Nakama Group Plc Result of Annual General Meeting and Board Changes (2447Q)

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RNS Number : 2447Q

Nakama Group Plc

17 October 2019

17 October 2019

Nakama Group plc

("Nakama" or "the Group")

Result of Annual General Meeting and Board Changes

Nakama Group plc (AIM: NAK), the AIM quoted recruitment consultancy working across the UK and Asia providing recruitment and related services for the web, interactive, digital media, IT and business change sectors, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held earlier today, the following resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands with the table below summarising proxy votes:

 
  RESOLUTIONS                         NO OF        %      NO OF      %              TOTAL       NO OF 
                                      VOTES               VOTES                     VOTES       VOTES 
                                        FOR             AGAINST           CAST (EXCLUDING    WITHHELD 
                                                                                    VOTES 
                                                                                WITHHELD) 
 1. To receive the Company's 
  annual accounts for 
  the financial year 
  ended 31 March 2019            10,541,442   100.00          -      -         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 2. To reappoint Hazlewoods 
  LLP as auditors of 
  the Company                    10,541,442   100.00          -      -         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 3. To authorise the 
  Directors to determine 
  the remuneration of 
  the auditors of the 
  Company                        10,541,442   100.00          -      -         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 4. To re-elect as a 
  Director, Timothy Sheffield    10,541,442   100.00          -      -         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 5. To re-elect as a                                          Withdrawn 
  Director, Andrea Williams 
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 6. To re-elect as a 
  Director, Michael Clelland     10,541,442   100.00          -      -         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect as a                                          Withdrawn 
  Director, Patrick Meehan 
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 8. To re-elect as a 
  Director, Robert Thesiger      10,541,442   100.00          -      -         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 9. To authorise the 
  Directors to replace 
  the existing authority 
  to allot shares in 
  the Company in connection 
  with s 551 of the Companies 
  Act 2006                       10,540,000    99.99      1,442   0.01         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 10. To authorise the 
  Directors to allot 
  Relevant Securities 
  as if s 561 of the 
  Companies Act 2006 
  did not apply                  10,540,000    99.99      1,442   0.01         10,541,442           - 
                                -----------  -------  ---------  -----  -----------------  ---------- 
 

Votes which have been cast at the discretion of the Chairman have been counted as votes for the resolutions.

Board Changes

Subsequent to the announcement made on 8 October 2019 concerning Patrick Meehan's and Andrea Williams' resignation, Resolutions 5 and 7 were withdrawn at the start of the AGM by the Chairman.

Following the conclusion of the AGM held earlier today, Patrick Meehan and Andrea Williams have now stepped down from the Board to focus on other business interests.

Enquiries:

 
 Nakama Group plc                      www.nakamaglobal.com 
                                       00 44 20 7236 
 Tim Sheffield, Chairman                2400 
                                       00 44 20 3588 
 Rob Thesiger, CEO                      4560 
 
 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated 
  Adviser & Broker) 
                                       00 44 20 3328 
 Nick Naylor / Nicholas Chambers        5656 
 

Notes to Editors:

Nakama Group plc is a recruitment group of two branded solutions placing people into specialist and management positions:

-- Nakama operates in the digital, creative, media, marketing and technology sectors all over the world from offices in the UK and Asia; and

-- the Highams brand specialises in the Financial Services sector, specifically Business Change and IT in Insurance and Wealth Management currently in the UK and Europe.

Nakama Group plc was created in October 2011 through the acquisition of Nakama Ltd UK and its subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Singapore by AIM listed Highams Systems Services Group plc.

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