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SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC (the 'Company') 16 May 2019
Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting
At the fifth annual general meeting of the Company held at 11.00am today at 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:
| RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD |
1 | Receive and adopt the 2018 Annual Report and Accounts | 318,462,320 | 100.00 | 238 | 0.00 | 79.40% | 130,736 |
2 | Approve the 2018 Directors' Remuneration Report | 317,441,595 | 99.83 | 535,308 | 0.17 | 79.28% | 616,391 |
3 | Approve the 2018 Final Dividend | 318,590,936 | 100.00 | 238 | 0.00 | 79.43% | 2,120 |
4 | Re-elect Adèle Anderson | 318,086,149 | 99.84 | 497,352 | 0.16 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
5 | Re-elect Justin Ash | 313,911,827 | 98.53 | 4,671,674 | 1.47 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
6 | Re-elect Tony Bourne | 318,214,919 | 99.88 | 368,582 | 0.12 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
7 | Re-elect Dame Janet Husband | 310,338,708 | 97.41 | 8,244,793 | 2.59 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
8 | Re-elect Simon Rowlands | 313,812,006 | 98.50 | 4,771,495 | 1.50 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
9 | Re-elect Garry Watts | 304,682,092 | 95.64 | 13,901,409 | 4.36 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
10 | Elect Martin Angle | 318,362,533 | 99.93 | 220,968 | 0.07 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
11 | Elect Jitesh Sodha | 313,801,659 | 98.50 | 4,781,842 | 1.50 | 79.43% | 9,793 |
12 | Elect Dr Ronnie van der Merwe | 313,812,141 | 98.50 | 4,771,915 | 1.50 | 79.43% | 9,238 |
13 | Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 317,959,875 | 99.80 | 621,944 | 0.20 | 79.43% | 11,475 |
14 | Authorise the Directors' to determine the auditor's remuneration | 318,582,644 | 100.00 | 6,275 | 0.00 | 79.43% | 4,375 |
15 | Authorise political expenditure | 311,859,242 | 97.89 | 6,727,464 | 2.11 | 79.43% | 6,588 |
16 | Renew the authority to allot shares | 317,607,423 | 99.69 | 983,871 | 0.31 | 79.43% | 2,000 |
17 | Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights* | 318,238,250 | 99.89 | 353,044 | 0.11 | 79.43% | 2,000 |
18 | Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment* | 287,698,544 | 90.30 | 30,890,205 | 9.70 | 79.43% | 4,545 |
19 | Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 317,646,826 | 99.72 | 894,776 | 0.28 | 79.42% | 51,692 |
20 | Authorise general meetings, other than annual general meetings, to be held on 14 clear days' notice* | 315,628,633 | 99.07 | 2,962,106 | 0.93 | 79.43% | 2,555 |
*Special Resolution
A trading update was released by the Company at 7.00am this morning.
Notes:
i) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
ii) The total number of shares in issue (ISC) is 401,081,391.
iii) 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.
iv) All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.spirehealthcare.com.
Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.
Philip Davies
Deputy Company Secretary
16 May 2019