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Trinity Mirror plc
3 May 2018
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
At the AGM of Trinity Mirror plc held today at 11.30 am at the Museum of London Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 14 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17, 19 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 | 244,930,298 | 100.00 | 8,643 | 0.00 | 244,938,941 | 81.85% | 128,452 |
2 | Remuneration Report | 234,855,383 | 97.98 | 4,830,345 | 2.02 | 239,685,728 | 80.09% | 5,381,696 |
3 | Dividend | 245,058,051 | 100.00 | 4,588 | 0.00 | 245,062,639 | 81.89% | 4,786 |
4 | Elect Nick Prettejohn | 244,003,380 | 99.57 | 1,055,384 | 0.43 | 245,058,764 | 81.89% | 8,660 |
5 | Re-elect Simon Fox | 242,362,514 | 98.90 | 2,700,449 | 1.10 | 245,062,963 | 81.89% | 4,462 |
6 | Re-elect Lee Ginsberg | 229,422,329 | 96.28 | 8,855,779 | 3.72 | 238,278,108 | 79.62% | 6,789,316 |
7 | Re-elect Steve Hatch | 244,691,149 | 99.85 | 371,536 | 0.15 | 245,062,685 | 81.89% | 4,740 |
8 | Re-elect David Kelly | 239,286,500 | 97.64 | 5,776,679 | 2.36 | 245,063,179 | 81.89% | 4,245 |
9 | Re-elect Helen Stevenson | 244,770,725 | 99.88 | 292,570 | 0.12 | 245,063,295 | 81.89% | 4,130 |
10 | Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild | 244,689,074 | 99.85 | 374,091 | 0.15 | 245,063,165 | 81.89% | 4,260 |
11 | Re-elect Vijay Vaghela | 238,307,973 | 99.42 | 1,379,790 | 0.58 | 239,687,763 | 80.09% | 5,379,661 |
12 | Re-appoint Deloitte LLP | 238,416,646 | 97.29 | 6,645,805 | 2.71 | 245,062,451 | 81.89% | 4,973 |
13 | Auditors' remuneration | 244,102,330 | 99.61 | 956,572 | 0.39 | 245,058,902 | 81.89% | 7,881 |
14 | Allot shares | 244,305,630 | 99.69 | 757,490 | 0.31 | 245,063,120 | 81.89% | 4,305 |
15 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 244,624,746 | 99.82 | 431,026 | 0.18 | 245,055,772 | 81.88% | 11,012 |
16 | Further disapplication of pre-emption rights | 239,121,270 | 97.58 | 5,933,317 | 2.42 | 245,054,587 | 81.88% | 12,196 |
17 | Purchase of own shares | 239,338,349 | 97.71 | 5,607,601 | 2.29 | 244,945,950 | 81.85% | 121,474 |
18 | Political donations | 194,407,219 | 79.33 | 50,640,457 | 20.67 | 245,047,676 | 81.88% | 19,749 |
19 | Notice for General Meetings | 243,219,493 | 99.25 | 1,844,748 | 0.75 | 245,064,241 | 81.89% | 3,184 |
20 | Change of Company name | 244,740,222 | 99.87 | 314,597 | 0.13 | 245,054,819 | 81.88% | 11,965 |
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 299,268,697. This is the figure as at close of business on 1 May 2018 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.
3. The Directors note the proportion of votes cast against Resolution 18. As previously stated, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any intention of making any direct political donation. This resolution is proposed to ensure that neither it nor its subsidiaries inadvertently commits any breaches of the Act through the undertaking of routine activities. The Directors will consider shareholder views and will make relevant disclosures, if appropriate, in the 2018 Annual Report.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Notification of change of company name
Further to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, the Company is pleased to announce that its change of name from Trinity Mirror plc to Reach plc is expected to be registered with Companies House today.
Trading in the Company's shares will commence under the new TIDM code RCH with effect from 8 May 2018. The Company's current ISIN and SEDOL will remain the same.
No new share certificates are being issued in respect of existing ordinary shares held in certificated form. Shareholders should retain their existing share certificates which will continue to be valid.
Board changes
As previously notified, David Grigson has retired from the Board of Directors of Trinity Mirror plc and Nick Prettejohn has been appointed as Chairman with effect from the end of today's AGM. Nick has also been appointed as Chair of the Nomination Committee, with effect from the same date.
Enquiries
Trinity Mirror | ||
Simon Fox, Chief Executive Vijay Vaghela, Group Finance Director | 020 7293 3553 | |
Brunswick | ||
Nick Cosgrove, Partner | 020 7404 5959 | |
Will Medvei, Director | ||