Equiniti Group PLC Result of AGM (0633N)

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RNS Number : 0633N

Equiniti Group PLC

03 May 2018

Equiniti Group plc

Incorporated in England and Wales

Registration number: 07090427

LEI: 213800TS721HGE2JIV94

ISIN: GB00BYWWHR75

Equiniti Group plc

(the Company)

Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP, 110 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AY on Thursday 3 May 2018 (the AGM), all the resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by the Company's shareholders.

The total voting rights of the Company on 1 May 2018, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 364,476,298. All of the resolutions were passed at the Annual General Meeting. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:

 
                                 Votes For               Votes Against          Votes        Total Votes 
                                  (including                                     Withheld     Cast (excluding 
                                  discretion)                                                 Votes Withheld) 
---  -------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  -----------  ----------------------- 
      Resolution                   Number       % of       Number      % of       Number       Number        % of 
                                  of shares     shares    of shares    shares    of shares    of shares     issued 
                                                voted                  voted                                 share 
                                                                                                            capital 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Receive the 
       Annual Report 
  1    and Accounts              293,532,393     99.94      183,240      0.06      346,779   293,715,633     80.59% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Approve the 
       Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report, excluding 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
  2    Policy                    292,353,295     99.47    1,556,725      0.53      152,141   293,910,020     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Approve the 
       final dividend 
       of 2.73 pence 
       per ordinary 
  3    share                     294,057,635    100.00        3,295      0.00        1,345   294,060,930     80.68% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Alison Burns 
  4    as a Director             292,991,404     99.64    1,065,058      0.36        5,941   294,056,462     80.68% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Sally-Ann 
       Hibberd as 
  5    a Director                289,618,341     98.49    4,437,727      1.51        6,265   294,056,068     80.68% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Dr Timothy 
       Miller as 
  6    a Director                292,380,250     99.47    1,548,327      0.53      133,825   293,928,577     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Darren Pope 
  7    as a Director             289,334,060     98.44    4,594,706      1.56      133,368   293,928,766     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       John Stier 
  8    as a Director             292,707,470     99.58    1,221,596      0.42      133,337   293,929,066     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Guy Wakeley 
  9    as a Director             292,864,454     99.64    1,066,408      0.36      131,541   293,930,862     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Philip Yea 
 10    as a Director             292,333,935     99.51    1,437,241      0.49      291,216   293,771,176     80.60% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Reappoint 
       Pricewater-houseCoopers 
 11    LLP as Auditor            292,059,711     99.37    1,840,121      0.63      162,570   293,899,832     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To authorise 
       the Audit 
       Committee 
       to determine 
       the Auditors' 
 12    fees                      278,890,893     94.93   14,886,518      5.07      284,793   293,777,411     80.60% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Grant the 
       Directors 
       authority 
       to allot shares 
 13    in the Company            283,202,860     96.31   10,855,514      3.69        3,929   294,058,374     80.68% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      To dis-apply 
       pre-emption 
 14    rights                    282,738,871     96.19   11,187,938      3.81      135,584   293,926,809     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Authorise 
       market purchases 
       of shares 
 15    into treasury             293,801,775     99.96      115,433      0.04      145,194   293,917,208     80.64% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Authorise 
       the giving 
       of political 
 16    donations                 284,477,699     96.74    9,580,335      3.26        4,369   294,058,034     80.68% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
      Authorise 
       the holding 
       of general 
       meetings on 
       14 clear days' 
 17    notice                    284,813,410     96.86    9,247,078      3.14        1,915   294,060,488     80.68% 
---  -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
 

This announcement will be available on the Company's website http://investors.equiniti.com/investors as soon as practicable.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business resolutions (14, 15, 17) passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and shortly be available for inspection at its web site: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Board Changes

Following the conclusion of the AGM, as disclosed on 5 March 2018, Victoria (Vicky) Jarman stepped down as an Independent Non-executive Director and Darren Pope has succeeded her as the Senior Independent Director.

Enquiries:

Kathy Cong

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

3 May 2018

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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