Ascential PLC Result of AGM (5665Y)

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RNS Number : 5665Y

Ascential PLC

09 May 2019

Ascential plc

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

All 18 resolutions considered at the 2019 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 14 March 2019. The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set out below. The Company's issued share capital as at 9 May 2019 was 402,775,022 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

 
 Resolution no.                 Shares For        %       Shares      %   Shares marked 
                                                         Against               as Votes 
                                                                               Witheld/ 
                                                                            Abstentions 
 AGM 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 1. To receive the Annual 
  Report and Accounts 
  for the year ended 31 
  December 2018                359,839,761   100.00          516   0.00         234,180 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 2. To approve the Annual 
  Report on Remuneration 
  contained in the Annual 
  report and Accounts          256,656,145    99.15    3,072,116   0.85         346,196 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 3. To declare a final 
  dividend of 3.9p per 
  share for the year ended 
  31 December 2019             360,072,909   100.00            0   0.00           1,548 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 4. To elect Rita Clifton 
  as a Director of the 
  Company                      351,080,739    97.50    8,990,106   2.50           3,612 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 5. To elect Scott Forbes 
  as a Director of the 
  Company                      329,960,730    94.69   18,519,144   5.31      11,594,583 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 6. To elect Mandy Gradden 
  as a Director of the 
  Company                      349,888,552    97.17   10,183,325   2.83           2,580 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 7. To elect Paul Harrison 
  as a Director of the 
  Company                      348,846,885    97.50    8,958,325   2.50       2,269,247 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 8. To elect Gillian 
  Kent as a Director of 
  the Company                  351,281,719    97.56    8,789,126   2.44           3,612 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 9. To elect Duncan Painter 
  as a Director of the 
  Company                      351,413,084    97.60    8,658,325   2.40           3,048 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 10. To elect Judy Vezmar 
  as a Director of the 
  Company                      350,617,506    97.47    9,111,209   2.53         345,742 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 11. To re-appoint KPMG 
  LLP as auditor of the 
  Company                      357,806,859   100.00        1,275   0.00       2,266,323 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 12. To authorise the 
  Board to determine the 
  remuneration of the 
  auditor                      358,748,153    99.63    1,324,632   0.37           1,672 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 13. To authorise the 
  Company to make political 
  donations                    356,655,259    99.05    3,417,010   0.95           2,188 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 14. To authorise the 
  Company to allot relevant 
  securities                   344,708,523    95.73   15,364,005   4.27           1,929 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 15. To authorise the 
  Company to disapply 
  pre-emption rights as 
  per resolution 15 in 
  the Notice of AGM            356,648,425    99.05    3,422,826   0.95           3,206 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 16. To authorise the 
  Company to additionally 
  disapply pre-emption 
  rights as per resolution 
  16 in the Notice of 
  AGM                          350,156,713    97.25    9,914,281   2.75           3,463 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 17. To authorise the 
  Company to purchase 
  its own shares               356,482,518    99.37    2,266,137   0.63       1,325,802 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 18. To authorise the 
  Company to call any 
  general meeting of the 
  Company other than an 
  AGM) on not less than 
  14 clear days' notice        347,575,719    96.53   12,496,688   3.47           2,050 
                              ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------------- 
 

Notes

1. AGM Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions. AGM Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

   2.     The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes. 

3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against a resolution

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