Leeds Group PLC Result of AGM (7167W)

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RNS Number : 7167W

Leeds Group PLC

12 December 2019

12 December 2019

Leeds Group plc

(the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Board of the Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at the Company's registered office at Old Mills, Whitehall Grove, Drighlington, Bradford BD11 1BY, all the proposed resolutions were passed.

The number of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting for each of the resolutions are as noted in the table below:

 
 Resolution                           For      Against   Discretionary     Abstain     Total Votes 
                                                                          / withheld 
 Ordinary Business 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 1 to receive 
  the directors' report 
  and the financial statements 
  to 31 May 2019                   7,090,138      0          3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 2 to re-appoint 
  Mr Dave Cooper as a 
  director                         7,086,619    3,519        3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 3 to re-appoint 
  Mr Jörg Hemmers 
  as a director                    7,034.284   55,854        3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 4 to re-appoint 
  BDO LLP as auditors, 
  and to fix their remuneration    7,090,138      0          3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Special Business 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 5 to give 
  the Company authority 
  to buy back ordinary 
  shares of 12 pence each          7,086,619    3,519        3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 6 to authorise 
  the directors to allot 
  relevant securities              7,090,138      0          3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Resolution 7 to approve 
  the disapplication of 
  statutory pre-emption 
  rights                           7,090,138      0          3,230            0         7,093,368 
                                  ----------  --------  --------------  ------------  ------------ 
 

Total voting shares at the date of the meeting:

The full text of the resolutions may be found in the notice of the Annual General Meeting contained within the Annual Report and Accounts 2019, which is available on the Company's website www.leedsgroup.plc.uk.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (MAR) and has been arranged for release by Jan G Holmstrom, Chairman.

Enquiries:

Leeds Group plc Cairn Financial Advisers LLP - Nominated Adviser

Dawn Henderson - 07747 777055 Tony Rawlinson / Liam Murray - 020 7213 0880

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