pinder
Patrick Robb
Dominic Emery