9 Dec 2019 15:24
9 December 2019
LEI: 2138005C7REHURGWHW31
River and Mercantile Group PLC
(the 'Company')
2019 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') Results
The Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Company's 2019 AGM held on 9 December 2019 passed by the requisite majority. Resolution 7 was withdrawn. Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
Resolution (*indicates special resolution) | For (No. of shares) | For (%) | Against (No. of shares) | Against (%) | Votes Withheld (No. of shares) | % ISC Voted (excluding withheld) | |
1. | To receive the annual report and accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 together with the report of the auditors thereon. | 68,556,427 | 99.98% | 10,769 | 0.02% | 0 | 80.26% |
2. | To approve the Directors' report on remuneration for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2019. | 68,495,230 | 99.90% | 65,713 | 0.10% | 6,252 | 80.25% |
3. | To approve a final dividend of 5.0 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 June 2019. | 68,652,450 | 99.99% | 4,747 | 0.01% | 0 | 80.26% |
4. | To re-elect Jonathan Dawson as a Director of the Company. | 68,555,643 | 99.98% | 11,553 | 0.02% | 0 | 80.26% |
5. | To re-elect James Barham as a Director of the Company. | 68,561,666 | 99.99% | 5,531 | 0.01% | 0 | 80.26% |
6. | To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company. | 68,542,001 | 99.96% | 25,195 | 0.04% | 0 | 80.26% |
7. | To re-elect Kevin Hayes as a Director of the Company. | Resolution 7 withdrawn | |||||
8. | To re-elect John Misselbrook as a Director of the Company. | 68,561,666 | 99.99% | 5,531 | 0.01% | 0 | 80.26% |
9. | To elect Miriam Greenwood as a Director of the Company. | 68,517,901 | 99.93% | 49,296 | 0.07% | 0 | 80.26% |
10. | To reappoint BDO LLP as auditors to the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company. | 68,556,427 | 99.98% | 10,769 | 0.02% | 0 | 80.26% |
11. | To authorise the Board to set the remuneration of the auditors. | 68,562,450 | 99.99% | 4,747 | 0.01% | 0 | 80.26% |
12. | Authority to allot securities | 68,561,666 | 99.99% | 5,531 | 0.01% | 0 | 80.26% |
13. | Political donations | 41,834,504 | 96.58% | 1,481,033 | 3.42% | 25,251,660 | 50.70% |
14. | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 67,529,197 | 98.49% | 1,038,000 | 1.51% | 0 | 80.26% |
15. | Additional Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 67,523,174 | 98.48% | 1,044,022 | 1.52% | 0 | 80.26% |
16. | Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares | 68,554,127 | 99.98% | 13,096 | 0.02% | 0 | 80.26% |
17. | Reduction of capital | 68,562,450 | 99.99% | 4,747 | 0.01% | 0 | 80.26% |
18. | Notice of general meetings | 68,455,056 | 99.84% | 112,141 | 0.16% | 0 | 80.26% |
Sally Buckmaster
Group Company Secretary
River and Mercantile Group PLC
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River and Mercantile Group PLC +44 (0)20 3327 5100