Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1504Z

Card Factory PLC

24 May 2016

 

24 May 2016

Card Factory plc

(the "Company" or "Card Factory")

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Card Factory announces that all of the resolutions set out in Part II of the Notice of AGM ("AGM Notice") published by the Company on 22 April 2016 were passed by way of a show of hands at its AGM held earlier today.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the meeting, are set out below:

	Resolution	Votes for	% of votes cast	Votes against	% of votes cast	Votes withheld
1.	Approve Annual Report	282,022,199	99.97	82,813	0.03	9,403
2.	Approve Final Dividend	281,905,031	99.93	183,466	0.07	25,918
3.	Re-elect Geoff Cooper	263,430,257	99.33	1,779,995	0.67	16,904,162
4.	Re-elect Richard Hayes	281,035,375	99.62	1,079,040	0.38	0
5.	Elect Karen Hubbard	281,732,756	99.86	381,659	0.14	0
6.	Re-elect Darren Bryant	281,731,326	99.86	383,089	0.14	0
7.	Re-elect Octavia Morley	281,820,715	99.90	293,700	0.10	0
8.	Re-elect David Stead	281,914,792	99.93	199,623	0.07	0
9.	Re-elect Paul McCrudden	281,914,792	99.93	199,623	0.07	0
10.	Approve Remuneration Report	277,378,256	98.77	3,448,021	1.23	1,288,137
11.	Re-appoint auditor	280,638,090	100.00	0	0.00	1,476,325
12.	Remuneration of auditor	282,058,194	100.00	0	0.00	56,221
13.	Authority to allot shares	278,112,307	100.00	2,118	0.00	3,999,990
14.	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	275,906,841	99.21	2,206,584	0.79	4,000,990
15.	Authority to purchase own shares	276,408,186	99.39	1,706,239	0.61	3,999,990
16.	Authority to call general meetings on 14 days' notice	274,127,902	97.17	7,986,512	2.83	0

Notes:

1.   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "Votes for" total.

2.   "Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution.

3.   Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 282,114,415 shares representing 82.81% of the issued share capital

4.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

5.   A copy of this announcement will shortly be available on the Company's investor relations website at www.cardfactoryinvestors.com

6.   The Company has 340,697,010 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue with voting rights.

Name of authorised Company official responsible for making this notification:

Shiv Sibal, Company Secretary

01924 839150

ENDS

 

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