Card Factory PLC Result of AGM (8618P)

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RNS Number : 8618P

Card Factory PLC

31 May 2018

31 May 2018

Card Factory plc

(the "Company" or "Card Factory")

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Card Factory announces that all of the resolutions set out in Part II of the Notice of AGM ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 31 May 2018 were passed by way of a show of hands at its AGM held earlier today.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the meeting, are set out below:

 
 
           Resolution       Votes for     % of      Votes against     % of      Votes withheld 
                                          votes                       votes 
                                          cast                        cast 
       Approve 
 1.     Annual Report     284,047,693    99.78        637,677        0.22         137,730 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approve 
 2.     Final Dividend    284,778,901   100.00           0           0.00          44,200 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
 3.     Geoff Cooper      274,072,128    96.45      10,079,472       3.55         671,500 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
 4.     Karen Hubbard     283,738,011    98.59       4,049,698       1.41          51,309 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Elect 
        Kristian 
 5.     Lee               283,738,761    99.85        413,590        0.15         670,750 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
 6.     Octavia Morley    274,780,295    96.71       9,360,002       3.29         682,803 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
 7.     David Stead       274,870,608    96.74       9,269,689       3.26         682,803 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-elect 
 8.     Paul McCrudden    274,909,776    96.75       9,240,575       3.25         672,750 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Elect 
 9.     Roger Whiteside   283,133,283    99.84        450,613        0.16        1,239,203 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approve 
        Remuneration 
 10.    Policy            236,852,095    84.22      44,370,382       15.78       3,600,623 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Approve 
        Remuneration 
 11.    Report            282,959,260    99.94        158,107        0.06        1,705,732 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Re-appoint 
 12.    auditor           284,706,460   100.00         5,679         0.00         110,961 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Remuneration 
 13.    of auditor        284,431,167   100.00         2,171         0.00         389,763 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to allot 
 14.    shares            284,322,843    99.84        450,921        0.16          49,337 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 15.    rights            283,938,563    99.71        820,764        0.29          63,774 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Additional 
        authority 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
 16.    rights            283,209,317    99.46       1,550,009       0.54          63,774 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to purchase 
 17.    own shares        284,326,108    99.84        443,756        0.16          53,236 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
       Authority 
        to call general 
        meetings 
        on 14 days' 
 18.    notice            280,736,497    98.58       4,034,198       1.42          52,406 
      -----------------  ------------  --------  ----------------  --------  ----------------- 
 

Notes:

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

2. "Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

3. Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 287,787,709 shares representing 84.26% of the issued share capital

4. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

5. A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's investor relations website at www.cardfactoryinvestors.com

   6.   The Company has 341,549,306 ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in issue with voting rights. 

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Shiv Sibal, Company Secretary

01924 839150

ENDS

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