Rank Group PLC Result of AGM

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Rank Group PLC

17 October 2024

 

 

The Rank Group Plc - 2024 Annual General Meeting

At The Rank Group Plc annual general meeting held on Thursday 17 October 2024 a poll was taken on all resolutions put to the meeting.  All resolutions were passed by the members entitled to vote.

 

The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below.

 

№	Resolution	Type	For		Against		Total № of Votes Cast	% of shares on register: 17 Oct 2024	Withheld
			№ of votes	%	№ of votes	%			№ of votes
Votes of all shareholders
1.	Approval of 2023/24 report and financial statements	Ordinary	429,623,700	100.00	18,250	0.00	429,641,950	91.72%	130,625
2.	Approval of 2023/24 directors' remuneration report	Ordinary	422,316,131	98.27	7,433,777	1.73	429,749,908	91.74%	22,667
3.	Approval of 2023/24 directors' remuneration policy	Ordinary	422,246,719	98.25	7,499,410	1.75	429,746,129	91.74%	26,446
4.	Approval of final dividend	Ordinary	429,760,781	100.00	8,555	0.00	429,769,336	91.75%	3,239
5.	Re- election of Alex Thursby as a director	Ordinary	428,489,988	99.70	1,273,559	0.30	429,763,547	91.75%	9,028
6.	Re-election of John O'Reilly as a director	Ordinary	429,475,281	99.93	290,788	0.07	429,766,069	91.75%	6,506
7.	Re-election of Richard Harris as a director	Ordinary	429,451,086	99.93	311,229	0.07	429,762,315	91.75%	10,259
8.	Re-election of Chew Seong Aun as a director	Ordinary	392,168,966	99.92	301,445	0.08	392,470,411	83.78%	37,302,164
9.	Re-election of Katie McAlister as a director	Ordinary	429,494,130	99.94	273,987	0.06	429,768,117	91.75%	4,458
10.	Re-election of Karen Whitworth as a director	Ordinary	428,469,792	99.70	1,298,303	0.30	429,768,095	91.75%	4,480
11.	Re-election of Lucinda Charles-Jones as a director	Ordinary	428,503,570	99.71	1,263,294	0.29	429,766,864	91.75%	5,711
12.	Re-election of Keith Laslop as a director	Ordinary	429,550,810	99.95	212,936	0.05	429,763,746	91.75%	8,829
13.	Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor	Ordinary	429,686,565	99.98	80,028	0.02	429,766,593	91.75%	5,982
14.	Remuneration of auditor	Ordinary	429,708,679	99.99	54,279	0.01	429,762,958	91.75%	9,617
15.	LTIP Rule changes	Ordinary	422,226,603	98.25	7,518,988	1.75	429,745,591	91.74%	22,613

 

 

 

 

 

 

№	Resolution	Type	For		Against		Total № of Votes Cast	% of shares on register on 17 Oct 2024	Withheld
			№ of votes	%	№ of votes	%			№ of votes
16.	Authority to make political donations and political expenditure	Ordinary	429,580,660	99.96	180,071	0.04	429,760,731	91.75%	7,473
17.	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	Special	428,588,328	99.73	1,169,408	0.27	429,757,736	91.74%	10,468
Votes of independent shareholders only
5.	Re- election of Alex Thursby as a director	Ordinary	146,264,882	99.14	1,273,559	0.86	147,538,441	79.23%	9,028
9.	Re-election of Katie McAllister as a director	Ordinary	147,269,024	99.81	273,987	0.19	147,543,011	79.24%	4,458
10.	Re-election of Karen Whitworth as a director	Ordinary	146,244,686	99.12	1,298,303	0.88	147,542,989	79.24%	4,480
11.	Re-election of Lucinda Charles-Jones as a director	Ordinary	146,278,464	99.14	1,263,294	0.86	147,541,758	79.24%	5,711
12.	Re-election of Keith Laslop as a director	Ordinary	147,325,704	99.86	212,936	0.14	147,538,640	79.23%	8,829

 

 

Notes:

1.    Total ordinary shares in issue at the date of the meeting were 468,429,541. Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding the controlling shareholder at the date of the meeting were 186,204,435.

2.    Any proxy appointments giving discretion to "the Chair of the meeting" have been included in the "For" totals above.

3.    Resolutions 5,9,10,11 and 12 will be counted separately excluding the controlling shareholder.

4.    "Withheld" is not a vote in law and therefore is excluded from the calculation of the proportion of the votes for or against a resolution.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the notice of annual general meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. and on the Company's website https://www.rank.com/en/shareholder-centre/shareholder-meetings

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