Gocompare.com Group plc Results of Annual General Meeting (9242O)

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RNS Number : 9242O

Gocompare.com Group plc

22 May 2018

22 May 2018

GoCompare.com Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

GoCompare.com Group plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Tuesday 22 May 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each resolution and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 as special resolutions were passed and the results of the poll were as follows:

 
 Resolution                      For                    Against             Total         Votes 
                                                                             Votes         Withheld* 
------------------------------  ---------------------  ------------------  ------------  ----------- 
                                 Votes         %        Votes        % 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary Resolutions 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       To receive 
        the Annual 
        Report and 
 1.     Accounts                 322,536,596    99.99       24,833   0.01   322,561,429        8,394 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        the Directors' 
        Remuneration 
 2.     Report                   311,064,818    96.49   11,303,170   3.51   322,367,988      204,020 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To declare 
        a final dividend 
        of 0.7 pence 
        per ordinary 
        share in 
        respect of 
        the year 
        ended 31 
        December 
 3.     2017                     322,553,617   100.00        7,628   0.00   322,561,245       10,764 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To elect 
        Joe Hurd 
 4.     as a director            322,548,596   100.00       12,585   0.00   322,561,181       10,828 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To elect 
        Dr. Ashley 
        Steel as 
 5.     a director               322,330,546    99.93      230,635   0.07   322,561,181       10,828 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Zillah Byng-Thorne 
 6.     as a director            306,262,899    94.95   16,298,626   5.05   322,561,525       10,484 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Matthew Crummack 
 7.     as a director            322,223,432    99.90      338,093   0.10   322,561,525       10,484 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Angela Seymour-Jackson 
 8.     as a director            312,491,088    96.92    9,943,661   3.08   322,434,749      137,259 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Adrian Webb 
 9.     as a director            310,458,179    96.25   12,103,345   3.75   322,561,524       10,484 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Sir Peter 
        Wood as a 
 10.    director                 318,268,159    98.67    4,293,365   1.33   322,561,524       10,484 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Nick Wrighton 
 11.    as a director            321,990,620    99.82      570,305   0.18   322,560,925       11,084 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
        KPMG LLP 
 12.    as auditors              321,850,035    99.82      589,215   0.18   322,439,250      132,758 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the directors 
        and the Audit 
        and Risk 
        Committee 
        to determine 
        the 
        Remuneration 
 13.    of the Auditor           322,500,868    99.98       59,619   0.02   322,560,487       11,522 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the 
        Company and 
        its 
        subsidiaries 
        to make 
        political 
 14.    donations                320,964,477    99.51    1,588,444   0.49   322,552,921       19,088 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the directors 
        to allot 
 15.    shares                   322,047,517    99.84      506,618   0.16   322,554,135       17,874 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
 Special Resolutions 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       To dis-apply 
        pre-emption 
 16.    rights                   322,446,563    99.97       93,066   0.03   322,539,629       32,380 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       Additional 
        authority 
        to disapply 
        pre-emption 
        rights for 
        purposes 
        of acquisitions 
        or capital 
 17.    investments              321,758,556    99.76      781,072   0.24   322,539,628       32,380 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the 
        Company to 
        purchase 
 18.    its own shares           321,826,924    99.78      697,779   0.22   322,524,703       47,305 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the 
        Company to 
        call a 
        general meeting 
        other 
        than an annual 
        general 
        meeting on 
        not less 
        than 
        14 clear 
 19.    days' notice             319,213,641    98.96    3,347,032   1.04   322,560,673       11,336 
----  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  ------------  ----------- 
 

As at the date of the AGM, the number of ordinary shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting rights was 418,353,623.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

* A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the proportion of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

Enquiries:

Nick Edwards

Company Secretary

01633 654 060

Registered Office: Imperial House, Imperial Way, Newport, Gwent NP10 8UH

Registered in England and Wales with registered number: 6062003

LEI: 213800DUUN4C47JEL561

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