Result of AGM

Foxtons Group PLC
09 May 2023
 

 

Foxtons Group plc

(the "Company")

 

9 May 2023

 

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

* indicates Special Resolution

For

(No. of shares)

For

(%)

Against

(No. of shares)

Against

(%)

Votes Withheld

(No. of shares)

Total issued share capital instructed

1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts.

183,774,552

100.00%

2,000

0.00%

6,682

183,783,234

2. To declare a final dividend of 0.7 pence per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

173,200,810

94.24%

10,582,424

5.76%

-

183,783,234

3. To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy

178,726,959

97.23%

5,096,407

2.77%

15,868

183,839,234

4. To approve the Annual Statement from the Remuneration Committee Chairman and the Annual Report on Remuneration.

183,539,284

99.87%

232,381

0.13%

11,569

183,783,234

5.   To re-elect Nigel Rich as a Director.

179,531,799

97.69%

4,238,135

2.31%

13,300

183,783,234

6.  To re-elect Christopher Hough as a Director

183,823,578

100.00%

3,857

0.00%

11,799

183,839,234

7. To re-elect Peter Rollings as a Director

181,694,826

98.84%

2,131,109

1.16%

13,299

183,839,234

8.   To re-elect Rosie Shapland as a Director.

181,696,834

98.84%

2,130,601

1.16%

11,799

183,839,234

9.   To elect Guy Gittins as a Director.

183,828,712

100.00%

3,223

0.00%

7,299

183,839,234

10. To elect Annette Andrews as a Director.

183,623,144

99.89%

208,791

0.11%

7,299

183,839,234

11. To elect John (known as Jack) Callaway as a Director.

183,827,212

100.00%

3,223

0.00%

8,799

183,839,234

12. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors of the Company.

183,753,170

99.99%

25,765

0.01%

4,299

183,783,234

13. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditors.

183,829,457

100.00%

2,708

0.00%

7,069

183,839,234

14. To authorise the Company to make political donations.

182,848,047

99.95%

88,687

0.05%

902,500

183,839,234

15. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.

173,208,116

94.22%

10,624,049

5.78%

7,069

183,839,234

16. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights.*

172,971,435

94.09%

10,860,730

5.91%

7,069

183,839,234

17. To authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights.*

172,964,233

94.09%

10,867,932

5.91%

7,069

183,839,234

18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.*

182,858,605

99.99%

24,629

0.01%

900,000

183,783,234

19. To authorise the Company to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*

183,437,140

99.81%

346,094

0.19%

-

183,783,234


*Special Resolution

 

NOTES:

 


1.

All resolutions proposed to shareholders 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 close of business on 28 March 2023 was 330,097,758 (the "Share Capital") and at that time, the Company held 26,872,575 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).

 

7.

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.

 

8.

A copy of resolutions 15 to 19 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

 

9.

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

 

 For further information please contact:




Foxtons Group plc

Link Company Matters Limited, Company Secretary

 

Foxtons@linkgroup.co.uk

TB Cardew

Foxtons@tbcardew.com

Tom Allison / Will Baldwin-Charles /

+44 7789 998 020/ +44 7834 524 833

Olivia Rosser

+44 7552 864 250





 

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