21 Jun 2018 13:52
21 June 2018
Tarsus Group Plc (the "Company")
2018 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 16) and special resolutions (resolutions 17 to 19), as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 21 May 2018, 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 (excluding withheld) | Number | % of shares voted | Number | % of shares voted | ||
1. To receive the 2017 Annual Report | 94,661,697 | 94,641,693 | 99.98% | 20,004 | 0.02% | 83.5% | 458,498 |
2. To approve the 2017 Remuneration Report | 87,459,093 | 57,572,560 | 65.83% | 29,886,533 | 34.17% | 77.2% | 7,661,103 |
3. To approve the final dividend | 95,120,196 | 95,120,196 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 83.9% | 0 |
4. To re-elect Neville Buch as a Director | 95,119,845 | 94,399,683 | 99.24% | 720,162 | 0.76% | 83.9% | 350 |
5. To re-elect Douglas Emslie as a Director | 95,119,846 | 95,113,514 | 99.99% | 6,332 | 0.01% | 83.9% | 350 |
6. To re-elect Dan O'Brien as a Director | 95,119,846 | 95,113,514 | 99.99% | 6,332 | 0.01% | 83.9% | 350 |
7. To re-elect David Gilbertson as a Director | 93,887,768 | 87,393,453 | 93.08% | 6,494,315 | 6.92% | 82.8% | 1,232,427 |
8. To re-elect Robert Ware as a Director | 85,246,755 | 62,444,282 | 73.25% | 22,802,473 | 26.75% | 75.2% | 9,873,441 |
9. To elect Keith Mansfield as a Director | 95,119,846 | 94,955,113 | 99.83% | 164,733 | 0.17% | 83.9% | 350 |
10. To re-appoint the auditors | 95,119,637 | 95,119,637 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 83.9% | 559 |
11. To authorise the auditors remuneration | 95,119,846 | 95,118,982 | 99.99% | 864 | 0.01% | 83.9% | 350 |
12. To approve an update to the share allotment authority | 95,116,846 | 95,116,846 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 83.9% | 3,350 |
13. To authorise the Company to hold treasury shares | 95,117,195 | 95,091,835 | 99.97% | 25,360 | 0.03% | 83.9% | 3,000 |
14. To authorise the Company to execute documents in connection with treasury shares | 95,117,195 | 95,091,835 | 99.97% | 25,360 | 0.03% | 83.9% | 3,000 |
15. To approve the 2018 Sharesave Plan | 95,116,332 | 95,115,982 | 99.99% | 350 | 0.01% | 83.9% | 3,864 |
16. To approve the 2018 CSOP | 95,115,772 | 95,091,626 | 99.97% | 24,146 | 0.03% | 83.9% | 4,423 |
17. To approve the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights | 95,116,846 | 93,581,545 | 98.39% | 1,535,301 | 1.61% | 83.9% | 3,350 |
18. To approve the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights - additional | 95,116,845 | 91,642,541 | 96.35% | 3,474,304 | 3.65% | 83.9% | 3,350 |
19. To approve the renewal of the authority to make market purchases of own shares | 95,119,443 | 95,091,083 | 99.97% | 28,360 | 0.03% | 83.9% | 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 21 June 2018: 113,349,114 shares. Not including votes withheld.
(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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Enquiries:
Tarsus Group plc
Simon Smith, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 8846 2700