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14 Dec 2015 17:00
River and Mercantile Group PLC
2015 Annual General Meeting
Number of voting shares in issue at meeting date:
At the Annual General Meeting held on 11th December 2015 all nineteen resolutions contained in the notice and put to the meeting were duly passed.
Current total issued voting shares: 82,095,346
Analysis of Proxies received and Poll results for the 2015 Annual General Meeting:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Total | %ISC | Votes Withheld |
1.Receive the Annual Accounts and the Reports of the directors for the year ended 30 June 2015 and the Auditors Report thereon | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
2. Approve the Directors' report on remuneration for the financial year ended 30 June 2015 | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
3. Approve the payment of a final dividend of 3.8 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 June 2015 | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
4. Re-elect Paul Bradshaw as a Director of the Company with controlling shareholders vote * | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
5. Re-elect James Barham as a Director of the Company | 60,883,117 | 2,035,622 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
6. Re-elect Jack Berry as a Director of the Company | 60,883,117 | 2,035,622 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
7. Re-elect Angela Crawford- Ingle as a Director of the Company with controlling shareholders vote * | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
8. Re-elect Mike Faulkner as a Director of the Company | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
9. Re-elect Kevin Hayes as a Director of the Company | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
10. Re-elect Robin Minter-Kemp as a Director of the Company with controlling shareholders vote * | 61,115,117 | 1,803,622 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
11. Re-elect Jonathan Punter as a Director of the Company | 62,436,739 | 482,000 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
12. Re-elect Peter Warry as a Director of the Company with controlling shareholders vote * | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
13. Reappoint BDO LLP as Auditors to the Company | 62,668,739 | 0 | 62,668,739 | 76.03 | 250,000 |
14. Authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the auditors. | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
15. Authorise the directors to allot securities | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
16. Authorise the directors to make political donations.** | 30,552,880 | 32,365,859 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
16. Results of the Poll - Authorise the directors to make political donations. ** | 40,233,312 | 32,365,859 | 72,599,171 | 88.43 | 0 |
17. Approve the rules of the Company's SAYE Option Scheme | 62,918,739 | 0 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
18. Authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights*** | 61,855,201 | 1,063,538 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
19. Authorise the Directors to call a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days notice.*** | 59,097,690 | 3,821,049 | 62,918,739 | 76.64 | 0 |
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Total | % Eligible votes | Votes Withheld |
4. Re-elect Paul Bradshaw as a Director of the Company | 31,616,418 | 0 | 31,616,418 | 63.58 | 0 |
7. Re-elect Angela Crawford- Ingle as a Director of the Company | 31,616,418 | 0 | 31,616,418 | 63.58 | 0 |
10. Re-elect Robin Minter-Kemp as a Director of the Company | 29,812,796 | 1,803,622 | 31,616,418 | 63.58 | 0 |
12. Re-elect Peter Warry as a Director of the Company | 31,616,418 | 0 | 31,616,418 | 63.58 | 0 |
Directorate Changes - LR 9.6 11 R
Mr Angus Samuels as representative for the controlling shareholder Punter Southall Group Limited and Mr Mark Johnson as representative for Pacific Investment Group Limited retired as directors of the Company with effect from the close of the AGM in accordance with the terms of agreements previously entered into.
\* These proxy figures for each independent director include the proxy votes of the controlling shareholder.
**Resolution 16 was passed following a poll requested by the Chairman of the meeting.
***Special Resolution
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