23 Jun 2014 15:44
23 June 2014
Tarsus Group Plc
(the "Company")
2014 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 and 18), as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 21 May 2014, 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 2013 Annual Report | 75,403,154 | 75,403,154 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 74.6% | 0 |
2. To approve the Remuneration Policy | 72,534,471 | 65,208,250 | 89.90% | 7,326,221 | 10.10% | 71.7% | 2,868,683 |
3. To approve the 2013 Remuneration Report | 75,383,348 | 75,107,346 | 99.63% | 276,002 | 0.37% | 74.6% | 19,806 |
4. To approve the final dividend | 75,403,154 | 75,403,154 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 74.6% | 0 |
5. To re-elect Neville Buch as a Director | 75,403,154 | 75,029,285 | 99.50% | 373,869 | 0.50% | 74.6% | 0 |
6. To re-elect Douglas Emslie as a Director | 75,403,154 | 75,278,472 | 99.83% | 124,682 | 0.17% | 74.6% | 0 |
7. To re-elect Dan O'Brien as a Director | 75,403,154 | 75,278,472 | 99.83% | 124,682 | 0.17% | 74.6% | 0 |
8. To re-elect Hugh Scrimgeour as a Director | 75,403,154 | 75,278,472 | 99.83% | 124,682 | 0.17% | 74.6% | 0 |
9. To re-elect Robert Ware as a Director | 72,034,131 | 69,191,474 | 96.05% | 2,842,657 | 3.95% | 71.2% | 3,369,023 |
10. To re-elect Paul Keenan as a Director | 75,403,154 | 75,278,263 | 99.83% | 124,891 | 0.17% | 74.6% | 0 |
11. To elect David Gilbertson as a Director | 75,402,945 | 75,402,945 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 74.6% | 209 |
12. To re-appoint the auditors | 75,402,945 | 75,402,945 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 74.6% | 209 |
13. To authorise the auditors remuneration | 75,403,154 | 75,403,154 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 74.6% | 0 |
14. To approve an update to the share allotment authority | 75,403,154 | 75,395,154 | 99.99% | 5,000 | 0.01% | 74.6% | 3,000 |
15. To authorize the Company to hold treasury shares | 75,403,154 | 75,398,154 | 99.99% | 5,000 | 0.01% | 74.6% | 0 |
16. To authorize the Company to execute documents in connection with treasury shares | 75,403,154 | 75,398,154 | 99.99% | 5,000 | 0.01% | 74.6% | 0 |
17. To approve the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights | 75,403,154 | 75,380,498 | 99.97% | 22,656 | 0.03% | 74.6% | 0 |
18. To approve the renewal of the authority to make market purchases of own shares | 75,403,154 | 75,390,154 | 99.98% | 13,000 | 0.02% | 74.6% | 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 23 June 2014: 101,112,435 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