United Carpets Group plc Result of AGM (9127I)

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RNS Number : 9127I

United Carpets Group plc

16 December 2020

16 December 2020

UNITED CARPETS GROUP plc

("the Group" or "the Company" or "United Carpets")

Result of AGM

United Carpets Group plc (LSE: UCG) the third largest chain of specialist retail carpet and floor covering stores in the UK, announces that, at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions proposed were duly passed. The number of votes lodged for each resolutions were as follows:

 
                                Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice 
                                                        of Meeting 
                                                                                For               Against       Withheld 
                                                                       --------------------  ----------------  --------- 
 Ordinary Resolutions                                                     Number       %      Number      %      Number 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
   1. 
     (a) To re-appoint RSM UK 
     Audit LLP as auditor 
 
     (b) To authorise the directors 
     to determine the remuneration 
     of the auditor of the Company                                      54,368,433   99.81%   101,872   0.19%     Nil 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
   2. To re-elect PR Eyre as a director                                 54,379,349   99.83%   90,956    0.17%     Nil 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
        3. To re-elect D Grayson as a director                          54,380,305   99.83%   90,000    0.17%     Nil 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
        4. To authorise political donations and expenditure             54,331,233   99.74%   129,328   0.24%    9,744 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
        5. To authorise the directors to allot shares                   54,352,933   99.78%   117,372   0.22%     Nil 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
        6. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights    54,084,733   99.29%   385,572   0.71%     Nil 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
 
        7. To authorise the Company 
        to purchase its own shares                                      54,453,933   99.97%   15,372    0.03%    1,000 
                                                                       -----------  -------  --------  ------  --------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
 United Carpets Group plc              01709 732 666 
 Paul Eyre, Chief Executive 
 Ian Bowness, Finance Director 
 
 N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Sole Broker)    020 7496 3000 
 Rick Thompson 
 Will Goode 
 
 Novella Communications Ltd            020 3151 7008 
 Tim Robertson 
 Fergus Young 
 

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