Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7214H

Foxtons Group PLC

21 May 2014

 



Foxtons Group PLC (the "Company")

21 May 2014

Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority.  Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way of a poll. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

Resolution	For - (No. of shares)	For - (%)	Against (No. of shares)	Against (%)	Number of Votes Withheld (No of shares)	Total issued share capital instructed (%)
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts.	204,025,983	100.00	0	0.00	22,106	72.3
2. To declare a final dividend.	204,048,089	100.00	0	0.00	0	72.3
3. To declare a special dividend.	204,048,089	100.00	0	0.00	0	72.3
4. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	187,699,381	91.99	16,347,408	8.01	1,300	72.3
5. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	204,042,200	100.00	5,889	0.00	0	72.3
6. To elect Andrew Adcock as a Director.	195,175,453	96.76	6,527,381	3.24	2,345,255	71.5
7. To elect Ian Barlow as a Director.	203,384,430	99.96	86,103	0.04	577,556	72.1
8. To elect Michael Brown as a Director.	203,360,242	99.66	687,847	0.34	0	72.3
9. To elect Annette Court as a Director.	204,048,089	100.00	0	0.00	0	72.3
10. To elect Gerard Nieslony as a Director.	203,360,242	99.66	687,847	0.34	0	72.3
11. To elect Stefano Quadrio Curzio as a Director.	203,360,242	99.66	687,847	0.34	0	72.3
12. To elect Garry Watts as a Director.	201,643,257	98.82	2,404,832	1.18	0	72.3
13. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company.	201,839,941	98.94	2,167,747	1.06	40,401	72.3
14. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration.	203,556,926	99.78	450,762	0.22	40,401	72.3
15. To authorise the Company to make political donations.	203,338,788	99.79	432,260	0.21	277,041	72.2
16. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.	204,045,789	100.00	0	0.00	2,300	72.3
17. To dis-apply pre-emption rights*.	204,045,789	100.00	0	0.00	2,300	72.3
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares*.	204,047,089	100.00	0	0.00	1,000	72.3
19. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice*.	200,214,158	98.12	3,833,931	1.88	0	72.3

*Special Resolution

NOTES:

1.     All resolutions were passed.

2.     Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution

3.     Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

4.     A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.

5.     The number of shares in issue at 6:00 p.m. on 19 May 2014 was 282,176,468 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.

6.     The proportion of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution is the total of votes validly cast for that resolution (i.e. the total votes "For" and "Against" that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the Share Capital.

The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk.

A copy of resolutions 17-19 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.foxtonsgroup.co.uk

For further information please contact:

Foxtons Investor Relations

Jenny Matthews                                                Tel: [phone]

 

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