Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0736R
Barr(A.G.) PLC
25 June 2020
 

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company")

25 June 2020

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM put to the AGM were passed by the requisite majority. Each of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out below.

RESOLUTIONS

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES TOTAL

% OF ISC

VOTES WITHHELD

1.  To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the Company for the year ended 25 January 2020.

71,555,775

98.65%

979,235

1.35%

72,535,010

64.75

168,078

2.  To approve the directors' remuneration policy.

64,446,704

91.20%

6,216,945

8.80%

70,663,649

63.08

2,039,440

3.  To receive and approve the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the directors' remuneration report.

69,796,581

98.36%

1,161,738

1.64%

70,958,319

63.34

1,744,770

4.  To re-elect Mr John Ross Nicolson as a director of the Company.

68,311,330

94.19%

4,217,012

5.81%

72,528,342

64.74

174,747

5.  To re-elect Mr Roger Alexander White as a director of the Company.

72,514,912

99.86%

98,101

0.14%

72,613,013

64.82

90,076

6.  To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a director of the Company.

72,517,815

99.85%

105,359

0.15%

72,623,174

64.83

79,915

7.  To re-elect Mr Jonathan David Kemp as a director of the Company.

72,508,993

99.86%

103,799

0.14%

72,612,792

64.82

90,297

8.  To re-elect Mr William Robin Graham Barr as a director of the Company.

71,585,139

98.58%

1,027,874

1.42%

72,613,013

64.82

90,076

9.  To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a director of the Company.

72,478,032

99.81%

137,420

0.19%

72,615,452

64.82

87,637

10.  To re-elect Ms Pamela Powell as a director of the Company.

72,479,727

99.81%

135,504

0.19%

72,615,231

64.82

87,858

11.  To re-elect Mr David James Ritchie as a director of the Company.

70,812,540

97.53%

1,791,486

2.47%

72,604,026

64.81

99,062

12.  To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward Wharton as a director of the Company.

72,449,661

99.78%

158,530

0.22%

72,608,191

64.81

94,897

13.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor and to authorise the audit and risk committee of the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.

72,592,014

99.96%

27,660

0.04%

72,619,674

64.82

83,415

14.  To renew the directors' authority to allot shares.

72,368,720

99.66%

245,233

0.34%

72,613,953

64.82

89,136

15.  *To approve the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights.

72,561,315

99.93%

52,917

0.07%

72,614,232

64.82

88,857

16.  *To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.

72,398,055

99.69%

224,356

0.31%

72,622,411

64.82

80,677

 

Notes:

(1)  * denotes a special resolution.

(2)  Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the "For" total of the appropriate resolution.

(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" any resolution, nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Percentage of Issued Share Capital" for any resolution.

(4)  The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" any resolution is expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. The total number of shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 24 June 2020 was 112,028,871 ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each.

(5)  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted as soon as practicable to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .


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