AGM Results

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Ascential PLC
10 May 2018
 

10 May 2018

  

 

Ascential plc

 

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

 

Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) ("the Company"), the global, specialist information company, today announces that all 18 resolutions at the AGM and were duly passed on a poll.

 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 15 March 2018.  The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below.  The Company's issued share capital as at 9 May 2018 was 400,690,651 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 Witheld/ Abstentions

AGM

 

 

 

 

 

1.      To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017

358,622,489

99.94

205,000

0.06

16,700

2.      To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Annual report and Accounts

355,234,928

99.79

749,299

0.21

2,859,961

3.      To declare a final dividend of 3.8p per share for the year ended 31 December 2018

358,844,189

100.00

0

0.00

0

4.      To elect Rita Clifton as a Director of the Company

350,355,991

97.63

8,488,198

2.37

0

5.      To elect Scott Forbes as a Director of the Company

276,283,690

78.04

77,725,695

21.96

4,834,803

6.      To elect Mandy Gradden as a Director of the Company

350,582,142

97.70

8,262,047

2.30

0

7.      To elect Paul Harrison as a Director of the Company

337,447,912

94.56

19,411,458

5.44

1,984,818

8.      To elect Gillian Kent as a Director of the Company

350,427,240

97.65

8,416,949

2.35

0

9.      To elect Duncan Painter as a Director of the Company

350,608,480

97.70

8,235,709

2.30

0

10.    To elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company

350,242,918

97.60

8,601,271

2.40

0

11.    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

357,064,246

100.00

0

0.00

1,779,942

12.    To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor

358,844,065

100.00

124

0.00

0

13.    To authorise the Company to make political donations

352,845,553

98.33

5,998,003

1.67

633

14.    To authorise the Company to allot relevant securities

345,352,772

96.24

13,491,293

3.76

124

15.    To authorise the Company to disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 15 in the Notice of AGM

357,106,155

99.52

1,737,910

0.48

124

16.    To authorise the Company to additionally disapply pre-emption rights as per resolution 16 in the Notice of AGM

350,489,404

97.67

8,354,660

2.33

124

17.    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

355,589,751

99.33

2,399,666

0.67

854,771

18.    To authorise the Company to call any general meeting of the Company other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

344,484,266

96.00

14,359,923

4.00

0

 

Notes

1.     AGM Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions.  AGM Resolutions 15 to 18 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

4.     In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special resolutions passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting have been submitted to FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

Re-election of Chairman

 

The Board notes that 22% of votes were cast against the re-election of Scott Forbes as Chairman.  The Board seeks to ensure that all directors have sufficient capacity to meet their commitments to Ascential, including during periods where a greater than usual involvement from directors is required, as Mr Forbes has demonstrated during past and recent times of significant M&A and divestitures.  The Board will continue to engage with shareholders for better understanding of concerns during the course of the year.

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Louise Meads                  +44 (0) 20 7516 5042

Company Secretary

 

 

 


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