G4S PLC G4s Plc Uk Dk : Poll Results Of 2017 Annual General Meeting

 
TIDMGFS 
 
 
   G4S plc, the parent company of the G4S global security group, announces 
that, at its AGM held on 25 May 2017, all the resolutions put to 
shareholders were duly passed. 
 
   This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations; 
to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days' 
notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10% 
of its own shares. 
 
   The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy 
back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business 
practice. 
 
   The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are: 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                   With 
Resolution                                                    For         %     Against     %      held*     Total votes 
1.To adopt the 
 financial statements and reports of directors and 
 auditor                                                 1,270,546,360  99.87   1,590,175  0.13    391,930  1,272,528,465 
2.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy          1,237,588,612  97.26  34,810,885  2.74    131,465  1,272,530,962 
3.To approve the Director's Remuneration Report          1,234,836,790  97.05  37,574,332  2.95    118,840  1,272,529,962 
4.To confirm and declare the dividend                    1,272,466,761  99.99      24,248  0.01     36,511  1,272,527,520 
5.Election of Steve Mogford as a director                1,270,844,121  99.87   1,592,043  0.13     91,356  1,272,527,520 
6.Election of Ian Springett as a director                1,270,801,302  99.87   1,599,445  0.13    126,773  1,272,527,520 
7.Election of Barbara Thoralfsson                        1,271,041,524  99.89   1,394,363  0.11     91,635  1,272,527,522 
8.Re- 
 election of Ashley Almanza as a director                1,272,387,923  99.99      47,140  0.01    102,457  1,272,537,520 
9. Re- 
 election of John Connolly as a director                 1,261,673,910  99.22   9,879,077  0.78    974,533  1,272,527,520 
10.Re-election of John Daly as a director                1,268,884,991  99.72   3,552,850  0.28     88,695  1,272,526,536 
11.Re-election of Winnie Kin Wah Fok as a director       1,272,353,451  99.99      86,202  0.01     87,867  1,272,527,520 
12.Re-election of Paul Spence as a director              1,272,379,024  99.99      61,008  0.01     87,490  1,272,527,522 
13.Re- 
 election of Clare Spottiswoode as a director            1,177,465,511  92.80  91,309,180  7.20  3,752,829  1,272,527,520 
14.Re- 
 election of Tim Weller as a director                    1,272,378,186  99.99      59,895  0.01     89,439  1,272,527,520 
15.To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse 
 Coopers LLP as auditor                                  1,267,817,860  99.92     980,934  0.08  3,726,229  1,272,525,023 
16.To authorise the audit committee of the board to 
 determine the auditor's remuneration                    1,270,995,491  99.88   1,471,018  0.12     61,011  1,272,527,520 
17.To authorise the directors to allot shares up to 
 a specified amount                                      1,253,997,840  98.55  18,476,519  1.45     64,161  1,272,538,520 
18.Special resolution to give authority to directors 
 to disapply statutory pre-emption rights                1,263,439,773  99.29   8,977,641  0.71    119,684  1,272,537,098 
19.Special resolution to give additional authority 
 to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights   1,218,861,747  95.79  53,558,311  4.21    117,040  1,272,537,098 
20.Special resolution to give limited authority for 
 the purchase of its own shares by the company           1,265,811,553  99.58   5,340,402  0.42  1,382,565  1,272,534,520 
21. Authority to make political donations and incur 
 political expenditure                                   1,262,123,952  99.48   6,615,899  0.52  3,803,524  1,272,543,375 
22.Special resolution to authorise the calling of 
 general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) 
 on 14 days' notice                                      1,202,190,997  94.48  70,299,718  5.52     39,019  1,272,529,734 
 
 
   In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of resolutions 17 to 22 
will be forwarded to the FCA for publication through its document 
viewing facility where they will shortly be available for inspection at 
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
 
   The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 82%**. 
 
   * Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the 
calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution. 
 
   **Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 1,551,594,436. Every 
shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. 
 
 
 
 
For further enquiries, please contact: 
Nigel Fairbrass - Director of Media Relations     [phone] 
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations   [phone] 
 
 
   Notes to Editors: 
 
   About G4S plc: 
 
   G4S is the leading global, integrated security company, specialising in 
the provision of security services and solutions to customers.  Our 
mission is to create material, sustainable value for our customers and 
shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all of our 
markets. 
 
   G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock 
exchange listing in Copenhagen.  G4S is active in around 95 countries 
and has over 585,000 employees.  For more information on G4S, visit 
www.g4s.com. 
 
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contained therein. 
 
   Source: G4S plc UK DK via Globenewswire 
 
 
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