MITIE Group PLC Result of AGM (3572W)

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RNS Number : 3572W

MITIE Group PLC

31 July 2018

31 July 2018

Mitie Group plc

LEI number: 213800MTCLTKEHWZMJ03

Result of AGM

At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Mitie Group plc ("Mitie"), held on 31 July 2018, all the resolutions put to the meeting were passed. The details of the votes cast are shown in a table below. The full text of each of the resolutions is shown in the Notice of the AGM, which is available on our website at www.mitie.com. The total number of votes cast was 277,670,232 representing 74.31% of Mitie's issued share capital.

Mitie acknowledges that, whilst the resolution for the election of Mary Reilly as an Independent Non-Executive Director was passed, a 23.74% vote against was received.

A process of shareholder consultation has commenced and Mitie will continue to engage with those shareholders who either withheld their vote, or voted against this resolution, to allay any such concerns for the future.

Copies of all special resolutions have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be made available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

AGM - Poll results

 
      Resolution                   Votes in favour         Votes against      Votes cast    Votes withheld 
                                    (as % of votes         (as % of votes 
                                         cast)                 cast) 
 1    Annual report & accounts   277,219,182   99.90%    266,049     0.10%    277,485,231      198,236 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
 2    Remuneration report        245,779,649   88.81%   30,982,345   11.19%   276,761,994      921,473 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
 3    Remuneration policy        276,805,990   99.73%    754,611     0.27%    277,560,601      122,865 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-election of Derek 
 4     Mapp                      258,234,121   99.81%    489,383     0.19%    258,723,504     18,959,960 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-election of Phil 
 5     Bentley                   277,146,563   99.81%    523,669     0.19%    277,670,232       13,235 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Election of Paul 
 6     Woolf                     277,093,030   99.80%    561,616     0.20%    277,654,646       28,821 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-election of Nivedita 
 7     Krishnamurthy Bhagat      277,224,338   99.89%    307,359     0.11%    277,531,697      151,770 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Re-election of Jack 
 8     Boyer OBE                 269,410,958   97.04%   8,222,890    2.96%    277,633,848       49,617 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Election of Philippa 
 9     Couttie                   277,262,736   99.90%    272,540     0.10%    277,535,276      148,191 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Election of Jennifer 
 10    Duvalier                  277,374,836   99.91%    259,014     0.09%    277,633,850       49,617 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Election of Mary 
 11    Reilly                    211,626,849   76.26%   65,897,801   23.74%   277,524,650      158,817 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Election of Roger 
 12    Yates                     277,379,079   99.95%    146,615     0.05%    277,525,694      157,773 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
 13   Appointment of auditors    277,261,306   99.86%    391,695     0.14%    277,653,001       30,466 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Auditors remuneration 
 14    authority                 277,175,996   99.85%    429,812     0.15%    277,605,808       77,659 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
 15   Political donations        275,893,193   99.40%   1,667,437    0.60%    277,560,630      122,837 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Authority to allot 
 16    shares                    277,483,265   99.95%    129,155     0.05%    277,612,420       71,047 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Disapplication of 
       pre-emption rights 
 17    (General)                 277,342,188   99.92%    231,068     0.08%    277,573,256      110,211 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Disapply pre-emption 
 18    rights (Additional)       251,154,058   90.48%   26,419,831   9.52%    277,573,889      109,577 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
      Market purchase of 
 19    own shares                277,038,424   99.82%    503,398     0.18%    277,541,822      141,644 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
 20   Short notice of meetings   248,152,477   89.37%   29,512,211   10.63%   277,664,658       18,809 
     -------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  --------------- 
 

Note:

The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 373,685,164 of which 7,748,108 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 365,937,056.

-Ends-

For further information, contact:

Tori Cowley

Group Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations

 
 T: [phone]   M: [phone]   E: [e-mail] 
  8705                 8110 
 

Peter Dickinson

General Counsel and Company Secretary

 
 T: [phone]   M: [phone]   E: [e-mail] 
  8157                 5013 
 

Notes for editors

About Mitie Group

Founded in 1987, Mitie is the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company. We offer a range of specialist services including engineering services, security, energy and property consultancy within Professional Services, catering, cleaning, pest control, landscaping, custody support services, and property maintenance.

Mitie employs 49,000 people across the UK, looking after a large, diverse blue-chip customer base, from banks and retailers, to hospitals, schools and government departments. We take care of our customers' people and buildings, by delivering the basics brilliantly and by deploying advanced technology. We are pioneers in the Connected Workspace, using smart analytics to provide valuable insight and deliver efficiencies to create outstanding work environments for our customers.

Find out more at www.mitie.com

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