20 Jun 2016 16:00
20 June 2016
Tarsus Group Plc
(the "Company")
2016 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") results
At the Company's AGM held at The Writers Room, Radisson Blu Hotel Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland today, the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 17) and special resolutions (resolutions 18 and 19), as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 17 May 2016, were duly passed.
The final proxy voting position as received by the Company in advance of the meeting is set out below:
Resolution | Total | For(i) | Against | % of share capital voted (ii) | Votes withheld (iii) | ||
Number | Votes Cast | Number | % of shares voted | Number | % of shares voted | ||
1. To receive the 2015 Annual Report | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
2. To approve the Remuneration Policy | 73,132,652 | 57,036,826 | 77.99% | 16,095,826 | 22.01% | 71.4% | 6,250,209 |
3. To approve the 2015 Remuneration Report | 79,382,653 | 79,334,766 | 99.94% | 47,887 | 0.06% | 77.5% | 209 |
4. To approve the final dividend | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
5. To re-elect Neville Buch as a Director | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
6. To re-elect Douglas Emslie as a Director | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
7. To re-elect Dan O'Brien as a Director | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
8. To re-elect David Gilbertson as a Director | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
9. To re-elect Robert Ware as a Director | 75,780,269 | 67,451,121 | 89.01% | 8,329,148 | 10.99% | 74.0% | 3,369,023 |
10. To re-elect Tim Haywood as a Director | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
11. To re-appoint the auditors | 79,382,653 | 79,382,653 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 209 |
12. To authorise the auditors remuneration | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
13. To approve an update to the share allotment authority | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
14. To authorise the Company to hold treasury shares | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 99.99% | 5,000 | 0.01% | 77.5% | 0 |
15. To authorise the Company to execute documents in connection with treasury shares | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 99.99% | 5,000 | 0.01% | 77.5% | 0 |
16. To approve the 2016 Executive Retention Plan | 67,882,234 | 51,453,382 | 75.80% | 16,428,852 | 24.20% | 66.3% | 11,500,627 |
17. To approve the scrip dividend authority | 79,382,862 | 79,382,862 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 77.5% | 0 |
18. To approve the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights | 79,382,862 | 79,377,653 | 99.99% | 5,209 | 0.01% | 77.5% | 0 |
19. To approve the renewal of the authority to make market purchases of own shares | 79,382,862 | 79,375,528 | 99.99% | 7,334 | 0.01% | 77.5% | 0 |
Notes:
(i) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Company have been included in the 'For' total.
(ii) Issued ordinary share capital at 20 June 2016: 102,368,117 shares.
(iii) A 'Vote Withheld' is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
Tarsus Group plc
Simon Smith, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 8846 2700
+353 (0) 1234 3705