PayPoint plc: Result of AGM

25 July 2019

PayPoint plc (Company)
Result of AGM

PayPoint plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today at 1 The Boulevard, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1EL all resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The proxy voting for the resolutions tabled at the Meeting was as follows:

Resolutions	Votes For 1	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of Issued Share Capital Voted	Votes Withheld2
1. To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019	53,374,854	99.99	4,873	0.01	53,379,727	78.09%	1,703
2. To approve the directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2019	53,119,241	99.71	156,027	0.29	53,275,268	77.94%	106,163
3. To declare a final dividend of 23.6p per ordinary share of the company for the year ended 31 March 2019	53,381,430	100.00	1	0	53,381,431	78.10%	0
4. To elect Mr Patrick Headon as a director of the company	53,378,403	100.00	690	0	53,379,093	78.09%	2,338
5. To re-elect Ms Gill Barr as a director of the company	53,369,344	99.98	11,833	0.02	53,381,177	78.10%	254
6. To re-elect Ms Rachel Kentleton as a director of the company	53,379,874	100.00	1,432	0	53,381,306	78.10%	125
7. To re-elect Mr Giles Kerr as a director of the company	52,206,264	97.80	1,175,042	2.2	53,381,306	78.10%	125
8. To re-elect Mr Rakesh Sharma as a director of the company	53,362,127	99.96	19,178	0.04	53,381,305	78.10%	125
9. To re-elect Mr Nick Wiles as a director of the company	53,218,057	99.69	163,119	0.31	53,381,176	78.10%	254
10. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the company	53,379,100	100.00	2,206	0	53,381,306	78.10%	125
11. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor’s remuneration	53,380,616	100.00	690	0	53,381,306	78.10%	125
12. To authorise the directors to operate the PayPoint Restricted Share Plan	53,238,196	99.74	139,731	0.26	53,377,927	78.09%	3,504
13. To authorise the directors to allot shares in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	53,354,447	99.95	26,371	0.05	53,380,818	78.10%	613
14. To dis-apply statutory pre-emption rights in accordance with Section 570 of the Companies Act 20063	53,373,829	99.99	3,614	0.01	53,377,443	78.09%	3,988
15. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued share capital3	53,330,963	99.91	49,983	0.09	53,380,946	78.10%	484
16. To allow any general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) to be called on 14 days’ notice3	53,193,477	99.46	288,591	0.54	53,482,068	78.24%	3,375

¹  Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions.
² A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.
³ Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority

The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 68,352,900.

The results will also be made available on the Company's website: http://corporate.paypoint.com/

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting (13 – 16) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM  

Enquiries:

Susan Court       
Head of Legal & Company Secretary, PayPoint plc
Tel: [phone]