De La Rue PLC Result of AGM (3950V)

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RNS Number : 3950V

De La Rue PLC

06 August 2020

DE LA RUE PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of De La Rue plc ("De La Rue" or the "Company") was held today, 6 August 2020, at 10:30am at De La Rue House, Jays Close, Viables, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS.

The Company is also pleased to announce that the Resolutions (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting) were duly passed on a poll (in which every member present in person or proxy had one vote for each Ordinary Share held).

The poll results on the Resolutions, on which Computershare (the Company's registrar) acted as scrutineer, are as follows:

Poll Voting Figures

 
        RESOLUTION              FOR                    AGAINST                        TOTAL                  WITHHELD 
                       Number of      % of      Number of   % of votes        Votes Cast          % of      Number of 
                         Votes        votes       Votes        Cast      (Excluding Withheld)    Issued       Votes 
                                      Cast                                                        Share 
                                                                                                 Capital 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 Ordinary Resolutions 
       Receive the 
       strategic 
       report, the 
       directors' 
       report and 
       the 
       financial 
       statements 
       of the 
       Company, 
       together 
       with the 
       report of 
 1.    the auditor    123,396,613       99.99     8,556        0.01          123,405,169         63.30%      255,444 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 2.    Approve the 
       directors' 
       remuneration 
       policy         117,001,673       94.64   6,628,523      5.36          123,630,196         63.41%       30,416 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 3.    Approve the 
       directors' 
       remuneration 
       report         121,649,532       98.40   1,980,487      1.60          123,630,019         63.41%       29,656 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
       Elect Kevin 
 4.    Loosemore      123,560,155       99.93    90,470        0.07          123,650,625         63.42%       9,988 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
       Elect Clive 
 5.    Vacher         123,578,457       99.94    69,318        0.06          123,647,775         63.42%       12,838 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
 6.    Nick Bray      123,481,946       99.87    162,632       0.13          123,644,578         63.42%       16,034 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
       Re-elect 
       Maria da 
 7.    Cunha          117,916,055       95.36   5,732,622      4.64          123,648,677         63.42%       11,935 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 8.    Re-appoint 
       Ernst and 
       Young LLP as 
       auditor        123,544,215       99.92    105,065       0.08          123,649,280         63.42%       8,709 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 9.    Authorise 
       the 
       Directors to 
       determine 
       the 
       auditor's 
       remuneration   123,586,197       99.94    68,397        0.06          123,654,594         63.43%       6,019 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
       Authorise 
       the 
       Directors to 
 10.   allot shares   123,255,609       99.70    375,216       0.30          123,630,825         63.41%       29,402 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 11.   Authorise 
       political 
       donations 
       and 
       political 
       expenditure    122,566,685       99.17   1,026,598      0.83          123,593,283         63.40%       67,330 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 Special Resolutions 
 12.   Authorise 
       the 
       Directors to 
       allot shares 
       as if s561 
       of the 
       Companies 
       Act did not 
       apply          123,450,725       99.87    157,471       0.13          123,608,196         63.40%       52,417 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 13.   Authorise 
       the 
       Directors to 
       allot 
       additional 
       shares as if 
       s561 of the 
       Companies 
       Act did not 
       apply          123,425,843       99.85    180,350       0.15          123,606,193         63.40%       54,420 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 14.   Authorise 
       the Company 
       to make 
       market 
       purchases of 
       its own 
       shares         123,593,755       99.95    63,592        0.05          123,657,347         63.43%       3,266 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 Ordinary Resolutions 
 15.   Approve the 
       executive 
       incentive 
       arrangements 
       comprising 
       the De La 
       Rue Deferred 
       Bonus Plan 
       2020 (DBP)     122,770,772       99.32    842,742       0.68          123,613,514         63.41%       45,139 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 16.   Approve the 
       executive 
       incentive 
       arrangements 
       comprising 
       the De La 
       Rue 
       Performance 
       Share Plan 
       2020 (PSP)     122,772,104       99.32    843,710       0.68          123,615,814         63.41%       44,799 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 Special Resolution 
 17    That a 
       general 
       meeting may 
       be called on 
       not less 
       than 14 
       clear days' 
       notice         123,192,906       99.62    464,584       0.38          123,657,490         63.43%       3,123 
      -------------  ------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ---------------------  ----------  ----------- 
 

1. Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).

2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' the resolutions, nor the total votes cast.

3. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the 'For' totals.

4. As at 6:00 p.m. on 4 August 2020 (being the record time for the Annual General Meeting), the Company had 194,956,241 Ordinary Shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 194,956,241, each ordinary share carrying one vote.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the Resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . In addition, a copy of the Resolutions will also be filed with Companies House. The results of the Annual General Meeting held on 6 August 2020 will be available to view on the Company's website at www.delarue.com .

Jane Hyde, Company Secretary

Contact Number: 01256 605212

6 August 2020

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78

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