G4S PLC G4s Plc: Agm 2019 Poll Results

 
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   16 May 2019 
 
   G4S PLC 
 
   AGM 2019 POLL RESULTS 
 
   G4S plc, the parent company of the G4S global security group, announces 
that, at its AGM held on 16 May 2019, all the resolutions put to 
shareholders were duly passed. 
 
   This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations; 
to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days' 
notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10% 
of its own shares. 
 
   The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy 
back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business 
practice. 
 
   The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are: 
 
 
 
 
Resolution                                                      For         %       Against     %    Withheld*    Total votes 
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1.To adopt the financial statements and reports of 
 directors and auditor                                     1,297,228,588   99.20   10,409,527  0.80     774,077  1,307,638,115 
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2.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report            1,276,295,551   97.60   31,333,421  2.40     783,219  1,307,628,972 
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3.To confirm and declare the dividend                      1,307,635,637  >99.99        3,720  0.00     772,835  1,307,639,357 
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4.Election of Elisabeth Fleuriot as a director             1,297,198,653  >99.99       22,368  0.00  11,182,299  1,297,221,021 
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5.Re-election of Ashley Almanza as a director              1,297,137,488   99.20   10,488,441  0.80     777,391  1,307,625,929 
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6.Re-election of John Connolly as a director               1,250,110,042   95.60   57,518,442  4.40     774,835  1,307,628,484 
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7.Re-election of Winnie Kin Wah Fok as a director          1,297,114,871   99.99      109,286  0.01  11,179,163  1,297,224,157 
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8. Re-election of Steve Mogford as a director              1,296,016,483   99.91    1,174,496  0.09  11,212,341  1,297,190,979 
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9. Re-election of John Ramsay as a director                1,297,200,548  >99.99       23,609  0.00  11,179,163  1,297,224,157 
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10.Re-election of Paul Spence as a director                1,297,200,124  >99.99       23,705  0.00  11,179,163  1,297,223,829 
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11.Re-election of Barbara Thoralfsson as a director        1,295,197,171   99.84    2,029,155  0.16  11,176,666  1,297,226,326 
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12.Re-election of Tim Weller as a director                 1,296,534,360   99.15   11,091,241  0.85     777,391  1,307,625,601 
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13.To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor     1,297,200,903  >99.99       24,069  0.00  11,178,020  1,297,224,972 
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14.To authorise the audit committee of the board to 
 determine the auditor's remuneration                      1,297,166,406  >99.99       49,195  0.00  11,187,391  1,297,215,601 
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15. Authority to make political donations and incur 
 political expenditure                                     1,288,927,562   99.75    3,220,807  0.25  16,264,623  1,292,148,369 
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16.To authorise the directors to allot shares up to 
 a specified amount                                        1,268,127,338   97.76   29,120,677  2.24  11,174,177  1,297,248,015 
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17.Special resolution to give authority to directors 
 to disapply statutory pre-emption rights emption rights   1,296,925,348   99.18   10,712,178  0.82     775,366  1,307,637,526 
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18.Special resolution to give additional authority 
 to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights     1,224,974,562   93.68   82,661,215  6.32     776,066  1,307,635,777 
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19.Special resolution to give limited authority for 
 the purchase of its own shares by the company             1,288,783,845   98.60   18,244,556  1.40   1,393,790  1,307,028,401 
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20.Special resolution to authorise the calling of 
 general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) 
 on 14 days' notice                                        1,193,600,080   91.64  108,945,900  8.36   5,857,012  1,302,545,980 
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   John Daly retired from the board at the conclusion of the meeting and so 
there was no resolution relating to his re-election. 
 
   In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of resolutions 15 to 20 
will be forwarded to the FCA for publication through its document 
viewing facility where they will shortly be available for inspection at 
https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=ldrOTpIvkOc6_hGYsrtfB9SW4oU1JIETsnsO66dDnXQmYhTIluvoieeNhpETnB6XMA1SjeZueYrcd4TqvLTCxygU-QLXg-FVZxMuRn3ZhZwvw0CqFCQZia3RdRiWQO2J 
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
 
   The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 84.3%**. 
 
   * Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the 
calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution. 
 
   **Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 1,551,594,436. Every 
shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. 
 
 
 
 
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   Notes to Editors: 
 
   G4S is the leading global, integrated security company, specialising in 
the provision of security services and solutions to customers. Our 
mission is to create material, sustainable value for our customers and 
shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all our markets. 
 
   G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock 
exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S is active in around 90 countries and 
has around 546,000 employees. For more information on G4S, visit 
www.g4s.com. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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