KCOM Group PLC Result of AGM (3693V)

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RNS Number : 3693V

KCOM Group PLC

21 July 2018

KCOM Group PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting on 20 July 2018

KCOM Group PLC (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 1.00pm today, 20 July 2018, at KCOM Stadium, Hull, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.

Resolutions 1 to 12 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were proposed as special resolutions.

Copies of the resolutions concerning items of special business (being resolutions 12 to 15) are being sent to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and will shortly be available for inspection.

The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 20 July 2018 was 516,603,910.

 
         Resolution           No. of votes   No. of votes      Total no.      Withheld* 
                               'In favour'     'Against'        of votes 
                                   (%)            (%)             cast 
                                                              (% of issued 
                                                             share capital) 
     1. To receive and 
    approve the Company's 
    report and accounts.      391,020,831       22,050        391,042,881      299,558 
                                (99.99%)        (0.01%)         (75.69%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
   2. To declare a final 
      dividend of 4.00 
     pence per ordinary 
           share.             391,310,158       28,728        391,338,886       3,553 
                                (99.99%)        (0.01%)         (75.75%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
     3. To approve the 
   Directors' remuneration 
           report.            389,370,753     1,864,280       391,235,033      107.406 
                                (99.52%)        (0.48%)         (75.73%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
      4. To re-appoint 
   PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  as independent auditors.    390,696,694      609,647        391,306,341      36,097 
                                (99.84%)        (0.16%)         (75.75%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
    5. To authorise the 
     Audit Committee to 
      fix the auditors' 
        remuneration.         391,034,827      254,416        391,289,243      52,946 
                                (99.93%)        (0.07%)         (75.74%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
   6. To re-elect Graham 
    Holden as a Director 
       of the Company.        373,872,252     17,418,546      391,290,798      51,639 
                                (95.55%)        (4.45%)         (75.74%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
     7. To re-elect Liz 
    Barber as a Director 
       of the Company.        388,951,660     2,347,009       391,298,669      43,520 
                                (99.40%)        (0.60%)         (75.74%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
      8. To elect Anna 
    Bielby as a Director 
       of the Company.        386,594,128     4,709,871       391,303,999      38,440 
                                (98.80%)        (1.20%)         (75.75%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
   9. To re-elect Patrick 
   De Smedt as a Director 
       of the Company.        390,226,116     1,086,180       391,312,296      30,143 
                                (99.72%)        (0.28%)         (75.75%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
    10. To re-elect Bill 
    Halbert as a Director 
       of the Company.        359,832,403     31,481,389      391,313,792      28,397 
                                (91.95%)        (8.05%)         (75.75%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
   11. To re-elect Peter 
     Smith as a Director 
       of the Company.        389,795,519     1,516,481       391,312,000      30,438 
                                (99.61%)        (0.39%)         (75.75%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
      12. To authorise 
      the Directors to 
  allot shares as outlined 
      in the Notice of 
          Meeting.            389,779,744     1,504,239       391,283,983      58,206 
                                (99.62%)        (0.38%)         (75.74%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
      13. To disapply         390,729,769      487,023        391,216,792      125,647 
      pre-emption rights 
      as outlined in the 
      Notice of Meeting.        (99.88%)        (0.12%)         (75.73%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
      14. To authorise 
      the Directors to 
    make market purchases 
      of the Company's 
         own shares.          390,610,444      631,693        391,242,137      100,301 
                                (99.84%)        (0.16%)         (75.73%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
   15. To approve general 
    meetings, other than 
     AGMs, being called 
    on at least 14 clear 
        days' notice.         380,999,160     10,293,113      391,292,273      50,166 
                                (97.37%)        (2.63%)         (75.74%) 
                             -------------  -------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 

*A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" the resolution.

In the event of any queries, please contact Kathy Smith on [phone].

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