Last checked at 28 Aug 2019 10:37
TheWorks.co.uk plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Wednesday 28 August 2019 at 9.30am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 17 July 2019 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 13 to 17 were passed as special resolutions.
Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.theworksplc.co.uk
No | RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
1 | To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 28 April 2019 | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 2.4 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 28 April 2019 | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
3 | To approved the Directors' Remuneration Report | 50,116,302 | 99.99 | 1500 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
4 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 50,116,302 | 99.99 | 1,500 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
5 | To reappoint Dean Hoyle as a Director | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
6 | To reappointKevin Keaney as a Director | 50,117,402 | 99.99 | 400 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
7 | To reappoint Gavin Peck as a Director | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
8 | To reappoint Catherine Glickman as a Director | 50,117,402 | 99.99 | 400 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
9 | To reappoint Harry Morley as a Director | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
10 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company | 50,116,302 | 99.99 | 1,500 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
11 | To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 50,117,802 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
13 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 50,115,902 | 99.99 | 1,900 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
14 | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 50,115,902 | 99.99 | 1,900 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
15 | To authorise the Company to buy back shares | 50,115,902 | 99.99 | 1,900 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
16 | Authority to call a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 50,117,402 | 99.99 | 400 | 0.01 | 50,117,802 | 80.19 | 0 |
17 | Dividend ratification and release | 39,961,151 | 99.99 | 400 | 0.01 | 39,961,551 | 63.94 | 10,156,251 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "for" totals.
2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
3. As set out in the AGM Notice, the Directors did not vote on resolution 17, and their shares are therefore recorded as votes withheld in respect of that resolution.
4. The number of shares in issue at 6:30 p.m. on 26 August 2019 was 62,500,000.The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions passed at the Meeting concerning items other than ordinary business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
Enquiries:
TheWorks.co.uk plc Kevin Keaney, CEO Gavin Peck, CFO
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