RNS Number : 3864A
IP Group PLC
28 May 2019
 

FOR RELEASE ON

28 May 2019

 

IP Group plc - Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting of IP Group plc was held earlier today. All of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were passed by the appropriate majority on a poll.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, a copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

IP Group plc Annual General Meeting Poll Results

 

 


RESOLUTION

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

 

1

To receive the Directors' Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and Auditor's Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2018.

896,950,570

99.99

104,987

0.01

897,055,557

84.70

9,366,898

 

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018.

898,843,951

99.17

7,563,470

0.83

906,407,421

85.58

14,335

 

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy, the full text of which is contained within the Directors' Remuneration Report.

875,879,024

96.63

30,524,396

3.37

906,403,420

85.58

18,335

 

4

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid before the shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

902,378,145

99.99

81,903

0.01

902,460,048

85.21

3,962,408

 

5

That the Directors be authorised to fix the remuneration of KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company.

906,345,089

99.99

71,883

0.01

906,416,972

85.58

5,484

 

6

To elect Sir Douglas Flint as a Director of the Company.

892,825,297

98.89

10,044,554

1.11

902,869,851

85.25

3,551,905

 

7

To re-elect Mr Heejae Chae as a Director of the Company.

896,903,938

98.95

9,487,372

1.05

906,391,310

85.58

30,445

 

8

To re-elect Mr Alan Aubrey as a Director of the Company.

876,879,408

96.74

29,517,850

3.26

906,397,258

85.58

24,497

 

9

To re-elect Mr David Baynes as a Director of the Company.

905,919,039

99.95

471,377

0.05

906,390,416

85.58

31,340

 

10

To re-elect Professor David Begg as a Director of the Company.

890,612,159

98.95

9,469,117

1.05

900,081,276

84.98

6,340,479

 

11

To re-elect Mr Jonathan Brooks as a Director of the Company.

896,965,036

98.96

9,426,275

1.04

906,391,311

85.58

30,445

 

12

To re-elect Mr Greg Smith as a Director of the Company.

902,647,937

99.59

3,743,374

0.41

906,391,311

85.58

30,445

 

13

To re-elect Dr Elaine Sullivan as a Director of the Company.

896,921,519

98.96

9,470,926

1.04

906,392,445

85.58

29,310

 

14

To re-elect Mr Michael Townend as a Director of the Company.

902,253,887

99.54

4,137,424

0.46

906,391,311

85.58

30,445

 

15

That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 551 of the Act to

exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares / equity securities subject to the limits set out in the AGM notice.

888,520,829

98.03

17,892,601

1.97

906,413,430

85.58

8,326

 

16

That, subject to and conditional on the passing of Resolution 15, the Directors be and are hereby generally empowered pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act), payment for which is to be wholly in cash as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment.

906,076,697

99.96

335,266

0.04

906,411,963

85.58

9,793

 

17

That, in accordance with section 366 of the Act, the Company and all companies that are subsidiaries of the Company at any time during the period for which this Resolution 17 has effect be and are hereby authorised to incur political expenditure (as defined in section 365 of the Act) not exceeding £50,000 in total during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this Resolution and ending at the conclusion of the Company's 2020 AGM.

895,517,423

98.80

10,902,812

1.20

906,420,235

85.58

2,221

 

18

That the Company generally be authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Act) of the Company's ordinary shares on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine.

902,404,450

99.56

4,015,295

0.44

906,419,745

85.58

2,011

 

19

That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

903,190,933

99.64

3,226,229

0.36

906,417,162

85.58

5,294

 

20

That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to amend the rules of the IP Group Long-Term Incentive Plan as set out in the AGM notice.

Resolution withdrawn

21

That the Directors be and are hereby authorised to amend the rules of the IP Group Deferred Bonus Share Plan (the "DBSP")

as set out in the AGM notice.

899,110,893

99.20

7,286,142

0.80

906,397,035

85.58

24,721

 

 

Ends

 

 


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