McColl's Retail Group plc Result of Meeting (2318K)

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McColl's Retail Group plc

19 September 2016

19 September 2016

McColl's Retail Group plc (the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

McColl's Retail Group plc announces that at the General Meeting of the Company held today in connection with the acquisition of 298 convenience stores from Co-operative Group Limited, the Resolution contained in the Notice of General Meeting was duly passed on a poll. The results of the poll were as follows:

 
Resolution                  For         For    Against      Against  Votes        TOTAL 
                             (No. of     (%)    (No.         (%)      Withheld     votes 
                             shares)            of shares)            (No.         cast 
                                                                      of shares) 
                                                                                   (excluding 
                                                                                   withheld) 
1. To approve the 
 proposed acquisition 
 of 298 convenience 
 stores from Co-operative 
 Group Limited and 
 authorise the directors 
 to take all such 
 steps as they consider 
 necessary to effect 
 such acquisition.          89,937,314  99.99  260          0.01     0            89,937,594 
 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing.

 
NOTES: 
1.      The single resolution was passed. 
2.      Proxy appointments which gave discretion to 
         the Chairman of the General Meeting have been 
         included in the "For" total for the resolution. 
3.      Votes "For" and "Against" the resolution are 
         expressed as a percentage of votes validly 
         cast for such resolution. 
4.      A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and 
         is not counted in the calculation of the percentage 
         of shares voted "For" or "Against" the resolution 
         nor in the calculation of the "Total Votes 
         Cast" the any resolution. 
5.      The number of shares in issue on 19 September 
         2016 was 115,172,774 and at that time, the 
         Company did not hold any shares in treasury. 
6.      The full text of the resolution passed at the 
         General Meeting can be found in the Notice 
         of General Meeting which is available on the 
         Company's website at www.mccolls.co.uk 
 

Enquiries

Please visit www.mccolls.co.uk or for further information, please contact:

 
 
   McColl's Retail Group 
   plc 
 Jonathan Miller, Chief 
  Executive Officer 
               Simon Fuller, Chief 
                Financial Officer 
 [phone] 
 

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