Medica Group PLC Result of AGM (8923Z)

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RNS Number : 8923Z

Medica Group PLC

22 May 2019

22 May 2019

Medica Group Plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

Medica Group Plc (LSE: MGP, "Medica" or the "Company") announces that, at its Annual General Meeting held at the offices of Eversheds Sutherlands (International) LLP at One Wood Street, London at 10.00 a.m. today, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.

 
 Resolutions                          For (including    % of     Against      % of    Votes cast 
                                       discretionary    votes                 votes    as a % of 
                                          votes)                              cast     relevant 
                                                                                       shares in 
                                                                                         issue 
 Ordinary business 
       To receive and adopt 
        the annual report 
        and accounts of 
        the Company and 
        its subsidiaries 
        for the year ended 
 1      31 December 2018                91,901.737      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint Grant 
        Thornton UK LLP 
        as auditors to the 
 2      Company                         91,655,088     99.73     248,149      0.27      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise the 
        Directors to determine 
        the remuneration 
        of the auditors 
 3      of the Company                  91,903,237      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect John 
 4      Graham as Director              91,898,407      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Stephen 
 5      Davies as Director              91,899,907      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Anthony 
 6      Lee as Director                 91,898,407      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Roy 
 7      Davis as Director               91,898,407      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Stephen 
 8      Whittern as Director            91,898,407      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect Michael 
 9      Bewick as Director              87,639,221     95.37    4,259,185     4.63      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To elect Joanne 
 10     Easton as Director              91,901,907      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To declare a final 
        dividend for the 
        year ended 31 December 
        2018 of 1.5p per 
 11     ordinary share                  91,903,237      100         0          0        82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       To approve the Directors' 
        Remuneration Report 
        (other than the 
        part containing 
        the Directors' Remuneration 
        Policy) for the 
        year ended 31 December 
 12     2018.                           86,955,796     94.62    4,944,110     5.38      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
 Special business 
       General authority 
        to allot shares 
        pursuant to Section 
        551 Companies Act 
 13     2006                            91,892,157     99.99      7,750       0.01      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       General authority 
        to allot equity 
        securities pursuant 
        to Section 570 Companies 
 14*    Act 2006                        80,867,119     88.02    11,010,788   11.98      82.69 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       General authority 
        to allot equity 
        securities pursuant 
        to Section 570 Companies 
 15*    Act 2006                        80,617,970     87.72    11,281,937   12.28      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       Authority for on-market 
        purchases of up 
        to 10% of issued 
 16*    share capital                   91,639,008     99.72     260,899      0.28      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
       Authority to call 
        general meetings 
        at 14 clear days' 
 17*    notice                          91,847,487     99.94      54,420      0.06      82.71 
      -----------------------------  ---------------  -------  -----------  -------  ----------- 
 

* Passed as a special resolution of the Company; all other resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.

N.B. Percentage of Votes cast excludes withheld votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

The Board is pleased to have received shareholder support for all the resolutions proposed at the AGM.

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 22 May 2018 at 10.00 a.m. was 111,111,114. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website (www.medicagroup.co.uk).

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries:

 
 Medica Group:                          [phone] 
 John Graham, Chief Executive Officer 
 Tony Lee, Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
 Investec Bank plc                      [phone] 
 Sara Hale 
 Daniel Adams 
 
 
 FTI Consulting                         [phone] 
 Brett Pollard 
 Ben Atwell 
 Victoria Foster Mitchell 
 Robert Winder 
 

About Medica

About MEDICA

MEDICA is the UK market leader in the provision of teleradiology services, providing outsourced interpretation and reporting on MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computerised tomography) and plain film (x-ray) images. The Company currently offers three primary services to hospital radiology departments: NightHawk, an out-of-hours service, routine cross-sectional reporting on MRI and CT scans, and routine plain film reporting on x-ray images.

MEDICA has developed a bespoke secure IT platform that provides market-leading linkage between a hospital's Radiology Information System (RIS) and Consultant Radiologists who contract with MEDICA. Direct RIS access ensures that the full wider patient information is available and reviewed with every report.

The Company contracts with the largest pool of consultant radiologists outside of the NHS and has been trusted to provide more than 1.3 million examinations annually across its customer base of more than 100 NHS Trusts and various private hospital groups and diagnostic imaging companies. For more information please visit www.medicagroup.co.uk

About Teleradiology

Teleradiology is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, including plain film (x-rays), CT scans and MRI scans, from one location to another for the purposes of diagnostic interpretation and reporting.

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