Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8836G
NewRiver REIT PLC
26 July 2019
 

 

 

 

 

 

NewRiver REIT plc
("NewRiver" or the "Company")

Results of the AGM

The Directors of NewRiver are pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 25 July 2019, all of the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll. The number of shares voted on the poll are as set out below:

 

Resolution

Votes for

%

Votes against

%


Total shares for & against

% of total voting rights*


Votes withheld**

1

That the Directors' Report, Auditor's Report & the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2019 be received and approved.

221,384,237

 

99.99

18,337

0.01


221,402,574

72.38


198,940

2

That the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Company's 2019 Annual Report on pages 87 to 104 be received and approved.

 

219,594,501

 

99.11

1,971,932

0.89


221,566,433

72.44


35,081

3

That Colin Rutherford be elected as a Director of the Company.

 

221,566,424

 

100.00

6,605

0.00


221,573,029

 

72.44


28,485

4

That Margaret Ford, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

 

220,907,315

 

99.70

659,950

0.30


221,567,265

 

 

72.44


34,249

5

That David Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

 

218,525,131

 

98.62

3,052,439

1.38


221,577,570

 

 

72.44


23,944

6

That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

221,278,893

 

99.87

298,677

0.13


221,577,570

 

72.44


23,944

7

That Mark Davies, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

 

221,246,027

 

99.85

330,227

0.15


221,576,254

 

 

72.44


25,260

8

That Kay Chaldecott, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

 

219,858,846

 

99.22

1,717,408

0.78


221,576,254

 

 

72.44


25,260

9

That Alastair Miller, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

 

221,179,195

 

99.82

397,059

0.18


221,576,254

72.44


25,260

10

That PricewaterhouseCoopers of 1 Embankment Pl, London WC2N 6RH be appointed as auditors of the Company.

 

221,560,094

 

99.98

35,279

0.02


221,595,373

72.45


6,141

11

That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

221,588,827

 

100.00

4,760

0.00


221,593,587

 

72.45


7,927

12

That the Directors of the Company be authorised to declare and pay all dividends of the Company as interim dividends.

 

221,591,992

 

100.00

1,405

0.00


221,593,397

 

 

72.45


8,117

13

To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

216,409,660

 

97.66

5,187,152

2.34


221,596,812

72.45


4,702

14

To disapply pre-emption rights.

220,970,310

 

99.72

626,502

0.28


221,596,812

72.45


4,702

15

To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those disapplied by resolution 14.

209,511,786

 

94.55

12,085,026

5.45


221,596,812

72.45


4,702

16

To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares.

 

221,492,386

 

99.96

94,570

0.04


221,586,956

72.45


14,558

17

To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice.

 

212,556,439

 

95.92

9,042,265

4.08


221,598,704

72.45


3,350

 

Notes:

*  As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 305,869,038. This excludes 2,823,652 shares in the Employee Benefit Trust.

 

** A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and cannot be counted in the calculation of the votes for and against a resolution.

 

For further information

NewRiver REIT plc



+44 (0)20 3328 5800

Mark Davies (Chief Financial Officer)




Rob Marcus (Company Secretary)




 









 


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