AGM Statement

RNS Number : 4598F
Coats Group PLC
17 May 2017
 

17 May 2017

Coats Group plc

('Coats' or the 'Company')

 

Results of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

Coats announces that at the AGM, held in London, United Kingdom on 17 May 2017, all the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed by way of a show of hands by the requisite majority.

 

The following table shows the proxy votes cast on each resolution:

 

Resolution

Total Votes

For

Total Votes

Against

Total Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital

Votes Withheld




%


%

%


1

Receipt of Annual Report 2016

1,070,132,175

99.99

91,033

0.01

75.83%

108,198

2

Approval of Remuneration Report

1,070,050,902

99.99

134,798

0.01

75.82%

145,706

3

Approval of Directors Remuneration Policy

1,048,569,448

99.99

153,415

0.01

74.30%

150,924

4

Approval of Dividend

1,070,240,974

99.99

90,432

0.01

75.83%

0

5

Re-election of Mike Allen

1,070,218,987

99.99

98,061

0.01

75.83%

13,358

6

Re-election of Ruth Anderson

1,070,227,790

99.99

98,213

0.01

75.83%

4,403

7

Re-election of Nicholas Bull

1,070,218,890

99.99

98,153

0.01

75.83%

14,363

8

Re-election of Mike Clasper

1,041,308,815

99.99

99,061

0.01

73.79%

28,923,530

9

Re-election of David Gosnell

1,070,211,949

99.99

97,480

0.01

75.83%

21,977

10

Re-election of Alan Rosling

1,070,196,383

99.99

99,108

0.01

75.83%

35,915

11

Re-election of Rajiv Sharma

1,069,986,240

99.97

335,091

0.03

75.83%

10,075

12

Election of Simon Boddie

1,070,191,825

99.99

118,272

0.01

75.83%

21,309

13

Election of Fran Philip

1,048,798,014

99.99

99,516

0.01

74.32%

2,777

14

Reappointment of Auditor

1,048,774,921

99.99

94,410

0.01

74.31%

30,976

15

Approval of Auditor remuneration

1,048,809,419

99.99

81,671

0.01

74.32%

9,217

 

16

Authority to allot relevant securities

1,048,657,293

99.98

194,350

0.02

74.31%

48,664

17

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

1,048,660,585

99.99

121,284

0.01

74.31%

118,438

18

Authority to purchase own Shares

1,048,738,786

99.99

113,392

0.01

74.31%

47,658

19

Authority to call general meetings on clear 14 days' notice

1,048,168,526

99.93

716,915

0.07

74.31%

14,866

 

 

Notes:

 

·      Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been in the "for" column.

·      A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the "votes for" or "against" the resolution.

·      Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the AGM are being submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

 

 

Total Voting Rights

The total number of Company's ordinary shares in issue and therefore the total number of voting rights as at the close of business (UK time) on 17 May 2017 was 1,411,212,101.

 

Audio Recording

 

An audio recording of the AGM has been made and will be made available on the Company's website at www.coats.com later today.

 

 

Stuart Morgan

Company Secretary

17 May 2017

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

Enquiry details

Coats Group plc Investor Relations          Rob Mann         +44 20 8210 5175 or 07730 592 367

                                                                                                                                               


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