Company Announcements

RNS Number : 4138B
Auction Technology Group PLC
30 January 2024
 

LEI: 213800U8Q9K2XI3WRE39

30 January 2024

Auction Technology Group plc (the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at the offices of Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL on 30 January 2024.

All resolutions were duly passed on a poll and the results of each resolution were as follows:

Resolution

For (%)

Against (%)

Votes withheld

Total votes cast

Percentage of issued share capital voted (%)

1.   To receive the reports of the Directors and the Auditor and the audited accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2023

112,324,248

0

60,253

112,324,248

92.33

2.   To approve the Directors' remuneration report

110,421,634

1,957,664

5,203

112,379,298

92.37

3.   To re-elect Breon Corcoran as a Director

109,082,161

3,044,210

258,130

112,126,371

92.17

4.   To re-elect John-Paul Savant as a Director

112,359,228

24,513

760

112,383,741

92.38

5.   To re-elect Tom Hargreaves as a Director

112,333,060

29,745

21,696

112,362,805

92.36

6.   To re-elect Scott Forbes as a Director

108,338,652

4,045,084

765

112,383,736

92.38

7.   To re-elect Morgan Seigler as a Director

112,360,272

23,469

760

112,383,741

92.38

8.   To re-elect Pauline Reader as a Director

112,094,494

279,071

10,936

112,373,565

92.37

9.   To re-elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director

112,108,206

275,535

760

112,383,741

92.38

10. To re-elect Tamsin Todd as a Director

112,108,106

275,635

760

112,383,741

92.38

11. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company

112,373,527

684

10,290

112,374,211

92.37

12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor

112,377,680

1,618

5,203

112,379,298

92.37

13. To authorise the Company to make political donations

111,869,338

515,047

116

112,384,385

92.38

14.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription or conversion rights under section 551 Companies Act 2006

111,018,413

1,365,969

119

112,384,382

92.38

15.  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (general)

107,420,067

4,922,191

42,243

112,342,258

92.34

16.  To further disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment)

97,327,766

15,018,075

38,660

112,345,841

92.35

17.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares

112,376,153

1,501

6,847

112,377,654

92.37

18.  To authorise the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

111,301,528

1,079,590

3,383

112,381,118

92.38

 

Notes:

(i)      Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.

(ii)     The number of ordinary shares in issue on 30 January 2024 was 121,655,018.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 

(iii)    A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 14 December 2023, which is available on the Company's website at www.auctiontechnologygroup.com/investors/.  The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website. 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of all the resolutions passed other than ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information contact:

Teneo Communications (public relations advisor to ATG)

Tom Murray, Matt low, Arthur Rogers

+44 207 353 4200 ATG@teneo.com

 

ATG

For investor enquiries investorrelations@auctiontechnologygroup.com

For media enquiries press@auctiontechnologygroup.com

Company Secretary cosec@auctiontechnologygroup.com

 

 

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