Biffa plc Result of AGM (5246L)

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RNS Number : 5246L

Biffa plc

19 July 2017

Biffa plc

Results of the Annual General Meeting

Biffa plc, ("the Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today, all resolutions proposed were duly passed by shareholders by the majority required on a poll. The full text of each each resolution is contained in the 2017 Notice of AGM which is available on the Biffa website www.biffa.co.uk

Biffa AGM Poll Results

The following table shows the total number of votes cast for each resolution:

 
       Resolution               Total No'             Total No'          Total         Number 
                                 and % of              and % of          Number       of Votes 
                                Votes cast            Votes cast        of Votes     WITHHELD(+) 
                                   FOR*                AGAINST            Cast 
------------------------  ---------------------  ------------------  ------------  ------------- 
      Annual Report 
       and Accounts 
 1     2017                199,789,816     100%       1,430      0%   199,791,246        783,513 
      Declaration 
 2     of dividend         200,452,576     100%       1,472      0%   200,454,048        121,340 
      Remuneration 
 3     Policy              192,592,197   99.73%     514,821   0.27%   193,107,018      7,467,112 
      Remuneration 
 4     Report              192,562,711   99.32%   1,325,490   0.68%   193,888,201      6,685,772 
      Election 
 5     of M Averill        199,800,043   99.62%     764,794   0.38%   200,564,837          7,491 
      Election 
 6     of K Lever          194,652,767   97.05%   5,911,640   2.95%   200,564,407          8,006 
      Election 
 7     of S Marshall       197,545,146   98.88%   2,238,350   1.12%   199,783,496        788,717 
      Election 
 8     of D Martin         199,800,057   99.62%     764,208   0.38%   200,564,265          7,863 
      Election 
 9     of M Topham         198,586,138   99.01%   1,980,429   0.99%   200,566,567          5,990 
      Election 
 10    of I Wakelin        199,966,625   99.70%     605,804   0.30%   200,572,429          2,816 
      Appointment 
 11    of Auditor          199,949,275   99.69%     619,645   0.31%   200,568,920          4,809 
      Remuneration 
 12    of Auditor          196,085,625   99.75%     495,560   0.25%   196,581,185      3,992,230 
      Allotment 
 13    of shares           198,336,177   98.89%   2,231,917   1.11%   200,568,094          6,436 
      Pre-emption 
       rights - 
 14    General^            196,379,799   97.91%   4,184,506   2.09%   200,564,305          9,325 
      Pre-emption 
       rights - 
 15    Specific^           200,051,326   99.74%     512,921   0.26%   200,564,247          9,068 
      Purchase 
 16    of own shares^      200,067,019   99.75%     501,501   0.25%   200,568,520          5,510 
      Notice of 
 17    general meetings^   198,997,287   99.22%   1,571,467   0.78%   200,568,754          4,846 
 
 

Notes:

* includes discretionary votes

^ special resolution

'+ a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes counted 'For' or 'Against' a resolution

These results will shortly be available on the company's website at www.biffa.co.uk

R Hambrook

Company Secretary

19 July 2017

Enquiries:

Investors

Ian Wakelin, Chief Executive Officer

Michael Topham, Chief Financial Officer

[e-mail]

Media & Analysts

Instinctif Partners

[phone]

[e-mail]

Registered in England and Wales:

10336040

Registered office at:

Coronation Road,

Cressex,

High Wycombe,

Buckinghamshire

HP12 3TZ

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