25 Sep 2013 13:00
25 September 2013
WYG plc ('Company')
2013 Annual General Meeting
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of WYG plc was held at the offices of MHP Communications, 60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7RT on 25 September 2013 at 10am.
All 9 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 and 9 were passed as special resolutions.
The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Votes withheld |
1. To receive the 2013 Annual report | 49,682,218 | 99.99 | 453 | 0.01 | 0 |
2.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 49,682,034 | 99.99 | 633 | 0.01 | 4 |
3. To re-elect Paul Hamer | 49,682,203 | 99.99 | 463 | 0.01 | 5 |
4.To re-elect David Jeffcoat | 49,682,640 | 99.99 | 26 | 0.01 | 5 |
5. To re-appoint PwC as auditors | 49,680,873 | 99.99 | 1,597 | 0.01 | 201 |
6. To fix the auditors remuneration | 49,682,221 | 99.99 | 249 | 0.01 | 201 |
7. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 49,682,387 | 99.99 | 271 | 0.01 | 13 |
8. To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights | 48,919,362 | 98.46 | 763,067 | 1.54 | 242 |
9. To authorize the market purchase of the Companies own shares | 48,919,415 | 98.46 | 763,252 | 1.54 | 4 |
As at 25 September 2013, there were 64,705,797 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
WYG plc Tel: 0113 278 7111
Paul Hamer, Chief Executive Officer
Sean Cummins, Group Finance Director
MHP Communications Tel: 020 3128 8100
John Olsen / Katie Hunt / Vicky Watkins
Numis Securities Limited Tel: 020 7260 1000
Stuart Skinner/ Jamie Lillywhite (Nominated Adviser)
David Poutney/ Ben Stoop (Corporate Broker)