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Ascential PLC
05 May 2022
 

 

 

Ascential plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

 

All 21 resolutions considered at the 2022 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 29 March 2022.  The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 5 May 2022 was 439,953,947 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

 

Resolution no.

Shares For

%

Shares Against

%

Shares marked as Votes Withheld/ Abstentions

AGM






1.      To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021

406,823,288

99.70

1,205,850

0.30

274,242

2.      To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts

394,615,525

96.65

13,674,479

3.35

13,376

3.      To elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director of the Company

408,171,618

99.97

118,386

0.03

13,376

4.      To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company

398,689,187

97.65

9,600,817

2.35

13,376

5.      To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company

395,973,406

96.98

12,316,598

3.02

13,376

6.      To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company

408,043,483

99.94

246,521

0.06

13,376

7.      To elect Joanne Harris as a Director of the Company

407,934,494

99.91

355,510

0.09

13,376

8.      To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company

408,171,618

99.97

118,386

0.03

13,376

9.      To elect Funke Ighodaro as a Director of the Company

344,420,641

84.36

63,869,362

15.64

13,377

10.    To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company

310,814,417

76.13

97,475,586

23.87

13,377

11.    To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company

408,171,618

99.97

118,386

0.03

13,376

12.    To elect Charles Song as a Director of the Company

407,927,011

99.91

362,993

0.09

13,376

13.    To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company

398,926,311

97.71

9,363,693

2.29

13,376

14.    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

400,878,619

98.18

7,411,385

1.82

13,376

15.    To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor

404,702,437

99.12

3,585,279

0.88

15,664

16.    To authorise the Company to make political donations

391,494,458

95.89

16,793,258

4.11

15,664

17.    To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities

389,405,623

95.38

18,882,093

4.62

15,664

18.    To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 18 in the Notice of AGM

408,287,716

100.00

0

0.00

15,664

19.    To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 19 in the Notice of AGM

401,543,756

98.35

6,743,960

1.65

15,664

20.    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

405,617,909

99.36

2,620,256

0.64

65,215

21.    To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

392,861,257

96.22

15,428,747

3.78

13,376

 

Notes

1.     AGM Resolutions 1-17 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

2.     The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.

3.     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

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