Result of AGM

Van Elle Holdings PLC

21 September 2023

 

21 September 2023

Van Elle Holdings plc

('Van Elle', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

Result of Annual General Meeting

Van Elle Holdings plc (AIM: VANL), the UK's largest ground engineering contractor announces that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed. The proxy votes received from shareholders on each resolution are set out below:

Resolution	For	% For	Against	% Against	Withheld
1.    To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2023	77,410,837	99.99%	1,074	0.01%	0
2.    To approve the Directors' remuneration report in the form set out in the annual report of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2023	75,246,711	97.2%	2,164,200	2.8%	1,000
3.    To declare a dividend of 0.8p per share on the ordinary shares of the company	77,410,837	99.99%	1,074	0.01%	0
4.    To re-elect Frank Nelson as a Director of the Company	77,388,209	99.99%	1,074	0.01%	22,628
5.    To re-elect Charles St John as a Director of the Company	77,387,209	99.99%	1,074	0.01%	23,628
6.    To re-elect Graeme Campbell as a Director of the Company	77,387,209	99.99%	1,074	0.01%	23,628
7.    To reappoint BDO LLP as auditor	75,247,711	97.2%	2,161,572	2.8%	2,628
8.    To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	77,408,209	99.99%	1,074	0.01%	2,628
9.    To authorise the Directors to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 and to allot equity securities by way of a rights issue	76,674,365	99.97%	23,702	0.03%	713,844
10.  To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities pursuant to Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 in connection with a rights issue and general disapplication	72,372,840	93.5%	5,039,071	6.5%	0
11.  To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities pursuant to Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment	72,379,927	93.5%	5,031,984	6.5%	0
12.  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	75,237,388	97.2%	2,174,523	2.8%	0

For further information, please contact:

Van Elle Holdings plc Mark Cutler, Chief Executive Officer Graeme Campbell, Chief Financial Officer	Via Walbrook
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and corporate broker) Ed Allsopp / Ben Harrington	Tel: [phone]
Walbrook PR Limited	Tel: [phone] or [e-mail]
Tom Cooper / Nick Rome	07971 221 972 or 07748 325 236

About Van Elle Holdings plc:

Van Elle Holdings is the UK's largest specialist geotechnical engineering contractor. Formed in 1984 and listed on AIM in 2016, the Company provides a wide range of ground engineering techniques and services including ground investigation, general and specialist piling, rail geotechnical engineering, modular foundations, and ground improvement and stabilisation services.

Van Elle operates through three divisions: General Piling, Specialist Piling and Rail, and Ground Engineering Services; and is focused on diverse end markets including residential and housing, infrastructure and regional construction - across which the Group has completed more than 20,000 projects over the last 35 years.

 

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