PageGroup plc Results of AGM (7123Q)

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RNS Number : 7123Q

PageGroup plc

07 June 2018

Date: 7 June 2018

PageGroup plc

Results of AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of PageGroup held on 7 June 2018 were passed by shareholders. The poll voting results were as follows:-

 
  Resolution              Votes For            Votes Against         Votes     Total Votes 
                                                                     Withheld      cast 
                                                                                (excluding 
                                                                                 Withheld) 
  -----------------  ---------------------  ---------------------  ---------- 
                                      % of                   % of 
                      No of         shares     No of       shares     No of 
                       shares        voted     shares       voted     shares 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
 
    1 Directors' 
    Report and 
    Accounts          258,302,512    99.92      208,799      0.08   1,851,459   258,511,311 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    2 Directors' 
    Remuneration 
    Report (other 
    than the 
    Remuneration 
    Policy)           243,508,598    93.53   16,852,085      6.47       2,086   260,360,683 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    3 Declare a 
    Final Dividend    260,362,771      100            0      0.00           0   260,362,771 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    4 Re-elect 
    David Lowden      258,393,524    99.24    1,968,319      0.76         927   260,361,843 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    5 Re-elect 
    Simon Boddie      256,511,717    99.48    1,337,531      0.52   2,513,521   257,849,248 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    6 Re-elect 
    Patrick De 
    Smedt             259,056,536    99.50    1,305,308      0.50         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    7 Re-elect 
    Steve Ingham      259,898,368    99.82      463,476      0.18         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    8 Re-elect 
    Kelvin Stagg      250,406,635    96.18    9,955,209      3.82         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    9 Re-elect 
    Michelle Healy    259,056,536    99.50    1,305,308      0.50         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    10 Elect Sylvia 
    Metayer           259,882,349    99.82      479,495      0.18         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    11 Elect Angela 
    Seymour-Jackson   236,662,980    90.90   23,698,864      9.10         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    12 Reappoint 
    Ernst & Young 
    LLP               256,218,701    99.32    1,745,009      0.68   2,399,060   257,963,710 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    13 Auditor's 
    Remuneration      258,617,839    99.33    1,744,009      0.67         923   260,361,848 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    14 Authority 
    to Allot Shares   239,348,194    91.93   21,013,650      8.07         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
   15 Political 
    Donations and 
    Expenditure       259,710,031    99.75      651,813      0.25         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
   16 
    Disapplication 
    of Pre-emption 
    Rights            260,307,725    99.98       54,119      0.02         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    17 Power to 
    Buy Back Shares 
    in the Market     256,770,797    98.99    2,624,335      1.01     967,638   259,395,132 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 
    18 Notice of 
    General 
    Meetings          251,168,914    96.47    9,192,930      3.53         927   260,361,844 
  -----------------  ------------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------------ 
 

Resolutions 16, 17 and 18 were proposed as Special Resolutions.

The votes withheld are not a vote in law and not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

The total number of shares in issue as at 7 June 2018 is 327,157,101

Special Business

The Resolutions set out below were duly passed as special business:

Resolution 14 - Authority to Allot Shares

THAT the Directors be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company ('Rights') up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP1,089,758.21, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on 7 September 2019, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot shares and grant Rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired; and all unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot shares and grant Rights be and are hereby revoked.

Resolution 15 - Donations to Political Organisations and Political Expenditure

THAT in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') the Company, and all companies that are subsidiaries of the Company at the date on which this Resolution 15 is passed or during the period when this Resolution 15 has effect, be generally and unconditionally authorised to:

(a) make political donations to political parties (or independent election candidates) as defined in the Act, not exceeding GBP25,000 in total;

(b) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties, as defined in the Act, not exceeding GBP25,000 in total; and

   (c)   incur political expenditure, as defined in the Act, not exceeding GBP25,000 in total; 

during the period commencing on the date of passing this Resolution 15 and shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, or if earlier, on 7 September 2019 provided that the authorised sum referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, may be comprised of one or more amounts in different currencies which, for the purposes of calculating the said sum, shall be converted into Pounds Sterling at the exchange rate published in the London edition of the Financial Times on the date on which the relevant donation is made or expenditure incurred (or the first business day thereafter) or, if earlier, on the day on which the Company enters into any contract or undertaking in relation to the same provided that, in any event, the aggregate amount of political donations and political expenditure made or incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to this Resolution 15 shall not exceed GBP75,000.

Resolution 16 - Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights

THAT the Directors be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act') to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 14 above or by way of a sale of treasury shares as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited to:

(a) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares in connection with an offer of securities in favour of the holders of ordinary shares on the register of members at such record date as the Directors may determine where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the ordinary shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held or deemed to be held by them on any such record date, subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems arising under the laws of any overseas territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or by virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts or any other matter; and

(b) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of this Resolution 16) to any person or persons of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP163,463.73,

and shall expire upon the expiry of the general authority conferred by Resolution 14 above, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.

Resolution 17 - Power to Buy Back Shares in the Market

THAT the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act')) of ordinary shares of 1p each of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided that:

(a) the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be acquired is 32,692,746 representing 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 9 April 2018;

   (b)      the minimum price which may be paid for each ordinary share is 1p; 

(c) the maximum price which may be paid for any such ordinary share is the higher of (i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share in the Company as derived from The London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased and (ii) the amount stipulated by Article 3(2) of the EU Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation (2016/1052/EU) being the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share in the Company on the trading venues where the market purchases by the Company pursuant to the authority conferred by this Resolution 17 will be carried out;

(d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting or 7 September 2019 whichever is earlier unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting; and

(e) the Company may make a contract to purchase its ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority, which contract will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and may purchase its ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract.

Resolution 18 - Notice of General Meetings

THAT a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 business days' notice.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Enquiries:

   Elaine Marriner, Company Secretary                          01932 264148 

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