26 Nov 2020 13:15
Mothercare plc General Meeting 26 November 2020: Results
At a general meeting of the Company held at 11.00am on 26 November 2020, the resolutions before the meeting were passed.
The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:
| Resolution | Votes For (including discretion) | % of Votes For (including discretion) | Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Votes Withheld* | % of votes withheld* |
1 | To receive the annual accounts, directors' report, strategic report, directors' remuneration report and auditor's report | 222,203,719 | 89.39 | 26,372,366 | 10.61 | 1,860,290 | 0.74 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration report | 223,159,553 | 89.80 | 25,356,198 | 10.20 | 1,920,624 | 0.77 |
3 | To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditor of the Company | 223,203,990 | 89.80 | 25,359,536 | 10.20 | 1,872,849 | 0.75 |
4 | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor | 248,517,385 | 99.98 | 48,237 | 0.02 | 1,870,753 | 0.75 |
Notes
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution
As at 25 November 2020, the Company's issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 374,192,494 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights. There are no shares in treasury. As a result, proxy votes representing approximately 66.9% of the voting capital were cast for the GM.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, www.mothercareplc.com and for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Media enquiries to:
MHP Communications Email: mothercare@mhpc.com
Tim Rowntree, Alistair de Kare-Silver Tel: 0203 128 8742
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