REG - Ascential PLC - Result of AGM

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18/05/2023 11:00

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RNS Number : 8962Z  Ascential PLC  18 May 2023

 

 

Ascential plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

 

All 21 resolutions considered at the 2023 Annual General Meeting were passed
on a poll.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 5
April 2023.  The total number of votes received for each resolutions is set
out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 18 May 2023 was
440,248,865 with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in
Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

 

 Resolution no.                                                                  Shares For   %      Shares Against  %      Shares marked as Votes Withheld/ Abstentions
 AGM
 1.      To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31         392,728,193  99.96  141,390         0.04   246,964
 December 2022
 2.      To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the          362,835,042  92.30  30,266,677      7.70   14,828
 Annual report and Accounts
 3.      To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended         384,046,954  97.70  9,054,633       2.30   14,960
 31 December 2022 contained in the Annual report and Accounts
 4.      To elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director of the Company                    392,998,656  99.97  103,515         0.03   14,376
 5.      To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company                      389,346,016  99.04  3,756,154       0.96   14,377
 6.      To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company                      384,928,086  97.92  8,174,085       2.08   14,376
 7.      To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company                     392,868,180  99.94  233,991         0.06   14,376
 8.      To elect Joanne Harris as a Director of the Company                     392,998,656  99.97  103,515         0.03   14,376
 9.      To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company                     392,998,656  99.97  103,515         0.03   14,376
 10.    To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company                       343,065,492  87.27  50,036,679      12.73  14,376
 11.    To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company                     392,998,406  99.97  103,765         0.03   14,376
 12.    To elect Charles Song as a Director of the Company                       392,734,283  99.91  367,888         0.09   14,376
 13.    To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company                        389,657,457  99.12  3,444,714       0.88   14,376
 14.    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company                         387,792,671  98.65  5,309,500       1.35   14,376
 15.    To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor      389,885,674  99.18  3,216,197       0.82   14,676
 16.    To authorise the Company to make political donations                     368,422,752  93.72  24,679,419      6.28   14,376
 17.    To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities                    374,019,812  95.15  19,082,059      4.85   14,676
 18.    To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per           369,884,876  94.09  23,216,995      5.91   14,676
 resolution 18 in the Notice of AGM
 19.    To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights     358,676,222  91.24  34,425,949      8.76   14,376
 as per resolution 19 in the Notice of AGM
 20.    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                      391,089,162  99.50  1,952,064       0.50   72,801
 21.    To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company      384,646,896  97.85  8,456,275       2.15   13,376
 other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

Notes

1.     AGM Resolutions 1-17 were passed as ordinary resolutions.
Resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

2.     The number of shares 'For' includes discretionary votes.

3.     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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