Spire Healthcare Group PLC Result of AGM (4214G)

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RNS Number : 4214G

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

26 May 2017

SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC (the 'Company') 26 May 2017

Results of 2017 Annual General Meeting

At the third annual general meeting of the Company held at 11.00am today at 60 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0JP, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 
        RESOLUTION         VOTES       %       VOTES      %     % of     VOTES 
                            FOR                AGAINST           ISC    WITHHELD 
                                                                VOTED 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
       Receive and 
         adopt the 
        2016 Annual 
        Report and 
1        Accounts       325,542,650  99.96    120,000    0.04  81.20%    12,059 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
       Approve the 
      2016 Directors' 
       Remuneration 
2         Report        323,221,140  99.58   1,364,890   0.42  80.93%  1,088,678 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
       Approve the 
        2016 Final 
3        Dividend       325,674,379  100.00     330      0.00  81.20%      0 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
     Elect Adèle 
4        Anderson       325,184,482  99.85    485,466    0.15  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
         Re-elect 
5       Tony Bourne     325,184,812  99.85    485,136    0.15  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
         Re-elect 
6      Simon Gordon     313,638,119  96.31   12,031,829  3.69  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
         Re-elect 
        Dame Janet 
7         Husband       317,627,885  97.53   8,042,063   2.47  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
         Re-elect 
8     Danie Meintjes    312,151,259  95.85   13,518,689  4.15  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
         Re-elect 
9     Simon Rowlands    312,162,072  95.85   13,507,876  4.15  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
         Re-elect 
10      Garry Watts     288,458,451  91.91   25,386,033  8.09  78.25%  11,830,224 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
       Elect Andrew 
11         White        313,638,119  96.31   12,031,829  3.69  81.20%    4,761 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
      Reappointment 
         of Ernst 
        & Young LLP 
12      as auditors     324,458,126  99.98     56,024    0.02  80.91%  1,160,559 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
        Authorise 
      the Directors' 
       to determine 
       the auditor's 
13     remuneration     325,674,709  100.00      0       0.00  81.20%      0 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
        Authorise 
         political 
14      expenditure     320,440,556  98.39   5,233,153   1.61  81.20%    1,000 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
        Renew the 
         authority 
         to allot 
15        shares        311,385,897  95.61   14,288,812  4.39  81.20%      0 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
        Renew the 
         authority 
        to disapply 
         statutory 
        pre-emption 
16        rights*       305,740,577  94.31   18,449,961  5.69  80.83%  1,484,171 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
        Authorise 
     general meetings, 
        other than 
      annual general 
         meetings, 
        to be held 
        on 14 clear 
17     days' notice*    319,746,418  98.18   5,928,290   1.82  81.20%      0 
    ------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ----  ------  ---------- 
 

*Special Resolution

A trading update was released by the Company at 7.00am this morning.

Notes:

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

   ii)          The total number of shares in issue (ISC) is 401,081,391. 

iii) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

   iv)         All percentages are shown to two decimal places. 

This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.spirehealthcare.com.

Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.

Philip Davies

Deputy Company Secretary

26 May 2017

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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