21 Mar 2022 15:36
21 March 2022
AFERIAN PLC
("Aferian", the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of AGM
Aferian plc (LSE AIM: AFRO), the B2B video streaming solutions company, announces today that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today at the offices of Investec Bank plc, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed. The total number of votes received on each resolution were as follows:
Resolutions | Votes For | % of Votes | Votes Against | % of Votes | Total Votes | Votes cast as % of voting rights | Votes Withheld |
To receive the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 November 2021, and the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those financial statements. | 48,990,485 | 100.00 | - | - | 48,990,485 | 56.69 | - |
To receive the Remuneration Report of the Company for the year ended 30 November 2021. | 48,896,378 | 99.81 | 93,867 | 0.19 | 48,990,245 | 56.69 | 240 |
To declare a final dividend of 2.09 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 November 2021. | 48,990,485 | 100.00 | - | - | 48,990,485 | 56.69 | - |
To elect Mark Wells as a Director. | 48,984,525 | 99.99 | 5,960 | 0.01 | 48,990,485 | 56.69 | - |
To appoint BDO LLP as the auditors of the Company to hold office from conclusion of the meeting to the conclusion of the next meeting at which the financial statements of the Company are to be laid. | 48,983,419 | 99.99 | 6,826 | 0.01 | 48,990,245 | 56.69 | 240 |
To authorise the Directors to agree the auditors' remuneration. | 48,984,525 | 99.99 | 5,960 | 0.01 | 48,990,485 | 56.69 | - |
That the directors be authorised to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £565,919 (see notice). | 47,405,523 | 96.77 | 1,583,017 | 3.23 | 48,988,540 | 56.69 | 1,945 |
That the directors be authorised to allot equity securities for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis (see notice). | 47,403,023 | 96.76 | 1,585,517 | 3.24 | 48,988,540 | 56.69 | 1,945 |
That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of its own shares (see notice). | 48,938,630 | 99.89 | 51,855 | 0.11 | 48,990,485 | 56.69 | - |
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. The Company's issued share capital at the date of the meeting was 86,419,410 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"). There are now 1,531,458 Ordinary Shares held in treasury. Therefore the total number of voting rights at the date of the meeting was 84,887,952. 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.
For further information please contact:
Aferian plc | +44 (0)1223 598197 |
Mark Wells, Chairman Donald McGarva, Chief Executive Officer Mark Carlisle, Chief Financial Officer |
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Investec plc (NOMAD and Broker) | +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
David Anderson / Patrick Robb / Nick Prowting / Cameron MacRitchie |
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FTI Consulting (Financial communications) | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Matt Dixon / Elena Kalinskaya |
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About Aferian plc
Aferian plc (AIM: AFRN) is a B2B video streaming solutions company. Our end-to-end solutions bring live and on-demand video to every kind of screen. We create the forward-thinking solutions that our customers need to drive subscriber engagement, audience satisfaction, and revenue growth.
It is our belief that successful media companies and services will be those that are most consumer-centric, data driven and flexible to change. We focus on innovating technologies that enable our customers stay ahead of evolving viewer demand by providing smarter, more cost-effective ways of delivering end-to-end modern TV and video experiences to consumers. By anticipating technological and behavioural audience trends, our software solutions empower our customers to heighten viewer enjoyment, drive growth in audience share and ultimately their profitability.
Aferian plc has two operating companies: 24i, which focusses on streaming video experiences, and Amino, which connects Pay TV to streaming services. Our two complementary companies combine their products and services to create solutions which ensure that people can consume TV and video how and when they want it. Our solutions deliver modern TV and video experiences every day to millions of viewers globally, via our growing global customer base of over 500 service providers.
Aferian plc is traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM stock market (AIM: symbol AFRN). Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the Company has over 350 staff located in offices in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Madrid, Porto, Brno, Buenos Aires, and Hong Kong.
For more information, please visit www.aferian.com
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