2 Dec 2015 09:17
PURECIRCLE LIMITED("PureCircle" or "the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
PureCircle (www.purecircle.com), the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia ingredients, announces that all of the resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today (2 December 2015) were duly passed on a show of hands.
A summary of proxies received in respect of each resolution is set out below:
Votes validly cast | In Favour | Against | Withheld* | |||
Resolution | No of votes | No of votes | % | No of votes | % | No of votes |
Adopt the Annual Report & Accounts | 113,871,665 | 113,871,665 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 |
Approve the Director's Remuneration Report | 113,838,729 | 113,381,760 | 99.6 | 456,969 | 0.4 | 34,936 |
Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers (Malaysia) as auditors | 113,871,665 | 101,352,931 | 89.01 | 12,518,734 | 10.99 | 2,000 |
Authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 101,319,995 | 100,389,335 | 99.08 | 930,660 | 0.92 | 12,553,670 |
Re-elect Guy Wollaert as a Director | 113,871,665 | 113,555,246 | 99.72 | 316,419 | 0.28 | 2,000 |
Re-elect Mitch Adamek as a Director | 113,871,665 | 113,588,182 | 99.75 | 283,483 | 0.25 | 2,000 |
Re-elect Peter Lai Hock Meng as a Director | 113,871,665 | 113,131,213 | 99.35 | 740,452 | 0.65 | 2,000 |
Re-elect Olivier Maes as a Director | 113,871,665 | 113,588,182 | 99.75 | 283,483 | 0.25 | 2,000 |
Authorise the Directors to make non pre-emptive share allotments (special resolution) | 113,871,665 | 113,859,526 | 99.99 | 12,139 | 0.01 | 2,000 |
Authorise the Directors to make non pre-emptive share allotments in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment (special resolution) | 113,873,665 | 113,871,665 | 100 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 |
* A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against the resolution.
The total number of shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the record date and time for voting was 172,102,004.
In accordance with LR9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions relating to special business at the Annual General Meeting has today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
A summary of the proxy votes received and a copy of the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2015 are available at http://purecircle.com/investors/shareholder-and-constitutional-documents/
2 December 2015
NOTES TO EDITORS
PureCircle is the world's leading producer of high-purity stevia ingredients for the global food and beverage industry. Its mission is to encourage healthier diets around the world through the supply of natural ingredients to the global food and beverage industry. Its vision is to lead the global expansion of stevia as the next mass volume, natural-origin sweetener. PureCircle has offices around the world with the global headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Business was founded in 2002. PureCircle's shares are listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and trade under the ticker symbol PURE. For more information, visit: www.purecircle.com.
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