Mothercare PLC Agm Statement

 
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Mothercare plc Annual General Meeting 13 October 2022: Results

Annual General Meeting

At the annual general meeting held at 11.00am on 13 October 2022, the resolutions before the meeting were passed.

The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:

Resolutions 12 to 14 were Special Resolutions.

 
                                                                                     Votes                                  Votes 
                           Resolution                          Votes For     %      Against    %      Votes total  % ISC  withheld* 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
    To receive the annual accounts, directors' report, 
     strategic report, directors' remuneration report and 
1    auditor's report                                         437,107,105  100.00    4,523    0.00   437,111,628   77.52   25,321 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
    To approve the directors' remuneration report (including 
2    the directors' remuneration policy)                      437,069,890  99.99    52,922    0.01   437,122,812   77.53   14,137 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
3   To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director                    437,087,776  99.99    36,182    0.01   437,123,958   77.53   12,991 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
4   To re-elect Andrew Cook as a director                     437,090,877  99.99    34,581    0.01   437,125,458   77.53   11,491 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
5   To re-elect Gillian Kent as a director                    437,083,401  99.99    42,057    0.01   437,125,458   77.53   11,491 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
6   To re-elect Mark Newton-Jones as a director               427,996,370  97.91   9,127,314  2.09   437,123,684   77.53   13,265 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
7   To re-elect Brian Small as a director                     437,088,820  99.99    34,405    0.01   437,123,225   77.53   13,724 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
8   To appoint auditors                                       437,096,703  99.99    27,793    0.01   437,124,496   77.53   12,453 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
9   Auditors remuneration                                     437,108,808  100.00    2,926    0.00   437,111,734   77.52   25,215 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
10  Authority for the directors to allot shares               436,937,617  99.96    186,958   0.04   437,124,575   77.53   12,374 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
    To authorise political donations by the company and 
11   its subsidiaries                                         427,767,325  97.86   9,344,197  2.14   437,111,522   77.52   25,427 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
12  Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                  437,090,121  99.99    33,100    0.01   437,123,221   77.53   13,728 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
13  Authority to further disapply pre-emption rights          437,090,412  99.99    33,100    0.01   437,123,512   77.53   13,437 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
14  Authority to purchase own shares                          437,103,692  99.99    21,904    0.01   437,125,596   77.53   11,353 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
 

Notes

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution

As at 11 October 2022, the Company's issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 563,836,626 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights. There are no shares in treasury. As a result, proxy votes representing approximately 77.5% of the voting capital were cast for the AGM.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, www.mothercareplc.com.

Further details:

Investor and analyst enquiries to:

   Mothercare plc                                Email: [e-mail] 

Clive Whiley, Chairman

Andrew Cook, Chief Financial Officer

   Numis Securities Limited                 Tel: [phone] 

(Nominated Advisor & Joint Corporate Broker)

Luke Bordewich

Henry Slater

   finnCap (Joint Corporate Broker)        Tel: [phone] 

Christopher Raggett

Media enquiries to:

   MHP Communications                        Email: [e-mail] 
   Simon Hockridge                        Tel: [phone] 

Tim Rowntree

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