Card Factory PLC Result of AGM (2442G)

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RNS Number : 2442G

Card Factory PLC

25 May 2017

25 May 2017

Card Factory plc

(the "Company" or "Card Factory")

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Card Factory announces that all of the resolutions set out in Part II of the Notice of AGM ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 25 May 2017 were passed by way of a show of hands at its AGM held earlier today.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the meeting, are set out below:

 
 
          Resolution          Votes         % of      Votes against     % of      Votes withheld 
                               for         votes                        votes 
                                            cast                        cast 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approve 
        Annual 
 1.     Report            280,402,598     99.94%        167,000        0.06%         14,288 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approve 
        Final 
 2.     Dividend          280,583,886    100.00%           0           0.00%           0 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
        Geoff 
 3.     Cooper            250,145,198     98.14%       4,740,624       1.86%       25,698,063 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
        Karen 
 4.     Hubbard           280,269,496     99.89%        314,390        0.11%           0 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
        Darren 
 5.     Bryant            280,268,496     99.89%        315,390        0.11%           0 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
        Octavia 
 6.     Morley            280,222,877     99.88%        347,706        0.12%         13,303 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
        David 
 7.     Stead             280,328,374     99.91%        255,512        0.09%           0 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
 8.     Paul McCrudden    280,327,674     99.91%        256,212        0.09%           0 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approve 
        Remuneration 
 9.     Report            277,072,929     98.75%       3,507,910       1.25%         2,359 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-appoint 
 10.    auditor            277,072,929     98.75%       3,507,910       1.25%         2,359 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Remuneration 
 11.    of auditor        280,580,438    100.00%          820          0.00%         2,332 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to allot 
 12.    shares            280,477,677     99.96%        105,224        0.04%         1,969 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 13.    rights            280,404,803     99.94%        177,439        0.06%         1,644 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Additional 
        authority 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 14.    rights             280,404,803     99.94%        177,439        0.06%         1,644 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to purchase 
 15.    own shares        279,949,712     99.77%        633,189        0.23%          985 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to call 
        general 
        meetings 
        on 14 
        days' 
 16.    notice            276,426,337     98.52%       4,156,563       1.48%          985 
----  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
 

Notes:

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

2. "Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

3. Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 280,583,886 shares representing 82.32% of the issued share capital

4. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

5. A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's investor relations website at www.cardfactoryinvestors.com

   6.   The Company has 340,844,864 ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in issue with voting rights. 

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Shiv Sibal, Company Secretary

01924 839150

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