18 May 2017 13:21
18 May 2017
Sanne Group plc
("Sanne" or "the Company")
AGM Results
Sanne, a leading provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company was held earlier today. All the resolutions were decided by poll.
All of the resolutions were passed at the Annual General Meeting. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:
Details | For - (No. of shares voted) | For - (% of shares voted) | Against (No. of shares voted) | Against (% of shares voted) | Number of Votes Withheld |
Resolution 1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016, together with the reports of the Directors and Auditor. | 116,624,636 | 99.90% | 115,351 | 0.10% | 957,109 |
Resolution 2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) contained within the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016. | 115,989,344 | 98.55% | 1,707,751 | 1.45% | 1 |
Resolution 3 To approve a final dividend of 6.4 pence per share. | 117,697,096 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Resolution 4 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's Auditors until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company at which accounts are laid before the meeting. | 116,617,131 | 99.08% | 1,079,965 | 0.92% | 0 |
Resolution 5 To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors. | 116,432,646 | 98.93% | 1,264,450 | 1.07% | 0 |
Resolution 6 To elect and re-appoint Rupert Robson as a Director. | 117,450,273 | 99.79% | 246,823 | 0.21% | 0 |
Resolution 7 To elect and re-appoint Dean Godwin as a Director. | 117,505,846 | 99.84% | 191,250 | 0.16% | 0 |
Resolution 8 To elect and re-appoint Spencer Daley as a Director. | 117,505,846 | 99.84% | 191,250 | 0.16% | 0 |
Resolution 9 To elect and re-appoint Philip Godley as a Director. | 117,505,846 | 99.84% | 191,250 | 0.16% | 0 |
Resolution 10 To elect and re-appoint Andy Pomfret as a Director. | 117,615,557 | 99.93% | 81,539 | 0.07% | 0 |
Resolution 11 To elect and re-appoint Nicola Palios as a Director. | 117,697,096 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
Resolution 12 Authority to allot Equity Securities. | 116,991,556 | 99.40% | 705,540 | 0.60% | 0 |
Resolution 13* Disapplication of pre-emption rights - general power. | 117,694,570 | 99.998% | 2,526 | 0.002% | 0 |
Resolution 14* Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specific power. | 116,487,665 | 98.97% | 1,209,431 | 1.03% | 0 |
Resolution 15* Authority to purchase shares and hold any purchased shares as treasury shares. | 117,523,050 | 99.97% | 40,413 | 0.03% | 133,633 |
*Special Resolution requiring a 75% majority
Notes:
1. All resolutions were passed.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
3. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the % of shares voted "For" or "Against" a resolution.
4. The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 141,032,834.
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism website and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
These poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.sannegroup.com.
Enquiries:
Sanne Group plc Dan McKeon, Company Secretary | +44 (0) 1534 722 787 |