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RIGHTMOVE PLC - Result of AGMRIGHTMOVE PLC - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, May 9
9 May 2017
RIGHTMOVE PLC
(‘Rightmove’)
RESULTS OF THE 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of Rightmove shareholders was held today at the offices of UBS Limited, 5 Broadgate, London EC2M 2QS.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting, as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at plc.rightmove.co.uk), were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 15, 16, 17 and 19 were passed as Special Resolutions.
The proxy voting figures received in advance of the meeting are shown below:
| Resolution | Votes FOR (including discretion) | % | Votes AGAINST | % | Withheld | Votes cast as a % of issued capital* | |
| 1. | Receive the Report and Accounts | 73,383,229 | 99.94 | 46,040 | 0.06 | 3,824 | 79.39% |
| 2. | Approve the Remuneration Report | 72,340,405 | 98.54 | 1,075,197 | 1.46 | 17,491 | 79.38% |
| 3. | Approve the Remuneration Policy | 70,332,275 | 95.83 | 3,064,143 | 4.17 | 36,674 | 79.36% |
| 4. | Declare final dividend | 73,432,952 | 99.99 | 62 | 0.01 | 79 | 79.40% |
| 5. | Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 71,384,991 | 97.21 | 2,048,004 | 2.79 | 97 | 79.40% |
| 6. | Authorise directors to agree auditors’ remuneration | 72,818,045 | 99.16 | 614,636 | 0.84 | 411 | 79.40% |
| 7. | To re-elect Scott Forbes | 71,483,019 | 98.34 | 1,209,559 | 1.66 | 740,514 | 78.60% |
| 8. | To re-elect Peter Brooks-Johnson | 73,022,203 | 99.44 | 410,353 | 0.56 | 537 | 79.40% |
| 9. | To re-elect Robyn Perriss | 73,007,693 | 99.42 | 424,863 | 0.58 | 537 | 79.40% |
| 10. | To re-elect Peter Williams | 70,420,321 | 96.87 | 2,273,208 | 3.13 | 739,564 | 78.60% |
| 11. | To re-elect Ashley Martin | 71,508,834 | 98.37 | 1,184,695 | 1.63 | 739,564 | 78.60% |
| 12. | To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard | 72,734,961 | 99.15 | 621,329 | 0.85 | 76,803 | 79.31% |
| 13. | To elect Jacqueline de Rojas | 73,068,043 | 99.50 | 364,524 | 0.50 | 526 | 79.40% |
| 14. | To renew authority to allot shares | 73,349,000 | 99.89 | 83,358 | 0.11 | 735 | 79.40% |
| 15. | Disapply pre-emption rights | 73,400,780 | 99.96 | 31,804 | 0.04 | 509 | 79.40% |
| 16. | Disapply pre-emption rights for capital investments | 66,724,377 | 90.87 | 6,707,341 | 9.13 | 1,374 | 79.40% |
| 17. | To renew authority to purchase own shares | 72,293,007 | 98.62 | 1,014,322 | 1.38 | 125,763 | 79.26% |
| 18. | To authorise political donations | 71,780,742 | 98.75 | 907,248 | 1.25 | 745,102 | 78.59% |
| 19. | Approve 14 days’ notice for general meetings | 71,141,670 | 96.88 | 2,290,463 | 3.12 | 959 | 79.40% |
| 20. | To amend the Rightmove Deferred Bonus Plan | 73,117,893 | 99.57 | 314,384 | 0.43 | 816 | 79.40% |
| 21. | To renew the Rightmove Sharesave Plan | 72,588,448 | 98.85 | 842,888 | 1.15 | 1,757 | 79.40% |
* The votes validly cast by proxy are expressed in the table above as a percentage of Rightmove’s total issued share capital of 92,487,796 ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares, as at 5 May 2017. A vote “withheld” is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote “for” or “against” a resolution.
The issued share capital at 9 May 2016 was 94,707,124 ordinary shares of 1p each, of which 2,219,328 are held in treasury.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today’s AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Name and contact for queries and authorised official responsible for making this notification:
Sandra OdellCompany SecretaryTelephone: 01908 712058