AGM Statement

Mothercare plc Annual General Meeting 23 October 2023: Results

Annual General Meeting

At the annual general meeting held at 11.00am on 23 October 2023, the resolutions before the meeting were passed.

The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:

Resolutions 12 to 14 were Special Resolutions.

	Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes total	% ISC	Votes withheld*
1	To receive the annual accounts, directors’ report, strategic report, directors’ remuneration report and auditor’s report	447,094,996	100	21,810	0.00	447,116,806	79.30	33,009
2	To approve the directors’ remuneration report (including the directors’ remuneration policy)	447,056,164	99.99	65,229	0.01	447,121,393	79.30	28,422
3	To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director	447,077,817	99.99	51,777	0.01	447,129,594	79.30	20,221
4	To re-elect Andrew Cook as a director	447,075,766	99.99	50,964	0.01	447,126,730	79.30	23,085
5	To re-elect Gillian Kent as a director	446,944,291	99.96	185,084	0.04	447,129,375	79.30	20,440
6	To re-elect Mark Newton-Jones as a director	439,152,305	98.22	7,974,425	1.78	447,126,730	79.30	23,085
7	To re-elect Brian Small as a director	447,075,822	99.99	50,619	0.01	447,126,441	79.30	23,374
8	To re-appoint auditors	447,069,118	99.99	56,543	0.01	447,125,661	79.30	24,154
9	Auditors remuneration	447,088,580	99.99	40,685	0.01	447,129,265	79.30	20,550
10	Authority for the directors to allot shares	446,919,028	99.95	209,948	0.05	447,128,976	79.30	20,839
11	To authorise political donations by the company and its subsidiaries	438,181,841	98.00	8,939,863	2.00	447,121,704	79.30	28,111
12	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	446,917,311	99.95	210,722	0.05	447,128,033	79.30	21,782
13	Authority to further disapply pre-emption rights	446,948,235	99.96	179,756	0.04	447,127,991	79.30	21,824
14	Authority to purchase own shares	447,096,342	99.99	33,617	0.01	447,129,959	79.30	19,856

Notes
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes ‘for’ and ‘against’ each resolution

As at 20 October 2023, the Company’s issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 563,836,626 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights. There are no shares in treasury. As a result, proxy votes representing approximately 79% of the voting capital were cast for the AGM.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company’s website, www.mothercareplc.com.

Further details:        

Investor and analyst enquiries to:
Mothercare plc                                Email: [e-mail]
Clive Whiley, Chairman
Andrew Cook, Chief Financial Officer

Deutsche Numis                        Tel: [phone]
(Nominated Advisor & Joint Corporate Broker)         
Luke Bordewich
Henry Slater

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Joint Corporate Broker)        Tel: [phone]
Carl Holmes

Media enquiries to:
MHP                                         Email: [e-mail]
Rachel Farrington                        Tel: [phone]
Tim Rowntree