Rank Group PLC Result of General Meeting and Total Voting Rights (2146G)

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RNS Number : 2146G

Rank Group PLC

23 November 2020

23 November 2020

The Rank Group Plc (the "Company")

Result of General Meeting and Total Voting Rights

Result of General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce that the resolutions in connection with the proposed issue of Ordinary Shares and the connected related party transaction were passed by Shareholders at a general meeting held today at 11:30am. Further details of the resolutions are set out in the Circular to Shareholders published on 6 November 2020.

All references in this announcement to times are to London time unless otherwise stated.

The proxy results were as follows:

 
                                                                                % of shares 
                                                                   Total No      on register 
                                                                    of Votes        on 21        Votes 
  Ordinary resolution        For         %      Against     %         Cast         Nov 20       withheld 
 Votes of shareholders excluding controlling shareholder 
 To approve 
  the allotment 
  and issue of 
  New Ordinary 
  Shares to the 
  related parties 
  as described 
  in the Circular 
  published on 
  6 November 
  2020                   145,422,818   99.92%   111,419   0.08%   145,534,237      84.94%       17,581* 
                        ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Votes of all shareholders 
 To authorise 
  the directors 
  to allot New 
  Ordinary Shares 
  as described 
  in the Circular 
  published on 
  6 November 
  2020                   364,777,024   99.97%   108,236   0.03%   364,885,260      93.40%       16,779 
                        ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
                                                                                % of shares 
                                                                   Total No      on register 
                                                                    of Votes        on 21        Votes 
 Special resolution          For         %      Against     %         Cast         Nov 20       withheld 
                        ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Votes of all shareholders 
 To authorise 
  the disapplication 
  of pre-emption 
  rights on the 
  allotment of 
  New Ordinary 
  Shares as described 
  in the Circular 
  published on 
  6 November 
  2020                   364,771,823   99.97%   111,730   0.03%   364,883,553      93.40%       18,486 
                        ------------  -------  --------  ------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 

*Excludes 230,001 ordinary shares cast as withheld in relation to this resolution that are connected to the related parties that are ineligible to vote on such resolution.

Notes:

i. Where Shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolution and their shares have been included within the votes 'FOR' column.

ii. A vote '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.

iii. Prior to the meeting there were 390,683,521 ordinary shares of 13 8/9 pence each in issue. Total ordinary shares held by shareholders excluding controlling shareholder were 171,333,300.

In accordance with the Company's obligations under Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Total Voting Rights

The Company has applied for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and to trading on the main market for listed securities of London Stock Exchange plc ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will take place on 8.00 a.m. tomorrow.

Following Admission, the Company will have a total of 468,429,541 Ordinary Shares in issue. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 468,429,541. With effect from Admission, this figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.

Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Circular.

 
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