19 September 2024
Supreme plc
("Supreme," the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of AGM
Supreme (AIM: SUP), a leading manufacturer, supplier, and brand owner of fast-moving consumer goods, announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, were duly passed.
Resolutions 1 to 10 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 11 to 13 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:
|
RESOLUTIONS |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% I.S.C. |
VOTES |
|
1. Receive and adopt the Annual Report and Statements |
92,960,186 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
92,960,186 |
79.72 |
63,367 |
|
2. Reappoint Paul Andrew McDonald as a Director |
92,938,747 |
99.92% |
78,747 |
0.08% |
93,017,494 |
79.77 |
6,059 |
|
3. Reappoint Sandeep Singh Chadha as a Director |
92,942,556 |
99.92% |
78,747 |
0.08% |
93,021,303 |
79.77 |
2,250 |
|
4. Reappoint Suzanne Gwendoline Smith as a Director |
92,942,556 |
99.92% |
78,747 |
0.08% |
93,021,303 |
79.77 |
2,250 |
|
5. Reappoint Mark Richard Cashmore as a Director |
87,461,747 |
94.03% |
5,555,747 |
5.97% |
93,017,494 |
79.77 |
6,059 |
|
6. Reappoint Simon Martin Lord as a Director |
92,939,525 |
99.92% |
77,969 |
0.08% |
93,017,494 |
79.77 |
6,059 |
|
7. Reappoint BDO LLP as auditors |
90,709,962 |
97.52% |
2,307,587 |
2.48% |
93,017,549 |
79.77 |
6,004 |
|
8. Authorise the directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
92,997,398 |
99.99% |
7,587 |
0.01% |
93,004,985 |
79.76 |
18,568 |
|
9. To declare a final dividend of 3.2 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
93,023,553 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
93,023,553 |
79.77 |
0 |
|
10. Grant the Directors' authority to allot shares in the Company
|
87,427,886 |
94.01% |
5,570,158 |
5.99% |
92,998,044 |
79.75 |
25,509 |
|
11. To dis-apply pre-emption rights |
84,961,281 |
91.36% |
8,036,763 |
8.64% |
92,998,044 |
79.75 |
25,509 |
|
12. in addition to resolution 11, to dis-apply pre-emption rights |
84,637,281 |
91.01% |
8,360,763 |
8.99% |
92,998,044 |
79.75 |
25,509 |
|
13. Authorise market purchases of own shares |
92,989,999 |
99.96% |
33,554 |
0.04% |
93,023,553 |
79.77 |
0 |
Note: Percentages of votes cast for and against have been calculated excluding the withheld votes. Percentages are rounded to 2 decimal places. The Company's issued share capital consists of 116,611,033 ordinary shares of £0.10 each, carrying one vote each.
Enquiries:
|
Supreme plc Sandy Chadha, Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Smith, Chief Finance Officer
|
via Vigo Consulting |
|
Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Mark Percy / David Coaten / Rachel Goldstein - Corporate Advisory Ben Canning - Corporate Broking
|
+44 (0)20 7408 4090 |
|
Zeus (Joint Broker) Jordan Warburton / Alex Campbell-Harris - Investment Banking Benjamin Robertson - Corporate Broking
|
+44 (0)161 831 1512 |
|
Vigo Consulting (Financial Public Relations) Jeremy Garcia / Kendall Hill / Anna Stacey supreme@vigoconsulting.com |
+44 (0)20 7390 0230 |
About Supreme
Supreme supplies products across six categories; Batteries, Lighting, Vaping, Sports Nutrition and Wellness, Branded Distribution and Soft Drinks. The Company's capabilities span from product development and manufacturing through to its extensive retail distribution network and direct to consumer capabilities. This vertically integrated platform provides an excellent route to market for well-known brands and products.
The Group has over 3,000 active business accounts with retail customers who manage over 10,000 branded retail outlets. Customers include B&M, Home Bargains, Poundland, Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Amazon, The Range, Costcutter, Asda, Halfords, Iceland, Waitrose, Aldi and HM Prison & Probation Service.
In addition to distributing globally-recognised brands such as Duracell, Energizer and Panasonic, and supplying lighting products exclusively under the Energizer, Eveready, Black & Decker and JCB licences across 45 countries, Supreme has also developed brands in-house, most notably 88Vape, has a growing footprint in Sports Nutrition and Wellness via its principal brands Sci-MX and Battle Bites, and has recently expanded into the soft drinks market with the acquisition of Clearly Drinks, adding established brands such as Perfectly Clear and Northumbria Spring to its portfolio.
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