Company Announcements

Result of AGM

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Brown (N.) Group PLC
09 July 2019
 

09 July 2019

N BROWN GROUP PLC - RESULTS OF AGM

The Board of Directors of N Brown Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions put to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held on Tuesday 09 July 2019. Details of the resolutions are set out in full in the Notice of AGM circulated to shareholders on 31 May 2019. Copies are available to view and download on the Company's corporate website: https://www.nbrown.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm

Voting at the AGM was conducted on a show of hands. All resolutions were passed by the required majority.

Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 and 17 were passed as special resolutions.

As the Company has a controlling shareholder, Lord Alliance of Manchester CBE, as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rules, each resolution to re-elect an Independent Non-Executive Director (resolutions 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) has been approved by a majority of votes cast by:

-      The shareholders of the Company as a whole; and

-      The independent shareholders of the Company.

The results of votes cast by proxy for each resolution were as follows:

Resolution

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

Total votes

% of ISC* voted

Votes withheld

1

204,640,776

100.00

1,500

0.00

204,642,276

71.77%

83,782

2

177,995,722

99.60

706,951

0.40

178,702,673

62.67%

26,023,384

3

204,028,327

99.66

687,498

0.34

204,715,825

71.79%

10,233

4

204,718,559

100.00

0

0.00

204,718,559

71.79%

7,499

5

203,309,521

99.91

186,632

0.09

203,496,153

71.36%

1,229,905

6**

203,209,307

99.86

283,922

0.14

203,493,229

71.36%

1,232,828

7

203,284,269

99.90

211,971

0.10

203,496,240

71.36%

1,229,818

8**

202,412,091

99.47

1,081,138

0.53

203,493,229

71.36%

1,232,828

9**

203,280,259

99.89

215,971

0.11

203,496,230

71.36%

1,229,828

10**

202,629,314

99.58

860,829

0.42

203,490,143

71.36%

1,235,915

11**

203,261,690

99.89

228,452

0.11

203,490,142

71.36%

1,235,915

12**

202,470,840

99.50

1,022,303

0.50

203,493,143

71.36%

1,232,915

13

202,565,988

99.55

925,655

0.45

203,491,643

71.36%

1,234,415

14

183,123,503

99.64

656,187

0.36

183,779,690

64.45%

20,946,367

15

204,357,905

99.83

355,290

0.17

204,713,195

71.79%

12,863

16

203,484,226

99.40

1,232,969

0.60

204,717,195

71.79%

8,863

17

202,029,584

98.68

2,696,474

1.32

204,726,058

71.80%

0

* Issued Share Capital

** Independent Non-Executive Director

 

The results cast by proxy from independent shareholders on the resolutions concerning the re-election of the independent Non-Executive Directors were as follows:

 Resolution

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

Total votes

% of ISC* voted

Votes withheld

6 - to re-elect Matt Davies

146,509,179

99.81%

283,922

0.19%

146,793,101

51.48%

1,232,828

8 - to re-elect Ron McMillan

145,711,963

99.26%

1,081,138

0.74%

146,793,101

51.48%

1,232,828

9 - to re-elect Lesley Jones

146,580,131

99.85%

215,971

0.15%

146,796,102

51.48%

1,229,828

10 - to re-elect Richard Moross

145,929,186

99.41%

860,829

0.59%

146,790,015

51.48%

1,235,915

11 - to re-elect Michael Ross

146,561,562

99.84%

228,452

0.16%

146,790,014

51.48%

1,235,915

12 - to re-elect Gill Barr

145,770,712

99.30%

1,022,303

0.70%

146,793,015

51.48%

1,232,915

* Issued Share Capital

 

Notes:

1.    As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 285,153,619 ordinary shares in issue. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 285,153,619.

 

2.    The scrutineer of the voting was Link Asset Services, the Company's Share Registrar.

 

3.    Note that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and such votes have not been included in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total above.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions 16 and 17) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's corporate website: https://www.nbrown.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/agm

 

For enquiries, please contact: Theresa Casey, Company Secretary and General Counsel, N Brown Group Plc

Tel: +44 (0)161 238 2298

Registered office:

Griffin House

40 Lever Street

Manchester

M60 6ES


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