Coats Group PLC Result of AGM (3371O)

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RNS Number : 3371O

Coats Group PLC

16 May 2018

16 May 2018

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Coats announces that at its AGM, held in London, United Kingdom on 16 May 2018, all the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.

The table below shows the votes received for and against the Resolutions.

 
      Resolution              Total Votes            Total Votes         Total        Votes 
                                   For                  Against           Votes      Withheld 
                                                                          cast 
                                                                          as % 
                                                                        of Issued 
                                                                          Share 
                                                                         Capital 
----------------------  -----------------------  -------------------  -----------  ----------- 
                                           %*                   %*         %* 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Receipt 
       of Annual 
       Report 
 1     2017              1,153,036,277   99.938    716,269     0.062     80.917     6,046,765 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Approval 
       of Remuneration 
 2     Report            1,083,012,988   99.316   7,462,036    0.684     76.479     69,324,286 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Approval 
 3     of Dividend       1,159,785,229   99.999     7,736      0.001     81.341        243 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of Mike 
 4     Allen             1,159,779,473   99.999     15,098     0.001     81.341       4,740 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Election 
       of Simon 
 5     Boddie            1,159,721,213   99.995     52,510     0.005     81.339       25,588 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of Nicholas 
 6     Bull              1,159,757,755   99.999     16,026     0.001     81.339       25,530 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of Mike 
 7     Clasper           1,083,584,979   99.369   6,875,523    0.631     76.478     69,338,808 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of David 
 8     Gosnell           1,090,497,299   99.999     15,815     0.001     76.482     69,286,197 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of Alan 
 9     Rosling           1,159,751,349   99.998     19,435     0.002     81.339       28,527 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of Fran 
 10    Philip            1,159,772,515   99.998     17,652     0.002     81.340       9,144 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Re-election 
       of Rajiv 
 11    Sharma            1,157,895,565   99.839   1,868,915    0.161     81.339       34,831 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Election 
       of Anne 
 12    Fahy              1,157,263,893   99.782   2,525,109    0.218     81.340       10,309 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Election 
       of Hongyan 
 13    Echo Lu           1,159,739,606   99.996     50,331     0.004     81.340       9,374 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Reappointment 
 14    of Auditor        1,152,754,347   99.395   7,011,064    0.605     81.339       33,899 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Approval 
       of Auditor 
 15    remuneration      1,159,786,775   99.999     8,514      0.001     81.341       4,022 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Authority 
       to allot 
       relevant 
 16    securities        1,159,711,170   99.993     79,200     0.007     81.340       8,941 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Authority 
       to disapply 
       pre-emption 
 17    rights            1,159,635,436   99.990    121,075     0.010     81.338       42,800 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Authority 
       to purchase 
 18    own Shares        1,159,054,822   99.938    716,034     0.062     81.339       28,454 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
      Authority 
       to call 
       general 
       meetings 
       on clear 
       14 days' 
 19    notice            1,066,837,100   91.988   92,917,839   8.012     81.338       26,042 
---  -----------------  --------------  -------  -----------  ------  -----------  ----------- 
 

Notes:

   --      * All percentages are rounded to three decimal places. 

-- Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" column.

-- A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the "total votes for" or "total votes against" the resolution.

-- The issued share capital figure used to calculate the total votes cast as a percentage of issued share capital voted is 1,425,847,522.

-- A copy of the resolutions other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business passed at the AGM have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Total Voting Rights

The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 16 May 2018 was 1,425,847,522.

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

16 May 2018

Enquiry details

   Coats Group plc Investor Relations          Rob Mann         [phone] 

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