Last checked at 6 May 2021 15:00
6 May 2021
Reach plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
In accordance with the arrangements announced on 26 March 2021, the AGM of Reach plc (the 'Company') was held today at 10.30 am at Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford GU1 1QA.
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Resolutions 1 to 15 and 19, 21 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.
VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESCAST | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD | ||
1 | Annual Report and Accounts | 248,027,188 | 99.81% | 471,677 | 0.19% | 248,498,865 | 79.63 | 5,103,852 |
2 | Remuneration Policy | 239,993,386 | 94.64% | 13,592,059 | 5.36% | 253,585,445 | 81.26 | 17,272 |
3 | Remuneration Report | 252,489,662 | 99.57% | 1,095,788 | 0.43% | 253,585,450 | 81.26 | 17,267 |
4 | Dividend | 253,590,326 | 100.00% | 8,405 | 0.00% | 253,598,731 | 81.26 | 3,986 |
5 | Re-elect Nick Prettejohn | 240,651,296 | 99.17% | 2,013,308 | 0.83% | 242,664,604 | 77.76 | 10,938,113 |
6 | Re-elect Jim Mullen | 246,278,463 | 97.12% | 7,309,186 | 2.88% | 253,587,649 | 81.26 | 15,068 |
7 | Re-elect Simon Fuller | 253,421,216 | 99.93% | 166,447 | 0.07% | 253,587,663 | 81.26 | 15,054 |
8 | Re-elect Anne Bulford | 252,040,201 | 99.39% | 1,547,424 | 0.61% | 253,587,625 | 81.26 | 15,092 |
9 | Re-elect Steve Hatch | 252,043,833 | 99.39% | 1,544,155 | 0.61% | 253,587,988 | 81.26 | 14,729 |
10 | Re-elect David Kelly | 246,600,289 | 97.24% | 6,987,012 | 2.76% | 253,587,301 | 81.26 | 15,416 |
11 | Re-elect Helen Stevenson | 252,040,376 | 99.39% | 1,547,262 | 0.61% | 253,587,638 | 81.26 | 15,079 |
12 | Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild | 252,034,823 | 99.39% | 1,553,086 | 0.61% | 253,587,909 | 81.26 | 14,808 |
13 | Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 248,628,363 | 98.04% | 4,965,965 | 1.96% | 253,594,328 | 81.26 | 8,389 |
14 | Auditors' remuneration | 253,560,734 | 99.99% | 27,937 | 0.01% | 253,588,671 | 81.26 | 14,046 |
15 | Allot shares | 253,168,944 | 99.83% | 425,424 | 0.17% | 253,594,368 | 81.26 | 8,349 |
16 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 253,465,570 | 99.96% | 105,659 | 0.04% | 253,571,229 | 81.26 | 31,488 |
17 | Further disapplication of pre-emption rights | 215,194,423 | 84.87% | 38,374,680 | 15.13% | 253,569,103 | 81.25 | 33,614 |
18 | Purchase of own shares | 248,254,178 | 97.91% | 5,301,872 | 2.09% | 253,556,050 | 81.25 | 46,667 |
19 | Political donations | 249,131,318 | 98.25% | 4,446,107 | 1.75% | 253,577,425 | 81.26 | 25,292 |
20 | Notice for General Meetings | 252,652,408 | 99.63% | 929,895 | 0.37% | 253,582,303 | 81.26 | 20,414 |
21 | Approve Reach plc Savings-Related Share Option Scheme | 253,227,710 | 99.87% | 334,986 | 0.13% | 253,562,696 | 81.25 | 40,021 |
22 | Approve Reach Long Term Incentive Plan | 246,092,975 | 97.05% | 7,470,947 | 2.95% | 253,563,922 | 81.25 | 38,795 |
Notes:
1. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
2. The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 312,067,649. This is the figure as at the close of business on 4 May 2021 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries |
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Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Simon Fuller, Chief Financial Officer Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary
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