Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6026D

McColl's Retail Group plc

27 April 2017

 

27 April 2017

McColl's Retail Group plc (the "Company")

Results of AGM

McColl's Retail Group plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today 27 April 2017, all the Resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were duly passed on a poll.  The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

Resolution	For (No. of shares)	For (%)	Against (No. of shares)	Against (%)	Votes Withheld (No. of shares)	TOTAL votes cast (excluding withheld)
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts.	88,959,829	99.98	18,815	0.02	0	88,978,644
2. To receive the Directors' Remuneration Report.	88,396,404	99.93	58,137	0.07	524,103	88,978,644
3. To declare a final dividend.	88,959,569	99.98	18,815	0.02	260	88,978,644
4. To re-elect James Lancaster as a Director.	76,540,597	86.02	12,437,787	13.98	260	88,978,644
5. To re-elect Georgina Harvey as a Director.	87,983,968	98.88	994,416	1.12	260	88,978,644
6. To re-elect Sharon Brown as a Director.	87,947,503	98.84	1,030,881	1.16	260	88,978,644
7. To re-elect Jonathan Miller as a Director.	77,263,231	86.83	11,715,153	13.17	260	88,978,644
8. To re-elect David Thomas as a Director.	77,367,615	86.95	11,610,769	13.05	260	88,978,644
9. To elect Simon Fuller as a Director.	77,353,520	86.94	11,622,864	13.06	2,260	88,978,644
10. To elect Angus Porter as a Director.	88,883,692	99.90	92,692	0.10	2,260	88,978,644
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company.	87,817,070	98.69	1,161,314	1.31	260	88,978,644
12 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration.	88,753,625	99.75	224,759	0.25	260	88,978,644
13. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.	88,944,092	99.96	34,292	0.04	260	88,978,644
14. To authorise the Company to make political donations.	87,459,955	99.34	578,898	0.66	939,791	88,978,644
15. To increase the aggregate cap in Non-Executive Directors fees	87,477,928	98.31	1,500,456	1.69	260	88,978,644
16. To disapply pre-emption rights.*	87,097,376	98.93	940,777	1.07	939,791	88,977,944
17. To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment*	84,570,613	96.06	3,468,240	3.94	939,791	88,978,644
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.*	88,400,156	99.35	578,488	0.65	0	88,978,644
19. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	88,759,335	99.76	217,309	0.24	2,000	88,978,644

*Special Resolution

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all resolutions passed as Special Resolutions at the Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Details of the proxy votes will shortly be available on the Company's website: www.mccolls.co.uk

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 on 27 April 2017 was 115,172,774 (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.
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.mccolls.co.uk

Please visit www.mccolls.co.uk or for further information, please contact:

McColl's Retail Group plc
Jonathan Miller, Chief Executive
Simon Fuller, Chief Financial Officer
[phone]

McColls Retail Group plc

Ashwells Road

Brentwood

Essex

CM15 9ST

About McColl's Retail Group

McColl's is proud to be one of the UK's leading neighbourhood retailers, with a growing estate of managed convenience stores and newsagents. Through our network of neighbourhood stores, over 19,500 dedicated colleagues serve 4.5 million customers every week. We offer a range of convenience products and services and we are the largest operator of Post Offices in the UK.

We continue to grow our neighbourhood presence and following the recent acquisition of 298 quality convenience stores from the Co-op we will soon operate over 1,300 McColl's branded convenience stores and around 350 newsagents branded Martin's, except in Scotland where we operate under our heritage brand, RS McColl.

LEI: 213800R1TLR536P8YJ67

 

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