1 Dec 2016 17:41
1 December 2016
ASOS Plc (the 'Company')
Result of AGM
ASOS Plc is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, were duly passed by shareholders, by way of a poll, at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 1 December 2016, as set out in the table below.
RESOLUTIONS | FOR | % FOR | AGAINST | % AGAINST | WITHHELD* |
1. To approve the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 August 2016 | 42,153,056 | 99.24% | 321,217 | 0.76% | 136,325 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 August 2016 | 27,887,147 | 66.72% | 13,911,658 | 33.28% | 811,793 |
3. To re-elect Brian McBride as a Director of the Company | 40,487,986 | 95.17% | 2,056,652 | 4.83% | 65,960 |
4. To re-elect Nick Beighton as a Director of the Company | 41,617,329 | 97.82% | 927,309 | 2.18% | 65,960 |
5. To re-elect Helen Ashton as a Director of the Company | 41,782,410 | 98.21% | 762,228 | 1.79% | 65,960 |
6. To re-elect Ian Dyson as a Director of the Company | 41,900,696 | 98.49% | 643,942 | 1.51% | 65,960 |
7. To re-elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company | 42,366,787 | 99.58% | 177,851 | 0.42% | 65,960 |
8. To re-elect Hilary Riva as a Director of the Company | 42,452,222 | 99.78% | 92,416 | 0.22% | 65,960 |
9. To re-elect Nick Robertson as a Director of the Company | 41,761,865 | 98.16% | 782,773 | 1.84% | 65,960 |
10. To re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 42,220,407 | 99.78% | 91,125 | 0.22% | 299,066 |
11. To authorise the Directors to determine the amount of the auditors' remuneration | 42,596,428 | 100.00% | 1,400 | 0.00% | 12,770 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares in the Company | 42,423,119 | 99.56% | 187,479 | 0.44% | 0 |
13. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights** | 41,684,341 | 97.83% | 926,215 | 2.17% | 42 |
14. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares** | 41,915,473 | 98.37% | 695,125 | 1.63% | 0 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution
** Passed as a special resolution.
For further information:
ASOS Plc | |
Greg Feehely, Head of Investor Relations | Tel: 020 7756 1000 |
Instinctif Partners | |
Matthew Smallwood/Justine Warren
| Tel: 020 7457 2020 |
J.P. Morgan Cazenove | |
Caroline Thomlinson | Tel: 020 7742 4000 |
Numis Securities | |
Alex Ham | Tel: 020 7260 1000 |
ASOS (ASC)