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RNS Number : 6111O  Vanquis Banking Group PLC  15 May 2024

 

Vanquis Banking Group plc ("the Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put
to its annual general meeting (AGM) today, Wednesday 15 May 2024.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM and
the results of the poll are set out below. All of the resolutions voted on at
the AGM were duly passed.

 

 

                                                                                         Number of votes cast "For"  % of votes cast "For"  Number of votes cast "Against"  % of votes cast "Against"    Number of votes Withheld  Total votes cast as a % of Issued Share Register
 RESOLUTION
 1.      Directors' and auditor's reports and the financial statements                   199,754,122                 99.99                  26,053                          0.01                         149,648                   77.89%
 2.      Approval of the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee  194,800,439                 97.45                  5,097,130                       2.55                         32,254                    77.94%
         and the annual report on remuneration
 3.      Final dividend of 1p per share                                                  199,903,507                 99.99                  25,467                          0.01                         849                       77.95%
 4.      Election of Sir Peter Estlin as a Director                                      198,043,741                 99.07                  1,864,318                       0.93                         21,763                    77.94%
 5.      Election of Ian McLaughlin as a Director                                        199,848,348                 99.97                  67,684                          0.03                         13,791                    77.95%
 6.      Election of Dave Watts as a Director                                            199,825,593                 99.96                  84,138                          0.04                         20,092                    77.94%
 7.      Election of Karen Briggs as a Director                                          199,778,173                 99.94                  125,015                         0.06                         26,635                    77.94%
 8.      Re-election of Michele Greene as a Director                                     198,157,214                 99.12                  1,758,509                       0.88                         14,099                    77.95%
 9.      Re-election of Paul Hewitt as a Director                                        198,176,271                 99.13                  1,739,452                       0.87                         14,099                    77.95%
 10.     Re-election of Angela Knight as a Director                                      198,158,808                 99.12                  1,752,246                       0.88                         18,768                    77.94%
 11.     Election of Oliver Laird as a Director                                          199,777,914                 99.93                  131,274                         0.07                         20,635                    77.94%
 12.     Re-election of Graham Lindsay as a Director                                     198,069,844                 99.08                  1,845,879                       0.92                         14,099                    77.95%
 13.     Election of Jackie Noakes as a Director                                         199,775,716                 99.94                  127,472                         0.06                         26,635                    77.94%
 14.     Reappointment of Deloitte LLP as the Auditor of the Company                     199,846,137                 99.96                  73,582                          0.04                         10,104                    77.95%
 15.     Audit committee to determine the Auditor's Remuneration                         199,866,603                 99.98                  48,759                          0.02                         14,461                    77.94%
 16.     Company granted authority to make political donations                           199,663,073                 99.87                  256,908                         0.13                         9,842                     77.95%
 17.     Directors authorised to allot shares                                            198,839,159                 99.46                  1,075,530                       0.54                         15,134                    77.94%
 18.     Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights                               199,201,147                 99.64                  715,980                         0.36                         12,696                    77.95%
 19.     Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights (in relation to acquisitions  199,126,241                 99.60                  790,110                         0.40                         13,472                    77.95%
         and specified capital investments)
 20.     Company authorised to purchase its own shares                                   199,879,336                 99.99                  13,778                          0.01                         36,709                    77.94%
 21.     Company authorised to allot equity securities in relation to the issue of       199,701,425                 99.89                  213,653                         0.11                         14,745                    77.94%
         Additional Tier 1 Securities
 22.     Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of   199,782,329                 99.93                  132,991                         0.07                         14,503                    77.94%
         Additional Tier 1 Securities
 23.     Convening of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice authorised      198,173,495                 99.12                  1,750,176                       0.88                         6,152                     77.95%

 

Notes

1.     Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes
received.

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

3.     As at close of business on Monday 13 May 2024, the time by which
shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the
Company's register of members, there were 256,482,888 ordinary shares in
issue. 77.95% of the voting capital was instructed, as set out in the table
above. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed
other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at the
National Storage Mechanism.

 

Name of contact and telephone number for AGM queries:

Melanie Barnett

Company Secretary

0203 620 3689

 

Name of contacts and contact details for Investor Relations:

Miriam McKay

Miriam.McKay@vanquis.com

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