ASOS PLC Result of AGM (1542Y)

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RNS Number : 1542Y

ASOS PLC

01 December 2017

1 December 2017

ASOS Plc (the 'Company')

Result of AGM

ASOS Plc is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, were duly passed by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 30 November 2017, as set out in the table below.

 
 RESOLUTIONS                  FOR          % FOR     AGAINST     % AGAINST   WITHHELD* 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 1. To approve the 
  Annual Report and 
  Accounts for the 
  financial year ended 
  31 August 2017              62,126,890   99.54%    290,159     0.46%       124,578 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 2. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report for the financial 
  year ended 31 August 
  2017                        59,475,211   98.10%    1,150,482   1.90%       1,915,934 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 3. To re-elect Brian 
  McBride as a Director 
  of the Company              62,367,164   99.72%    174,318     0.28%       145 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 4. To re-elect Nick 
  Beighton as a Director 
  of the Company              62,339,252   99.76%    149,279     0.24%       53,096 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 5. To re-elect Helen 
  Ashton as a Director 
  of the Company              62,234,651   99.59%    253,880     0.41%       53,096 
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 6. To re-elect Ian 
  Dyson as a Director 
  of the Company              62,199,408   99.45%    342,074     0.55%       145 
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 7. To re-elect Rita 
  Clifton as a Director 
  of the Company              62,367,858   99.72%    173,624     0.28%       145 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 8. To re-elect Hilary 
  Riva as a Director 
  of the Company              62,255,245   99.54%    286,237     0.46%       145 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 9. To re-elect Nick 
  Robertson as a Director 
  of the Company              62,259,756   99.63%    228,920     0.37%       52,951 
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 10. To re-appoint 
  PriceWaterhouseCoopers 
  LLP as auditors of 
  the Company                 62,208,305   99.88%    77,195      0.12%       256,127 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 11. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  determine the amount 
  of the auditors' 
  remuneration                62,541,482   100.00%   0           0.00%       145 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 12. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  allot Ordinary Shares 
  in the Company              62,453,061   99.86%    88,393      0.14%       173 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 13. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  disapply pre-emption 
  rights**                    62,168,672   99.40%    372,782     0.60%       173 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 14. To authorise 
  the Company to make 
  market purchases 
  of own shares**             61,730,356   98.76%    775,371     1.24%       35,900 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against a resolution

** Passed as a special resolution.

Full details of the voting will be available shortly on the Company's website: www.asosplc.com

For further information:

 
 ASOS Plc 
 Greg Feehely, Director of Investor Relations    Tel: [phone] 
 
 Instinctif Partners 
 Matthew Smallwood/Justine Warren                Tel: [phone] 
 J.P. Morgan Cazenove 
 Michael Wentworth-Stanley/Caroline Thomlinson   Tel: [phone] 
 
 Numis Securities 
 Alex Ham                                        Tel: [phone] 
 
 

Background note

ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling cutting-edge fashion and offering a wide variety of fashion-related content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community. ASOS sells over 85,000 branded and own-label products through localised mobile and web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe to almost every country in the world.

ASOS tailors the mix of own-label, global and local brands sold through each of eight local language websites: UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia and Russia.

ASOS's websites attracted 135.7m visits during August 2017 (August 2016: 117.5m) and as at 31 August 2017 had 15.4m active customers(1) (31 August 2016: 12.4m), of which 5.2m were located in the UK and 10.2m were located in international territories (31 August 2016: 4.7m in the UK and 7.7m internationally).

(1) Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 31 August 2017

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