Walker Crips Group plc Result of AGM (8756N)

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RNS Number : 8756N

Walker Crips Group plc

27 September 2023

27 September 2023

Walker Crips Group plc

("Walker Crips")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board of Walker Crips announces that all resolutions put to the Company's Annual General Meeting, which was held earlier today, were duly passed. The number of votes lodged for each resolution were as follows:

 
                                   Votes for     Votes against   Abstain 
                                    (see note 
                                     below) 
 To receive and adopt 
  the Directors' reports 
  and audited financial 
  statements for the year 
  ended 31 March 2023               19,554,849        2,000        1,290 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To approve the Directors' 
  remuneration report 
  for the year ended 31 
  March 2023                        19,507,009       14,198        36,932 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To declare a final dividend 
  of 0.25 pence per Ordinary 
  Share for the year ended 
  31 March 2023                     19,369,895       186,954       1,290 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-elect as a Director 
  Mr. Martin James Wright           18,809,158       746,032       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-elect as a Director 
  Mr. Sean Kin Wai Lam              18,794,020       761,170       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-elect as a Director 
  Mr. Sanath Sanjeewa 
  Dandeniya                         18,935,758       619,432       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-elect as a Director 
  Mr. Clive Bouch                   18,824,731       730,459       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-elect as a Director 
  Mr David Gelber                   18,722,251       832,939       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-elect as a Director 
  Mr. Hua Min Lim                   18,672,591       882,599       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To re-appoint PKF Littlejohn 
  LLP as auditor of the 
  Company until the conclusion 
  of the next meeting 
  at which accounts are 
  laid                              18,939,337       615,853       2,949 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 To authorise the Directors 
  to set the auditor's 
  remuneration                      19,554,849        2,000        1,290 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 Renewal of the Director's 
  authority to allot shares 
  up to an aggregate nominal 
  amount of GBP946,162              19,477,728       78,821        1,590 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 Renewal of the Director's 
  authority to allot equity 
  securities for cash               19,453,533       30,668        73,938 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 Authority for the Company 
  to purchase its own 
  shares                            19,539,459       17,090        1,590 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 That the Company be 
  authorised to call a 
  general meeting of the 
  shareholders, other 
  than an Annual General 
  Meeting, on not less 
  than 14 clear days' 
  notice                            19,552,275        4,274        1,590 
                                 -------------  --------------  --------- 
 

Note: The votes for all but three of the resolutions include 7,500 votes left to the Chairman of the Meeting to cast at his discretion. Those for the resolution to declare a final dividend of 0.25 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 March 2023 include 9,159 votes left to the Chairman's discretion, those for the resolution to renew the Directors' authority to allot equity securities for cash include 10,500 votes left to the Chairman's discretion and those for the resolution to authorise the Company to call a general meeting of the shareholders, other than an Annual General Meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice each include 10,900 votes left to the Chairman's discretion.

In accordance with 9.6.2(R) of the Listing Rules, copies of all resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, are being sent to the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information please contact:

 
 Walker Crips Group plc 
  Rod Goddard (Company Secretary)     [phone] 
 Singer Capital Markets 
  Justin McKeegan, Jalini Kalaravy    [phone] 
 

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