Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3957Y

The Gym Group plc

16 May 2016

 

The Gym Group plc

(the "Company")

16 May 2016

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.	107,717,404	100.00	0	0.00	0		84.03
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	107,552,804	99.85	164,600	0.15	0		84.03
3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	105,025,422	97.50	2,691,982	2.50	0		84.03
4.   To re-elect Penny Hughes as a Director.	107,717,404	100.00	0	0.00	0		84.03
5.   To re-elect Philip Newborough as a Director.	107,433,148	99.74	284,256	0.26	0		84.03
6.   To re-elect Paul Gilbert as a Director.	107,569,228	99.86	148,176	0.14	0		84.03
7.   To re-elect David Burns as a Director.	107,433,148	99.74	284,256	0.26	0		84.03
8.   To re-elect John Treharne as a Director.	107,569,228	99.86	148,176	0.14	0		84.03
9.   To re-elect Richard Darwin as a Director.	107,569,228	99.86	148,176	0.14	0		84.03
10.  To re-elect James Graham as a Director.	107,569,228	99.86	148,176	0.14	0		84.03
11.  To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company.	107,717,404	100.00	0	0.00	0		84.03
12.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration.	107,717,404	100.00	0	0.00	0		84.03
13.  To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure.	107,693,839	100.00	0	0.00	23,565		84.03
14.  To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares.	107,717,404	100.00	0	0.00	0		84.03
15.  To disapply pre-emption rights.*	101,531,430	99.99	2,500	0.01	6,183,474		84.03
16.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.*	107,714,904	100.00	0	0.00	2,500		84.03
17.  To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*	107,674,586	99.96	40,318	0.04	2,500		84.03

*Special Resolution

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 at 6:00 p.m. on 12 May 2016 was 128,184,523 (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.tggplc.com.
8.	A copy of resolutions 15-17 passed at the AGM will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
9.	The complete poll results will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.tggplc.com.

For further information please contact:
The Gym Group Company Secretary
Richard Darwin	Tel: [phone]

 

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