RNS Number : 1060W
RS Group PLC
11 July 2024
 

RS Group plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Following the annual general meeting held today at the offices of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD, RS Group plc (the 'Company') announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at that meeting were duly passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions.  Resolutions 17 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed.

 

The results of the poll are as follows:

 



Voted For
(Incl. Chair's discretion)

Votes Against

Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)

Votes Withheld*

Resolution

Votes

% of Votes

Votes

% of Votes

1

Receive Annual Report and Accounts for 2024

420,728,923

100.00%

14,342

0.00%

420,743,265

10,758,247

2

Approve Directors' Remuneration Report for 2024

375,321,797

86.99%

56,138,542

13.01%

431,460,339

41,173

3

Approve Final Dividend for 2024

431,475,467

100.00%

1,451

0.00%

431,476,918

24,594

4

Re-elect Alex Baldock

421,135,712

98.63%

5,861,492

1.37%

426,997,204

4,444,308

5

Re-elect Louisa Burdett

421,169,891

98.63%

5,863,346

1.37%

427,033,237

4,408,275

6

Re-elect Rona Fairhead

413,892,196

99.59%

1,707,215

0.41%

415,599,411

15,842,101

7

Re-elect Navneet Kapoor

431,361,511

99.99%

34,917

0.01%

431,396,428

45,084

8

Re-elect Bessie Lee

431,388,765

99.99%

23,439

0.01%

431,412,204

29,308

9

Re-elect Simon Pryce

431,355,348

99.99%

52,058

0.01%

431,407,406

34,106

10

Elect Kate Ringrose

429,415,060

99.54%

1,996,473

0.46%

431,411,533

29,979

11

Re-elect David Sleath

421,179,562

98.63%

5,861,045

1.37%

427,040,607

4,400,905

12

Re-elect Joan Wainwright

425,508,949

98.64%

5,885,582

1.36%

431,394,531

46,981

13

Reappoint Deloitte as Auditor   

431,374,592

99.99%

51,089

0.01%

431,425,681

15,831

14

Agree remuneration of the auditor

431,479,966

100.00%

13,797

0.00%

431,493,763

7,749

15

Limited authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure

417,248,108

96.71%

14,184,094

3.29%

431,432,202

69,310

16

Authority to allot shares

388,065,167

89.94%

43,416,304

10.06%

431,481,471

20,041

17

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 12%       

386,711,751

89.63%

44,749,158

10.37%

431,460,909

40,603

18

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for additional 12% 

373,437,688

86.55%

58,008,198

13.45%

431,445,886

55,725

19

Authority to purchase own shares

427,035,135

98.98%

4,380,238

1.02%

431,415,373

86,139

20

Notice Period for General Meetings

397,045,536

92.02%

34,448,112

7.98%

431,493,648

7,864

 

 

The RS Group Board is pleased to note that all resolutions were passed with the requisite majority votes and welcomes the overwhelming support of the Company's shareholders for the majority of the resolutions proposed.

 

 

Notes

 

The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes, is set out in the Notice of Meeting, which is available on the Company's website:  rsgroup.com

 

The total number of shares in issue on Thursday, 11 July 2024 was 474,034,527 ordinary shares in the Company. A total of 91.03% of the share capital was voted.

 

*Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.  A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2., a copy of the Resolutions relating to Special Business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

Clare Underwood

Company Secretary

11 July 2024

 

 

 

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