Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7142R
Brown (N.) Group PLC
07 July 2022
 

 

7 July 2022

 

N BROWN GROUP PLC - RESULTS OF AGM

The Board of Directors of N Brown Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held on Thursday 7 July 2022 all resolutions were duly passed. Details of the resolutions are set out in full in the Notice of AGM made available to shareholders on 8 June 2022. Copies are available to view and download on the Company's corporate website: https://www.nbrown.co.uk/investors/shareholderinformation/agm

 

Shareholders were recommended to appoint the Chair as their proxy to vote on the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting. A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed; all resolutions were passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 17 was passed as a special resolution.

The results of votes cast for each resolution were as follows: 


RESOLUTION

VOTES  FOR

%

FOR

VOTES AGAINST

%

AGAINST

VOTES WITHHELD

%

Withheld

1

To receive the annual accounts of the Company for the 52 weeks ending 26 February 2022 together with the directors' and auditors' report on those accounts

326,792,691

99.97

40,379

0.01

67,327

0.02

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

326,610,128

99.91

242,282

0.08

47,987

0.01

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ending 26 February 2022

326,675,029

99.93

173,205

0.05

52,163

0.02

4

To re-elect as a director Ron McMillan*

326,747,133

99.96

143,264

0.04

10,000

0

5

To re-elect as a director Lord Alliance of

Manchester CBE

326,804,474

99.97

82,892

0.03

13,031

0

6

To re-elect as a director Gill Barr*

326,777,081

99.97

93,600

0.02

29,716

0.01

7

To re-elect as a director Richard Moross*

326,787,333

99.97

102,568

0.03

10,496

0

8

To re-elect as a director Michael Ross*

326,795,971

99.97

93,930

0.02

10,496

0

9

To re-elect as a director Joshua Alliance

326,807,653

99.97

73,132

0.02

19,612

0.01

10

To re-elect as a director Vicky Mitchell*

326,795,971

99.97

74,710

0.02

29,716

0.01

11

To re-elect as a director Dominic Platt*

326,787,977

99.97

73,588

0.02

38,832

0.01

12

To re-elect as a director Steve Johnson

326,804,184

99.97

76,601

0.02

19,612

0.01

13

To re-elect as a director Rachel Izzard

326,809,803

99.97

73,588

0.02

17,006

0.01

14

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the Company's Auditors

326,769,128

99.95

121,269

0.03

10,000

0

15

To authorise the directors to fix the remuneration of the Company's Auditors

326,774,945

99.97

48,125

0.01

77,327

0.02

16

Director's authorisation to allot shares in the Company ... up to an aggregate nominal amount of £16,965,171

326,741,842

99.95

148,555

0.05

10,000

0

17

Granting of Section 561 authority permitting an allotment of shares by the Directors for cash without pre-emption rights

326,762,110

99.96

128,287

0.04

10,000

0

* Independent Non-Executive Director

The full resolution can be found in the AGM notice

 

   

Notes:

1.  As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 460,483,231 ordinary shares in issue. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury and therefore the number of total voting rights as at the date of the AGM was 460,483,231.

2.  The scrutineer of the voting was Link Asset Services, the Company's Share Registrar.

3.  Note that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and such votes have not been included in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' total above.

 

A copy of this announcement has been posted on the Company's corporate website:

https://www.nbrown.co.uk/investors/shareholder - information/agm  

 

 

For enquiries, please contact: 

 

Michael Mustard

General Counsel and Company Secretary, N Brown Group plc

+44(0)161 238 2298

 

Shore Capital - Nomad and Broker

Stephane Auton / Daniel Bush / John More

+44(0) 20 7408 4090

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