9 Sep 2021 15:56
U AND I GROUP PLC Annual General Meeting - voting results and proxy appointments
The Annual General Meeting of U and I Group PLC was held today at 12 noon at 7A Howick Place, London SW1P 1DZ.
All resolutions proposed at the Meeting were decided on a poll and resolutions were passed.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | % VOTES AGAINST | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | Receipt of Financial statements and reports of the Directors and Auditors
| 101,277,552 | 99.97 | 33,308 | 0.03 | 265 |
2 | Approval of the Remuneration Report
| 101,270,022 | 99.96 | 38,298 | 0.04 | 2,805 |
3 | Re-election of P W Williams
| 101,266,287 | 99.96 | 44,838 | 0.04 | 0 |
4 | Re-election of R Upton
| 101,255,473 | 99.95 | 55,652 | 0.05 | 0 |
5 | Re-election of B J Bennett
| 101,245,485 | 99.94 | 65,640 | 0.06 | 0 |
6 | Re-election of L G Krige
| 101,090,914 | 99.82 | 181,146 | 0.18 | 39,065 |
7 | Re-election of R C Kerslake | 101,268,958 | 99.96 | 42,167 | 0.04 | 0 |
8 | Re-election Professor S A Morgan
| 101,268,958 | 99.96 | 42,167 | 0.04 | 0 |
9 | To elect J G Christmas as a Director of the Company | 101,222,771 | 99.91 | 88,354 | 0.09 | 0 |
10 | Auditors' re-appointment
| 101,271,050 | 99.96 | 37,535 | 0.04 | 2,540 |
11 | Authorise Directors to determine Auditors' remuneration
| 101,274,897 | 99.97 | 33,688 | 0.03 | 2,540 |
12 | Authority to purchase own shares
| 101,280,080 | 99.97 | 31,045 | 0.03 | 0 |
13 | Authority to allot shares
| 101,161,670 | 99.85 | 149,455 | 0.15 | 0 |
14 | Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights
| 101,223,880 | 99.93 | 71,549 | 0.07 | 15,696 |
15 | General Meetings to be called on 14 days' notice
| 101,023,610 | 99.72 | 287,515 | 0.28 | 0 |
16 | Authorise Directors to make political donations.
| 100,037,388 | 98.76 | 1,255,501 | 1.24 | 18,236 |
Notes to the disclosure
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.
2. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.
3. Resolutions 12, 14 and 15 are Special Resolutions.
4. Total voting rights of shares in issue: 125,431,713. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
Chris Barton
Company Secretary
9 September 2021