Spire Healthcare Group PLC Result of AGM (9449M)

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RNS Number : 9449M

Spire Healthcare Group PLC

14 May 2020

   SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC (the 'Company')                                          14 May 2020 

Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting

At the sixth annual general meeting of the Company held at 9.00am today at 3 Dorset Rise, London EC4Y 8EN, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 
           RESOLUTION            VOTES       %       VOTES     %       % of       VOTES 
                                  FOR               AGAINST          ISC VOTED   WITHHELD 
       Receive and adopt 
         the 2019 Annual 
1      Report and Accounts    314,583,465  100.00   11,546    0.00    78.44%     803,870 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
        Approve the 2019 
     Directors' Remuneration 
2            Report           277,089,976  99.71    796,110   0.29    69.28%    37,512,795 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
      Re-elect Adèle 
3           Anderson          314,820,596  99.82    570,793   0.18    78.64%      6,778 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
        Re-elect Martin 
4             Angle           314,127,595  99.60   1,262,817  0.40    78.64%      7,755 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
        Re-elect Justin 
5              Ash            314,732,082  99.79    663,567   0.21    78.64%      2,518 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Re-elect Tony 
6            Bourne           314,537,950  99.73    849,071   0.27    78.63%      11,146 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Re-elect Dame 
7         Janet Husband       314,541,262  99.73    850,127   0.27    78.64%      6,778 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Re-elect Simon 
8           Rowlands          314,727,321  99.79    659,700   0.21    78.63%      11,146 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
        Re-elect Jitesh 
9             Sodha           314,486,499  99.71    904,389   0.29    78.64%      7,279 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Re-elect Garry 
10            Watts           314,727,822  99.79    660,176   0.21    78.63%      10,169 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
          Re-elect Dr. 
         Ronnie van der 
11            Merwe           312,669,221  99.14   2,718,276  0.86    78.63%      10,670 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
12      Elect Jenny Kay       314,865,831  99.83    522,167   0.17    78.63%      10,169 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Reappointment 
        of Ernst & Young 
13       LLP as auditors      314,763,824  99.80    634,920   0.20    78.64%       137 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Authorise the 
          Directors' to 
          determine the 
14   auditor's remuneration   315,366,703  99.99    28,461    0.01    78.64%      3,717 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
      Authorise political 
15         expenditure        314,529,993  99.73    864,099   0.27    78.64%      4,789 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
      Renew the authority 
16       to allot shares      306,838,196  97.29   8,551,859  2.71    78.63%      8,826 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
      Renew the authority 
      to disapply statutory 
17     pre-emption rights*    313,668,344  99.45   1,727,426  0.55    78.64%      3,111 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
      Renew the authority 
      to disapply statutory 
       pre-emption rights 
       for an acquisition 
          or specified 
18     capital investment*    313,058,843  99.26   2,332,382  0.74    78.64%      7,656 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
         Authorise the 
       Company to purchase 
19       its own shares*      314,444,282  99.71    905,058   0.29    78.62%      49,541 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
       Authorise general 
         meetings, other 
       than annual general 
          meetings, to 
          be held on 14 
20     clear days' notice*    309,580,759  98.16   5,813,344  1.84    78.64%        17 
    ------------------------  -----------  ------  ---------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
 

*Special Resolution

A trading update was released by the Company at 7.00am this morning.

Notes:

i) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

   ii)          The total number of shares in issue (ISC) is 401,081,391. 

iii) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

   iv)         All percentages are shown to two decimal places. 

This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.spirehealthcare.com .

Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection.

Philip Davies

Interim Company Secretary

14 May 2020

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