Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6777L

De La Rue PLC

20 July 2017

 

De La Rue plc (the "Company")

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting ("AGM") - 20 July 2017

All resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 20 July 2017 were passed on a poll. There were 5,620 shareholders on the register as at 20 July 2017. The issued share capital was 101,912,489 ordinary shares of 44 ^152/175p each and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 101,912,489, each ordinary share carrying one vote.

The final poll voting figures are shown in the table below and are also available on the De La Rue plc website at www.delarue.com 

Poll Voting Figures

No.	Resolution	Votes For (Including Discretionary)	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast (Excluding Withheld)	No. of Votes Withheld*
1.	Receive the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements of the Company, together with the report of the auditor	81,406,480	100.00	2,764	0.00	81,409,244	1,931,455
2.	Approve the directors' remuneration policy	80,461,069	98.37	1,335,559	1.63	81,796,628	1,544,071
3.	Approve the directors' remuneration report	80,258,348	98.14	1,525,179	1.86	81,783,527	1,557,172
4.	Declare a final dividend	83,336,260	99.99	4,199	0.01	83,340,459	240
5.	Elect Nick Bray	82,941,841	99.64	299,052	0.36	83,240,893	99,806
6.	Re-elect Sabri Challah	83,034,846	99.75	205,777	0.25	83,240,623	100,076
7.	Re-elect Maria da Cunha	83,038,956	99.76	202,305	0.24	83,241,261	99,438
8.	Re-elect Philip Rogerson	81,441,939	99.67	269,146	0.33	81,711,085	1,629,614
9.	Re-elect Jitesh Sodha	83,124,984	99.86	116,673	0.14	83,241,657	99,042
10.	Re-elect Andrew Stevens	82,719,154	99.76	198,262	0.24	82,917,416	423,283
11.	Re-elect Martin Sutherland	82,868,519	99.55	370,414	0.45	83,238,933	104,425
12.	Appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditor	83,138,282	99.82	150,112	0.18	83,288,394	51,916
13.	Authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	83,144,020	99.83	144,752	0.17	83,288,772	51,927
14.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares	82,801,549	99.36	532,889	0.64	83,334,438	6,261
15.	Authorise political donations and political expenditure	74,828,365	89.86	8,443,273	10.14	83,271,638	67,821
16.	Increase the borrowing limit in the Articles of Association	81,926,681	98.32	1,401,023	1.68	83,327,704	12,994
17.	Authorise the Directors to allot shares as if s561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply	83,179,410	99.83	144,343	0.17	83,323,753	16,946
18.	Authorise the Directors to allot additional shares as if s561(1) of the Companies Act did not apply	72,060,647	86.48	11,262,756	13.52	83,323,403	17,296
19.	Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	82,734,827	99.31	578,684	0.69	83,313,511	27,188
20.	That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	71,844,827	86.21	11,493,722	13.79	83,338,549	2,149

*A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

LISTING RULES LR 9.6.2R AND LR 9.6.3R

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 the full text of the resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business at this year's AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Ed Peppiatt

Company Secretary

20 July 2017

De La Rue plc's LEI code is 213800DH741LZWIJXP78.

 

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