14 May 2020 12:51
SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC (the 'Company') 14 May 2020
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting
At the sixth annual general meeting of the Company held at 9.00am today at 3 Dorset Rise, London EC4Y 8EN, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | Receive and adopt the 2019 Annual Report and Accounts | 314,583,465 | 100.00 | 11,546 | 0.00 | 78.44% | 803,870 |
2 | Approve the 2019 Directors' Remuneration Report | 277,089,976 | 99.71 | 796,110 | 0.29 | 69.28% | 37,512,795 |
3 | Re-elect Adèle Anderson | 314,820,596 | 99.82 | 570,793 | 0.18 | 78.64% | 6,778 |
4 | Re-elect Martin Angle | 314,127,595 | 99.60 | 1,262,817 | 0.40 | 78.64% | 7,755 |
5 | Re-elect Justin Ash | 314,732,082 | 99.79 | 663,567 | 0.21 | 78.64% | 2,518 |
6 | Re-elect Tony Bourne | 314,537,950 | 99.73 | 849,071 | 0.27 | 78.63% | 11,146 |
7 | Re-elect Dame Janet Husband | 314,541,262 | 99.73 | 850,127 | 0.27 | 78.64% | 6,778 |
8 | Re-elect Simon Rowlands | 314,727,321 | 99.79 | 659,700 | 0.21 | 78.63% | 11,146 |
9 | Re-elect Jitesh Sodha | 314,486,499 | 99.71 | 904,389 | 0.29 | 78.64% | 7,279 |
10 | Re-elect Garry Watts | 314,727,822 | 99.79 | 660,176 | 0.21 | 78.63% | 10,169 |
11 | Re-elect Dr. Ronnie van der Merwe | 312,669,221 | 99.14 | 2,718,276 | 0.86 | 78.63% | 10,670 |
12 | Elect Jenny Kay | 314,865,831 | 99.83 | 522,167 | 0.17 | 78.63% | 10,169 |
13 | Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 314,763,824 | 99.80 | 634,920 | 0.20 | 78.64% | 137 |
14 | Authorise the Directors' to determine the auditor's remuneration | 315,366,703 | 99.99 | 28,461 | 0.01 | 78.64% | 3,717 |
15 | Authorise political expenditure | 314,529,993 | 99.73 | 864,099 | 0.27 | 78.64% | 4,789 |
16 | Renew the authority to allot shares | 306,838,196 | 97.29 | 8,551,859 | 2.71 | 78.63% | 8,826 |
17 | Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights* | 313,668,344 | 99.45 | 1,727,426 | 0.55 | 78.64% | 3,111 |
18 | Renew the authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment* | 313,058,843 | 99.26 | 2,332,382 | 0.74 | 78.64% | 7,656 |
19 | Authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 314,444,282 | 99.71 | 905,058 | 0.29 | 78.62% | 49,541 |
20 | Authorise general meetings, other than annual general meetings, to be held on 14 clear days' notice* | 309,580,759 | 98.16 | 5,813,344 | 1.84 | 78.64% | 17 |
*Special Resolution
A trading update was released by the Company at 7.00am this morning.
Notes:
i) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
ii) The total number of shares in issue (ISC) is 401,081,391.
iii) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
iv) All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.spirehealthcare.com.
Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.
Philip Davies
Interim Company Secretary
14 May 2020
Spire Healthcare (SPI)