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Westminster Group Plc
('Westminster', the 'Group' or the 'Company')
AGM Result
Westminster Group Plc (AIM: WSG) is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed. The proxy votes cast, by way of a poll, in respect of each resolution are below:
No. | Ordinary Resolutions | For | %ageFor | Against | %age Against | Votes withheld |
1 | To receive, adopt and approve the Company's Financial Statements and the reports of the directors and auditors thereon for the year ended 31 December 2020. | 50,541,273 | 99.97% | 13,202 | 0.03% | 110,884 |
2 | To re-appoint Sir Anthony Baldry who retires by rotation, as a director of the company. | 44,700,843 | 88.42% | 5,853,632 | 11.58% | 110,884 |
3 | To re-appoint PKF Littlejohn LLP as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting at which the Financial Statements are laid before the Company. | 50,125,773 | 99.42% | 291,702 | 0.58% | 247,884 |
4 | To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors. | 50,249,945 | 99.42% | 291,702 | 0.58% | 123,712 |
5 | To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities. | 46,129,377 | 91.27% | 4,412,270 | 8.73% | 123,712 |
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6 | To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights under the Companies Act 2006. | 49,428,502 | 97.81% | 1,106,145 | 2.19% | 130,712 |
7 | To approve the Capital Reduction, by way of a cancellation of the Company's Deferred Shares and the Capital Reduction Shares created pursuant to the capitalisation of the Company's merger relief reserve. | 50,306,558 | 99.51% | 13,202 | 0.49% | 111,712 |
Full details of the resolutions can be found at - https://www.wsg-corporate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-05-27-Circular.pdf
For further information please contact:
Westminster Group Plc | Media enquiries via Walbrook PR |
Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry - Chairman |
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Peter Fowler - Chief Executive Officer |
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Mark Hughes - Chief Financial Officer |
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Strand Hanson Limited (Financial & Nominated Adviser) |
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James Harris | 020 7409 3494 |
Ritchie Balmer
Arden Partners plc (Broker) Richard Johnson (Corporate) Tim Dainton/Simon Johnson (Broking)
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020 7614 5900 #'[p09o9iioi |
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Walbrook (Investor Relations) |
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Tom Cooper | 020 7933 8780 |
Paul Vann |
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Nick Rome | Westminster@walbrookpr.com |
Notes:
Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.
Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's) and blue-chip commercial organisations.
The Westminster Group Foundation is part of the Group's Corporate Social Responsibility activities. www.wg-foundation.org
The Foundation's goal is to support the communities in which the Group operates by working with local partners and other established charities to provide goods or services for the relief of poverty and the advancement of education and healthcare particularly in the developing world.
The Westminster Group Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, CIO, registered with the Charities Commission number 1158653.