Last checked at 26 Sep 2023 12:07
26 September 2023
Supreme plc
("Supreme," the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of AGM
Supreme (AIM:SUP), a leading manufacturer, supplier, and brand owner of fast-moving consumer products, announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, were duly passed.
Resolutions 1 to 10 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 11 to 13 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:
RESOLUTIONS | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % I.S.C. | VOTESWITHHELD |
1. Receive and adopt the Annual Report and Statements | 94,925,142 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 94,925,142 | 80.91 | 4,717 |
2. Reappoint Paul Andrew McDonald as a Director | 94,921,067 | 99.99% | 8,309 | 0.01% | 94,929,376 | 80.91 | 483 |
3. Reappoint Sandeep Singh Chadha as a Director | 94,925,076 | 100.00% | 4,300 | 0.00% | 94,929,376 | 80.91 | 483 |
4. Reappoint Suzanne Gwendoline Smith as a Director | 94,925,559 | 100.00% | 4,300 | 0.00% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
5. Reappoint Mark Richard Cashmore as a Director | 89,444,750 | 94.22% | 5,485,109 | 5.78% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
6. Reappoint Simon Martin Lord as a Director | 94,921,750 | 99.99% | 8,109 | 0.01% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
7. Reappoint BDO LLP as auditors | 94,823,142 | 99.94% | 61,234 | 0.06% | 94,884,376 | 80.88 | 45,483 |
8. Authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 94,910,376 | 99.98% | 19,000 | 0.02% | 94,929,376 | 80.91 | 483 |
9. To declare a final dividend of 2.2 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2023 | 94,928,493 | 100.00% | 1,366 | 0.00% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
10. Grant the Directors' authority to allot shares in the Company
| 89,445,861 | 94.22% | 5,483,609 | 5.78% | 94,929,470 | 80.91 | 389 |
11. To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 86,543,034 | 91.17% | 8,386,825 | 8.83% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
12. In addition to resolution 11, to dis-apply pre-emption rights | 85,745,325 | 90.32% | 9,184,534 | 9.68% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
13. Authorise market purchases of own shares | 94,849,201 | 99.92% | 80,658 | 0.08% | 94,929,859 | 80.91 | 0 |
Note: Percentages of votes cast for and against have been calculated excluding the withheld votes. Percentages are rounded to 2 decimal places. The Company's issued share capital consists of 117,321,126 ordinary shares of £0.10 each, carrying one vote each.
Enquiries:
Supreme plc Sandy Chadha, Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Smith, Chief Finance Officer
| via Vigo Consulting
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Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser) Samantha Harrison / Harrison Clarke / Samuel Littler
| +44 (0)20 7383 5100 |
Berenberg (Broker) Mark Whitmore / Mara Grasso
| +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
Vigo Consulting (Financial Public Relations) Jeremy Garcia / Kendall Hill supreme@vigoconsulting.com | +44 (0)20 7390 0230 |
About Supreme
Supreme supplies products across five key categories; batteries, lighting, vaping, sports nutrition & wellness, and branded household consumer goods. The Company's capabilities span from product development and manufacturing through to its extensive retail distribution network and direct to consumer capabilities. This vertically integrated platform provides an excellent route to market for well-known brands and products.
The Group has over 3,300 active business accounts with retail customers who manage over 10,000 branded retail outlets. Customers include B&M, Home Bargains, Poundland, The Range, Sports Direct, Londis, SPAR, Costcutter, Asda, Halfords, Iceland and HM Prison & Probation Service.
In addition to distributing globally-recognised brands such as Duracell, Energizer and Panasonic, and supplying lighting products exclusively under the Energizer, Eveready and JCB licences across 45 countries, Supreme has also developed brands in-house, most notably 88Vape and has a growing footprint in Sports Nutrition and Wellness.
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