RNS Number : 1303D
XPS Pensions Group PLC
05 September 2024
 

 

XPS Pensions Group plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 5 September 2024

 

XPS Pensions Group plc (the 'Company') announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 5 September 2024, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 20 to 23 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls taken on the resolutions, on which Equiniti, the Company's registrar, acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

 


Resolutions

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes

% of issued

share capital voted

1

Receive the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024

172,835,291

100.00%

0

0.00%

172,835,291

82.98

2

Declare a final dividend of 7.0p per ordinary share

172,991,679

100.00%

0

0.00%

172,991,679

83.06

3

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2024

138,806,485

82.01%

30,443,717

17.99%

169,250,202

81.26

4

Approve the XPS Pensions Group Deferred Share Bonus Plan

143,421,639

82.92%

29,551,987

17.08%

172,973,626

83.05

5

Increase the cap on fees that can be paid to Non-Executive Directors to £750,000 per annum

145,067,758

83.86%

27,912,292

16.14%

172,980,050

83.05

6

Re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director

140,837,832

81.43%

32,110,718

18.57%

172,948,550

83.04

7

Re-elect Ben Bramhall as a Director

171,324,632

99.05%

1,650,918

0.95%

172,975,550

83.05

8

Re-elect Paul Cuff as a Director

171,324,940

99.05%

1,650,610

0.95%

172,975,550

83.05

9

Re-elect Sarah Ing as a Director

171,740,311

99.30%

1,208,239

0.70%

172,948,550

83.04

10

Elect Imogen Joss as a Director

172,941,073

100.00%

5,477

0.00%

172,946,550

83.04

11

Re-elect Aisling Kennedy as a Director

171,726,294

99.29%

1,222,256

0.71%

172,948,550

83.04

12

Re-elect Snehal Shah as a Director

172,972,661

100.00%

2,581

0.00%

172,975,242

83.05

13

Re-elect Margaret Snowdon OBE as a Director

142,220,680

82.23%

30,727,870

17.77%

172,948,550

83.04

14

Elect Martin Sutherland as a Director

172,941,381

100.00%

5,169

0.00%

172,946,550

83.04

15

Reappoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company

171,001,715

98.86%

1,979,759

1.14%

172,981,474

83.05

16

Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to fix the auditor's remuneration

172,710,993

99.84%

274,378

0.16%

172,985,371

83.06

17

Authorise the Company to use electronic means to convey information to members

172,963,559

99.99%

23,120

0.01%

172,986,679

83.06

18

Authorise the Company to make political donations and to incur political expenditure

141,994,070

82.34%

30,456,109

17.66%

172,450,179

82.80

19

Authorise Directors to allot shares within specific limits

142,286,301

83.06%

29,015,896

16.94%

171,302,197

82.25

20

Authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

138,617,850

80.13%

34,368,329

19.87%

172,986,179

83.06

21

Authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisitions)

138,400,723

80.01%

34,585,456

19.99%

172,986,179

83.06

22

Authorise the   Company to purchase own shares

142,911,650

82.88%

29,518,458

17.12%

172,430,108

82.79

23

Authorise the Directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice

172,750,785

99.86%

235,894

0.14%

172,986,679

83.06

 

The Company also announces that, in line with the Company's succession plan, Margaret Snowdon has stepped down as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee effective as at the close of the AGM. Margaret remains an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Board. Imogen Joss has been appointed as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee. 

 

As at 1.00pm on Thursday 5 September 2024, the number of issued shares in the Company was 208,276,267 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

 

There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

 

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

 

Full details of the resolutions passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available at www.xpsgroup.com.

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