Result of AGM

NewRiver REIT PLC

29 July 2026

 

 

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 Tuesday 28 July 2026, 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 2026 be received and approved.	230,305,313	99.98	54,884	0.02		230,360,197	53.39		161,037
2	That the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Company's 2026 Annual Report on pages 120 to 131 be received and approved.	229,622,657	99.72	642,701	0.28		230,265,358	53.37		255,876
3	To declare a final dividend of 3.6 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2026.	230,473,791	99.99	10,274	0.01		230,484,065	53.42		37,169
4	That Lynn Fordham, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	208,705,719	90.57	21,728,266	9.43		230,433,985	53.41		87,249
5	That Allan Lockhart, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	229,415,467	99.55	1,029,817	0.45		230,445,284	53.41		75,950
6	That Will Hobman, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	229,378,718	99.54	1,063,500	0.46		230,442,218	53.41		79,016
7	That Colin Rutherford, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	219,237,166	95.14	11,199,958	4.86		230,437,124	53.41		84,110
8	That Charlie Parker, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	220,188,384	95.55	10,246,690	4.45		230,435,074	53.41		86,160
9	That Dr Karen Miller, being eligible and offering herself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.	220,232,756	95.97	10,204,443	4.43		230,437,199	53.41		84,035
10	That Rajat Dhawan, being eligible and offering himself for re-appointment, be re-appointed as a Director of the Company.	230,014,613	99.80	463,945	0.20		230,478,558	53.42		83,930
11	That Forvis Mazars LLP be appointed as auditor of the Company.	230,380,011	99.97	72,999	0.03		230,453,010	53.41		68,224
12	That the Audit Committee be and is hereby authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditor.	230,350,633	99.95	105,537	0.05		230,456,170	53.41		65,064
13	That the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 114 to 119 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2026, be approved	229,757,491	99.70	690,016	0.30		230,447,507	53.41		73,727
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	219,347,845	95.21	11,044,514	4.79		230,392,359	53.40		128,875
15	To disapply pre-emption rights.	200,677,392	87.11	29,702,147	12.89		230,379,539	53.39		141,695
16	To disapply pre-emption rights in addition to those disapplied by resolution 14.	199,016,186	86.39	31,362,614	13.61		230,378,800	53.39		142,434
17	To authorise market purchases by the Company of its shares.	230,365,293	99.96	91,747	0.04		230,457,040	53.41		64,194
18	To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice.	223,742,743	97.08	6,723,796	2.92		230,466,539	53.41		54,695
19	To authorise the Directors to offer shareholders the right to elect for scrip dividends instead of cash dividends	230,202,244	99.89	257,877	0.11		230,460,121	53.41		61,113

Notes:

*  As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 431,472,884. There are 1,580,558 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]
Jenny Warburton (Company Secretary)

 

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