31 July 2018
Mitie Group plc
LEI number: 213800MTCLTKEHWZMJ03
Result of AGM
At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Mitie Group plc ("Mitie"), held on 31 July 2018, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed. The details of the votes cast are shown in a table below. The full text of each of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of the AGM, which is available on our website at www.mitie.com. The total number of votes cast was 277,670,232 representing 74.31% of Mitie's issued share capital.
Mitie acknowledges that, whilst the resolution for the election of Mary Reilly as an Independent Non-Executive Director was passed, a 23.74% vote against was received.
A process of shareholder consultation has commenced and Mitie will continue to engage with those shareholders who either withheld their vote, or voted against this resolution, to allay any such concerns for the future.
Copies of all special resolutions have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be made available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
AGM - Poll results
|
Resolution |
Votes in favour (as % of votes cast) |
Votes against (as % of votes cast) |
Votes cast |
Votes withheld |
1 |
Annual report & accounts |
277,219,182 |
99.90% |
266,049 |
0.10% |
277,485,231 |
198,236 |
2 |
Remuneration report |
245,779,649 |
88.81% |
30,982,345 |
11.19% |
276,761,994 |
921,473 |
3 |
Remuneration policy |
276,805,990 |
99.73% |
754,611 |
0.27% |
277,560,601 |
122,865 |
4 |
Re-election of Derek Mapp |
258,234,121 |
99.81% |
489,383 |
0.19% |
258,723,504 |
18,959,960 |
5 |
Re-election of Phil Bentley |
277,146,563 |
99.81% |
523,669 |
0.19% |
277,670,232 |
13,235 |
6 |
Election of Paul Woolf |
277,093,030 |
99.80% |
561,616 |
0.20% |
277,654,646 |
28,821 |
7 |
Re-election of Nivedita Krishnamurthy Bhagat |
277,224,338 |
99.89% |
307,359 |
0.11% |
277,531,697 |
151,770 |
8 |
Re-election of Jack Boyer OBE |
269,410,958 |
97.04% |
8,222,890 |
2.96% |
277,633,848 |
49,617 |
9 |
Election of Philippa Couttie |
277,262,736 |
99.90% |
272,540 |
0.10% |
277,535,276 |
148,191 |
10 |
Election of Jennifer Duvalier |
277,374,836 |
99.91% |
259,014 |
0.09% |
277,633,850 |
49,617 |
11 |
Election of Mary Reilly |
211,626,849 |
76.26% |
65,897,801 |
23.74% |
277,524,650 |
158,817 |
12 |
Election of Roger Yates |
277,379,079 |
99.95% |
146,615 |
0.05% |
277,525,694 |
157,773 |
13 |
Appointment of auditors |
277,261,306 |
99.86% |
391,695 |
0.14% |
277,653,001 |
30,466 |
14 |
Auditors remuneration authority |
277,175,996 |
99.85% |
429,812 |
0.15% |
277,605,808 |
77,659 |
15 |
Political donations |
275,893,193 |
99.40% |
1,667,437 |
0.60% |
277,560,630 |
122,837 |
16 |
Authority to allot shares |
277,483,265 |
99.95% |
129,155 |
0.05% |
277,612,420 |
71,047 |
17 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights (General) |
277,342,188 |
99.92% |
231,068 |
0.08% |
277,573,256 |
110,211 |
18 |
Disapply pre-emption rights (Additional) |
251,154,058 |
90.48% |
26,419,831 |
9.52% |
277,573,889 |
109,577 |
19 |
Market purchase of own shares |
277,038,424 |
99.82% |
503,398 |
0.18% |
277,541,822 |
141,644 |
20 |
Short notice of meetings |
248,152,477 |
89.37% |
29,512,211 |
10.63% |
277,664,658 |
18,809 |
Note:
The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 373,685,164 of which 7,748,108 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 365,937,056.
-Ends-
For further information, contact:
Tori Cowley
Group Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations
T: +44 (0) 203 123 8705 |
M: +44 (0) 781 852 8110 |
E: tori.cowley@mitie.com |
Peter Dickinson
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Notes for editors
About Mitie Group
Founded in 1987, Mitie is the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company. We offer a range of specialist services including engineering services, security, energy and property consultancy within Professional Services, catering, cleaning, pest control, landscaping, custody support services, and property maintenance.
Mitie employs 49,000 people across the UK, looking after a large, diverse blue-chip customer base, from banks and retailers, to hospitals, schools and government departments. We take care of our customers' people and buildings, by delivering the basics brilliantly and by deploying advanced technology. We are pioneers in the Connected Workspace, using smart analytics to provide valuable insight and deliver efficiencies to create outstanding work environments for our customers.
Find out more at www.mitie.com