Interserve PLC Result of AGM (1595R)

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RNS Number : 1595R

Interserve PLC

12 June 2018

Interserve Plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

Interserve Plc (the "Company") announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company, duly convened and held today at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2AG, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 May 2018 were passed on a poll.

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, are set out below:

 
            Resolution                For/Discretionary         Against          Total        Votes 
                                                                                 Shares      Withheld 
                                                                                  Voted 
                                    --------------------  ------------------  -----------  ---------- 
                                           Votes       %       Votes       % 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To receive the 
        Annual Report and 
        Financial Statements 
 1      2017                          42,944,254   99.94      25,676    0.06   42,969,930      43,232 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        Directors' Remuneration 
 2      Policy                        41,540,619   97.86     908,028    2.14   42,448,647     561,872 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        Remuneration Committee 
        Chairman's Summary 
        Statement and the 
        Annual Report on 
 3      Remuneration                  34,729,009   82.87   7,179,574   17.13   41,908,583   1,109,937 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To elect Mrs Debbie 
        White as a director 
 4      of the Company                42,882,394   99.77      96,832    0.23   42,979,226      39,295 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To elect Mr Mark 
        Whiteling as a 
        director of the 
 5      Company                       42,117,722   98.01     855,812    1.99   42,973,534      44,987 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mr 
        Glyn Barker as 
        a director of the 
 6      Company                       42,255,725   98.71     553,586    1.29   42,809,311     209,209 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mr 
        Gareth Edwards 
        as a director of 
 7      the Company                   42,009,075   97.76     964,599    2.24   42,973,674      44,846 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Miss 
        Anne Fahy as a 
        director of the 
 8      Company                       41,928,755   97.56   1,046,470    2.44   42,975,225      43,295 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mr 
        Russell King as 
        a director of the 
 9      Company                       41,935,443   97.58   1,038,231    2.42   42,973,674      44,846 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mr 
        Nick Salmon as 
        a director of the 
 10     Company                       42,469,277   98.83     504,398    1.17   42,973,675      44,846 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mr 
        Dougie Sutherland 
        as a director of 
 11     the Company                   42,740,157   99.46     233,518    0.54   42,973,675      44,846 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Grant 
        Thornton UK LLP 
        as the Company's 
 12     auditor                       42,870,642   99.74     110,389    0.26   42,981,031      37,490 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        directors to determine 
 13     the auditor's remuneration    42,899,154   99.80      84,771    0.20   42,983,925      29,237 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        directors to make 
        political donations 
        and to incur political 
 14     expenditure                   42,757,501   99.49     218,249    0.51   42,975,750      42,771 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To renew the Interserve 
        Sharesave Scheme 
 15     2009                          42,873,120   99.76     104,253    0.24   42,977,373      41,148 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To renew the Interserve 
        Share Incentive 
 16     Plan 2009                     42,853,490   99.73     117,077    0.27   42,970,567      47,954 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        directors to allot 
        shares up to a 
 17     specified amount              42,804,334   99.58     180,882    0.42   42,985,216      33,305 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To empower the 
        directors to disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
 18*    (general authority)           42,798,978   99.65     149,657    0.35   42,948,635      69,886 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To empower the 
        directors to disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
 19*    (additional authority)        41,225,146   95.99   1,723,488    4.01   42,948,634      69,886 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Company to make 
        market purchases 
 20*    of its own shares             42,371,024   98.58     609,900    1.42   42,980,924      37,596 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        sub-division of 
        the Company's share 
 21*    capital                       42,840,734   99.72     120,924    0.28   42,961,658      56,863 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        holding of general 
        meetings, other 
        than AGMs, on 14 
 22*    clear days' notice            41,758,159   97.16   1,220,863    2.84   42,979,022      39,499 
----  ----------------------------  ------------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
 

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

**Special Resolution

The total number of votes cast excludes votes withheld. The issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM was 149,719,938 ordinary shares of 10p each.

A copy of the above results will shortly be available in the Investor Centre section of the Company's website at www.interserve.com.

Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

As a result of the approval of Resolution 21 relating to the sub-division of the Company's share capital, a request for an amendment to the Official List for the Company's ordinary shares has been made to the UK Listing Authority. It is expected that dealings in the Company's ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each will commence at or around 8.00 a.m. on 13 June 2018.

Andy McDonald

Group Secretary

12 June 2018

LEI Number: 549300MVYY4EZCRFHZ09

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