Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1552N
DWF Group PLC
20 September 2019
 

20 September 2019

DWF Group plc

("the Company")

LEI: 213800O9QREOHTOGQ266

 

 

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 20 September 2019 at 11.00am, at the Company's offices at 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3AG.

The Board is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.  The proxy votes cast are reported below. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of Meeting.


Resolution

Ordinary/ Special

For


Against


Total votes validly cast

Votes withheld




No. of votes

%

No. of votes

%



1

To receive the annual report and accounts for the period ended 31 April 2019 

Ordinary

107,200,842

99.24

825,470

0.76

108,026,312

0

2

To approve the Directors'  Remuneration Policy 

Ordinary

106,935,200

98.99

1,091,112

1.01

108,026,312

0

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

Ordinary

106,665,782

98.74

1,360,530

1.26

108,026,312

0

4

To declare a final dividend

Ordinary

108,026,313

100.00

0

0

108,026,313

0

5

To elect Sir Nigel Knowles as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

6

To elect Teresa Colaianni as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

7

To elect Matthew Doughty as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

8

To elect Andrew Leaitherland as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

9

To elect Vinodka Murria, OBE, as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

10

To elect Luke Savage as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

11

To elect Chris Stefani as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

12

To elect Chris Sullivan as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

13

To elect Samantha Tymms as a director 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

14

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as  Auditors 

Ordinary

107,199,236

99.23

827,076

0.77

108,026,312

0

15

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration. 

Ordinary

108,020,116

99.99

6,196

0.01

108,026,312

0

16

To authorise political donations

Ordinary

99,195,263

92.53

8,010,169

7.47

107,205,432

820,880

17

To authorise the allotment of shares. 

Ordinary

107,886,460

99.87

139,853

0.13

108,026,313

0

18

To disapply pre-emption rights. 

Special

107,881,654

99.87

144,659

0.13

108,026,313

0

19

To further disapply pre-emption rights for investment purposes.

Special

107,056,183

99.10

970,129

0.90

108,026,312

0

20

To authorise market purchases of own shares own shares. 

Special

107,057,789

99.10

968,523

0.90

108,026,312

0

21

To permit the holding of general meetings with 14 clear days' notice. 

Special

108,012,239

99.99

14,074

0.01

108,026,313

0

 

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

Speaking after this morning's AGM, Group CEO Andrew Leaitherland, said:

"It was a pleasure to welcome investors to our first AGM this morning. I am pleased to confirm that four months into our new financial year trading continues to be in line with the Board's expectations."

Highlights in this period:

·    The acquisition of K&L Gates Jamka, the Company's first acquisition as a plc, which saw it enter the Polish market.

·    Signing an exclusive association agreement with the Spanish law firm Rousaud, Costas, Duran.

·    Appointed as a strategic legal partner to BT, to deliver a Managed Services contract of insurance and real estate legal services.  

The Company's issued share capital is 300,000,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each.

Copies of the resolutions passed as special resolutions at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

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Enquiries:

DWF Group plc

James Igoe

Head of Communications

+442072808929

 

Finsbury

Charles O'Brien

Richard Crowley

+44 20 7251 3801

 

 




 


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