Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 7226P
Shaftesbury Capital PLC
23 May 2024
 

23 May 2024

 

SHAFTESBURY CAPITAL PLC (the "Company")

 

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting held on 23 May 2024 are as follows:

 

Resolutions

For:

%

Against:

%

Total votes cast (excluding withheld):

% of issued share capital

Withheld:

1.     To receive the accounts and reports of the Directors and the Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2023

1,487,780,241

99.98

250,810

0.02

1,488,031,051

76.19%

9,271,911

2.    To declare a final cash dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 1.65 pence per ordinary share.

1,488,520,869

99.68

4,740,633

0.32

1,493,261,502

76.45%

4,041,460

3.    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023 (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy)

1,429,850,274

97.06

43,345,551

2.94

1,473,195,825

75.43%

24,106,616

4.    To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a Director

1,332,861,025

89.88

150,003,822

10.12

1,482,864,847

75.92%

14,438,115

5.    To re-elect Ian Hawksworth as a Director

1,465,609,547

98.84

17,229,798

1.16

1,482,839,345

75.92%

14,463,617

6.    To re-elect Situl Jobanputra as a Director

1,465,505,275

98.83

17,333,653

1.17

1,482,838,928

75.92%

14,464,034

7.    To re-elect Richard Akers as a Director

1,414,635,986

95.41

67,997,421

4.59

1,482,633,407

75.91%

14,669,555

8.    To re-elect Ruth Anderson as a Director

1,431,295,956

96.54

51,312,454

3.46

1,482,608,410

75.91%

14,694,552

9.    To re-elect Charlotte Boyle as a Director

1,464,563,647

99.08

13,599,663

0.92

1,478,163,310

75.68%

19,139,652

10. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

1,399,289,829

93.73

93,662,489

6.27

1,492,952,318

76.44%

4,350,644

11. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditor's remuneration

1,480,845,319

99.19

12,131,431

0.81

1,492,976,750

76.44%

4,325,691

12. To authorise the Directors to allot the unissued share capital up to a specified amount (s.551) (Companies Act 2006)

1,339,842,713

90.64

138,348,029

9.36

1,478,190,742

75.68%

19,112,220

13. Special Resolution: To disapply pre-emption provisions of s.561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 up to the extent specified

1,382,288,007

93.23

100,347,486

6.77

1,482,635,493

75.91%

14,667,469

14. Special Resolution: To disapply pre-emption provisions of s.561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 up to the additional extent specified

1,334,529,883

90.57

139,024,304

9.43

1,473,554,187

75.44%

23,748,775

15. Special Resolution: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

1,486,846,038

99.70

4,531,546

0.30

1,491,377,584

76.36%

5,925,378

16. Special Resolution: To allow General Meetings (other than AGMs) to be held on 14 clear days' notice

1,412,689,571

95.27

70,136,454

4.73

1,482,826,025

75.92%

14,476,937

 

Notes:

1.     Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total.

2.     A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

3.    The total issued share capital and total number of voting rights is: 1,953,170,495 ordinary shares. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. This figure includes 128,350,796 ordinary shares in issue, held as security by a group entity under the terms of the £275 million exchangeable bond which will not vote whilst held by a group entity. On average 75.97% (1,483,809,358 ordinary shares) of the total number of voting rights voted. The percentage of shares voted, once the 128,350,796 ordinary shares held as security by a group entity under the terms of the £275 million exchangeable bond have been excluded was approximately 81.31%.

 

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Enquiries:

 

Desna Martin

Group Company Secretary

Telephone: +44 20 3214 9155

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