RNS Number : 8791Q
Hostmore PLC
03 June 2024
 

Hostmore plc (the "Company")

 

Results of the 2024 Annual General Meeting

 

3 June 2024

 

Hostmore plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all the resolutions put to its shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities.  Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll are set out below.

No 

RESOLUTION

VOTES
FOR 

(incl. discretionary)

FOR 

(% of votes cast)

VOTES
AGAINST

AGAINST

(% of votes cast)

TOTAL VOTES CAST

(excluding votes withheld)

% of ISSUED 

SHARE 

CAPITAL  

VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1

To receive the Company's audited financial statements, together with the Directors' and auditor's reports for the 52-week period ended 31 December 2023

 

77,775,656

100.00%

2,025

0.00%

77,777,681

61.67%

5,292

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the 52-week period ended 31 December 2023

 

68,772,073

93.53%

4,753,753

6.47%

73,525,826

58.29%

4,257,147

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy (as contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report for the 52-week period ended 31 December 2023).

73,021,198

93.89%

4,754,104

6.11%

77,775,302

61.66%

7,671

4

To elect Julie McEwan as a Director

77,775,290

100.00%

2,064

0.00%

77,777,354

61.67%

5,619

5

To elect Helena Feltham as a Director

77,740,961

99.99%

6,393

0.01%

77,747,354

61.64%

35,619

6

To elect CĂ©lia Pronto as a Director

77,735,225

99.98%

12,129

0.02%

77,747,354

61.64%

35,619

7

To elect Matthew Bibby as a Director

77,746,901

100.00%

453

0.00%

77,747,354

61.64%

35,619

8

To re-elect Stephen Welker as a Director

 

77,746,751

100.00%

603

0.00%

77,747,354

61.64%

35,619

9

To re-elect Andrew Blurton as a Director

 

77,736,836

99.99%

10,518

0.01%

77,747,354

61.64%

35,619

10

To re-elect David Lis as a Director

 

77,736,836

99.99%

10,518

0.01%

77,747,354

61.64%

35,619

11

 

To re-appoint 

Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP as auditors of the Company 

77,768,605

99.99%

8,896

0.01%

77,777,501

61.67%

5,472

12

 

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditors

 

77,572,508

99.78%

167,354

0.22%

77,739,862

61.64%

43,111

13

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure

 

60,867,404

99.58%

257,496

0.42%

61,124,900

48.46%

16,658,073

14

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

 

77,572,173

99.74%

199,508

0.26%

77,771,681

61.66%

11,292

15

 

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of the Company's issued share capital

 

77,516,780

99.67%

253,446

0.33%

77,770,226

61.66%

12,747

16

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments

 

77,500,006

99.65%

270,220

0.35%

77,770,226

61.66%

12,747

17

 

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 

77,762,261

99.98%

14,145

0.02%

77,776,406

61.67%

6,567

18

 

To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice

 

77,602,551

99.77%

175,130

0.23%

77,777,681

61.67%

5,292

 

  Notes:

1.    Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "For" totals.

2.    A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution or the total number of votes cast.

3.    The number of shares in issue in the Company on 3rd June 2024 was 126,127,279. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per ordinary share held in the Company.

4.    Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM today will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

5.     Results of the poll will also be available shortly to view on the Company's website at https://www.hostmoregroup.com/results-reports-presentations.

 

 

 

Enquiries

Hostmore plc

Matthew Bibby, Chief Financial Officer

Email: enquiries@hostmoregroup.com

 

Dentons Global Advisors

Jonathon Brill / James Styles     Tel: +44 (0)20 7664 5095

Email: Hostmore@dentonsglobaladvisors.com

 

 

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