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JRP Group PLC
18 May 2017
 

18 May 2017

 

JRP Group plc

(the 'Company')

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

JRP Group plc announces the results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held earlier today at etc. venues, 8 Fenchurch Place, London, EC3M 4PB

All resolutions proposed in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were duly passed on a poll, save for Resolutions 13 and 14, which were withdrawn with the consent of the meeting.

Full details of the results of the poll are set out below:

Resolutions

Against

No. of votes Withheld

 

Ordinary Resolutions:

No. of votes

% of votes

No. of votes

% of votes

1.

Receive 2016 Annual Report and Accounts

 

809,718,880

 

99.97%

235,538

0.03%

795,737

2.

Receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

783,439,479

97.79%

 

17,683,522

 

 

2.21%

 

 

9,627,154

 

3.

Receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

785,635,441

 

96.90%

 

 

25,111,348

 

 

3.10%

 

 

3,366

 

4.

Declare final dividend of 2.4 pence per ordinary share

810,750,085

 

100.00%

 

0

0.00%

70

5.

Re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith

783,986,184

 

99.60%

 

 

3,131,582

 

 

0.40%

 

 

23,632,389

 

6.

Re-elect Tom Cross Brown

801,670,000

 

98.88%

 

 

9,076,594

 

 

1.12%

 

 

3,561

 

7.

Re-elect Keith Nicholson

810,280,536

 

99.94%

 

 

466,058

 

 

0.06%

 

 

3,561

 

8.

Re-elect Michael Deakin

810,281,979

 

99.94%

 

 

464,615

 

 

0.06%

 

 

3,561

 

9.

Re-elect Steve Melcher

810,281,979

 

99.94%

 

 

464,615

 

 

0.06%

 

 

3,561

 

10.

Re-elect Paul Bishop

807,954,088

 

99.66%

 

 

2,792,738

 

 

0.34%

 

 

3,329

 

11.

Re-elect Ian Cormack

809,046,579

 

99.80%

 

 

1,585,978

 

 

0.20%

 

 

117,598

 

12.

Re-elect Clare Spottiswoode

766,595,786

 

96.22%

30,145,765

3.78%

14,008,603

 

13.

Re-elect James Fraser

WITHDRAWN

14.

Re-elect Peter Catterall

WITHDRAWN

15.

Re-elect Rodney Cook

810,014,516

 

99.91%

 

 

735,074

 

 

0.09%

 

 

565

 

16.

Re-elect David Richardson

809,884,018

 

99.89%

 

 

863,886

 

 

0.11%

 

 

2,251

 

17.

Re-elect Simon Thomas

810,013,062

 

99.91%

 

 

734,840

 

 

0.09%

 

 

2,253

 

18.

Appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

784,648,258

 

96.78%

 

 

26,101,496

 

 

3.22%

 

 

401

 

19.

Authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditors' remuneration

 

794,818,813

 

 

98.04%

 

 

15,930,941

 

 

1.96%

 

 

401

 

20.

Renew the authority to make political donations and expenditure

798,662,425

 

99.69%

 

 

2,459,247

 

 

0.31%

 

 

9,628,483

 

21.

Renew the authority to allot shares

778,580,863

 

96.03%

 

 

32,166,104

 

 

3.97%

 

 

3,188

 

Special ResolutionS:






22.

Renew the power to disapply pre-emption rights.

810,729,089

 

100.00%

 

18,647

 

0.00%

 

 

2,419

 

23.

Grant additional power to disapply pre-emption rights.

769,535,587

 

94.92%

 

41,212,149

 

5.08%

 

2,419

 

24.

Renew the authority to purchase Company shares

800,649,766

 

98.78%

 

9,925,406

 

1.22%

 

 

174,983

 

25.

Renew the approval of a shorter notice period for general meetings

802,519,566

98.98%

8,229,252

 

1.02%

 

 

1,336

 

26.

Change the name of the Company

802,430,107

 

98.97%

 

8,320,046

 

1.03%

 

 

2

 

 

VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Resolutions

FOR (notes 2 & 3)

%

AGAINST (notes 2 & 3)

%

NO. VOTES WITHHELD

5.

Re-elect Chris Gibson-Smith

423,449,863

99.27%

3,131,582

0.73%

23,632,389

6.

Re-elect Tom Cross Brown

441,133,679

97.98%

9,076,594

2.02%

3,561

7.

Re-elect Keith Nicholson

449,744,215

99.90%

466,058

0.10%

3,561

8.

Re-elect Michael Deakin

449,745,658

99.90%

464,615

0.10%

3,561

9.

Re-elect Steve Melcher

449,745,658

99.90%

464,615

0.10%

3,561

10.

Re-elect Paul Bishop

447,417,767

99.38%

2,792,738

0.62%

3,329

11.

Re-elect Ian Cormack

448,510,258

99.65%

1,585,978

0.35%

117,598

12.

Re-elect Clare Spottiswoode

406,059,465

93.09%

30,145,765

6.91%

14,008,603

Full details of the resolutions passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 April 2017, which is available at www.jrpgroup.com.  

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting will shortly be available to view on the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Notes:

 

(a)  All resolutions were passed.

(b)  The votes "For" and "Against" are expressed in percentage of the votes received.

(c)  Votes "For" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

(d)  A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.

(e)  The total number of shares in issue on 17 May 2017 was 933,052,221  ordinary shares of 10 pence each

 

Enquiries:

 

Simon O'Hara

Group Company Secretary

JRP Group plc

+44 (0) 207 444 8391

 

18 May 2017

 


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