Results of the AGM

NewRiver REIT PLC

26 July 2023

 

 

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 today on Wednesday 26 July 2023, 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. Resolutions 1-14 inclusive and Resolution 19 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15-18 were special resolutions.

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 2023 be received and approved.	167,166,255	99.99	21,941	0.01		167,188,196	53.60%		51,569
2	That the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Company's 2023 Annual Report on pages 128 to 136 be received and approved.	165,694,587	99.11	1,492,712	0.89		167,187,299	53.60%		52,466
3	To declare a final dividend of 3.2 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2023	167,234,878	100.00	4,887	0.00		167,239,765	53.62%		0
4	That Margaret Ford, being eligible and offering herself for election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	159,721,779	95.51	7,502,717	4.49		167,224,496	53.61%		15,269
5	That Colin Rutherford being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be elected as a Director of the Company.	163,154,485	97.57	4,070,010	2.43		167,224,495	53.61%		15,270
6	That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	167,036,966	99.89	187,530	0.11		167,224,496	53.61%		15,269
7	That Alastair Miller , being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	162,808,007	97.36	4,416,488	2.64		167,224,495	53.61%		15,270
8	That Charlie Parker , being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	164,619,917	98.44	2,604,578	1.56		167,224,495	53.61%		15,270
9	That Will Hobman, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	167,042,452	99.89	182,044	0.11		167,224,496	53.61%		15,269
10	That Dr Karen Miller, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	164,802,879	98.55	2,421,617	1.45		167,224,496	53.61%		15,269
11	That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of 1 Embankment Pl, London WC2N 6RH be appointed as auditors of the Company.	165,827,984	99.16	1,406,201	0.84		167,234,185	53.62%		5,580
12	That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditor.	167,230,056	99.99	9,709	0.01		167,239,765	53.62%		0
13	That the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained within the Company's 2023 Annual Report on pages 122 to 127 be received and approved.	165,701,655	99.11	1,481,211	0.89		167,182,866	53.60%		56,899
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	164,660,399	98.47	2,566,557	1.53		167,226,956	53.61%		12,809
15	To disapply pre-emption rights.	162,722,422	97.31	4,504,534	2.69		167,226,956	53.61%		12,809
16	To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those disapplied by resolution 15.	161,750,665	96.72	5,477,291	3.28		167,227,956	53.61%		11,809
17	To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares.	165,854,915	99.19	1,346,530	0.81		167,201,445	53.61%		38,320
18	To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice.	163,135,537	97.55	4,102,842	2.45		167,238,379	53.62%		1,386
19	To authorise the Directors to offer shareholders the right to elect for scrip dividends instead of cash dividends	167,185,797	99.98	36,398	0.02		167,222,195	53.61%		17,570

Notes:

*  As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 310,441,552. This excludes 1,466,713 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			[phone]
Kerin Williams (Company Secretary)

 

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