Cropper(James) PLC Result of AGM (6054U)

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RNS Number : 6054U

Cropper(James) PLC

30 July 2020

30 July 2020

James Cropper Plc

(the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Following the Annual general Meeting held on 29 July 2020, James Cropper plc announces that all resolutions as set out in the Company's notice of AGM, apart from the resolution withdrawn, were approved.

Prior to the start of the AGM and following the announcement made on 27 July 2020 that Karl David Watson announced his resignation as a Director with effect from 1 August 2020, the Board withdrew Resolution 5, being to re-elect him as a Director of the Company.

The withdrawal of Resolution 5 does not otherwise affect the validity of the Notice of meeting, the proxy form or any proxy votes submitted.

The proxy votes lodged in respect of the AGM resolutions were as follows:

 
                         Result       Proxy votes          Proxy votes          Total        Proxy 
                                           for                against           Proxy        votes 
                                                                                votes       withheld 
                                                                                 cast          * 
                                                                              (excluding 
                                                                              withheld) 
                                    Number      % of     Number      % of 
                                                proxy                proxy      Number       Number 
                                                votes                votes 
 Resolution                                     cast                 cast 
                                  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  1 
  To receive 
  the 2020 Report 
  and Accounts               For   3,693,244    99.89       4,000     0.11     3,697,244       5,347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  2 
  To Re-elect 
  Mark A J Cropper 
  as a Director 
  of the Company             For   2,618,378    99.73       7,016     0.27     2,625,394   1,077,197 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  3 
  To re-elect 
  Jim Sharp 
  as a Director 
  of the Company             For   2,070,516    55.94   1,630,728    44.06     3,701,244       1,347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  4 
  To re-elect 
  Lyndsey Scott 
  as a Director 
  of the Company             For   3,684,826    99.56      16,418     0.44     3,701,244       1,347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution                              Resolution withdrawn prior to commencement 
  5                                                         of AGM 
                        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resolution 
  6 
  To Re-elect 
  Steve Adams 
  as a Director 
  of the Company             For   3,487,379    94.22     213,865     5.78     3,701,244       1,347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  7 
  To re-appoint 
  BDO LLP as 
  auditor                    For   3,693,474    99.76       8,770     0.24     3,702,244         347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  8 
  To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to determine 
  the auditor's 
  remuneration               For   3,695,231    99.81       7,013     0.19     3,702,244         347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  9 
  To approve 
  the Report 
  of the Remuneration 
  Committee                  For   2,272,878    61.48   1,423,853    38.52     3,696,731       5,860 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  10 
  To renew the 
  Directors' 
  authority 
  to issue shares            For   3,682,093    99.58      15,651     0.42     3,697,744       4,847 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 
  11 
  To authorise 
  issue of shares 
  without pre-emptive 
  rights                     For   3,682,593    99.58      15,651     0.42     3,698,244       4,347 
                        --------  ----------  -------  ----------  -------  ------------  ---------- 
 

* A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

The Company's issued share capital consists of 9,554,803 ordinary shares of 25p each, each of which carries the right to one vote.

Full details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice of Annual General meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.jamescropper.com .

Enquiries:

 
 James Cropper PLC (AIM: CRPR)         Shore Capital 
  Isabelle Maddock, Chief Finance       Robert Finlay, Henry Willcocks, 
  Officer                               John More 
  Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary       Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7601 6100 
  Tel: [phone] 
  www.jamescropper.com 
 

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