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KCOM Group PLC
21 July 2017
 

21 July 2017

 

KCOM GROUP PLC

("KCOM or "the Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

At the Annual General Meeting of KCOM held earlier today at the KCOM Stadium, Hull, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

Resolutions 1 to 13 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 were proposed as special resolutions.

Copies of the resolutions concerning items of special business (being resolutions 13 to 15) will be sent to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and will be available for inspection.

The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below.  The number of ordinary shares in issue on 22 July 2016 was 516,603,910.

The results of the poll on each resolution are set out below.

 

Resolution

No. of votes 'In favour'

(%)

No. of votes 'Against' (%)

Total no. of votes cast (% of issued share capital)

Withheld*

1.     To receive and approve the Company's report and accounts.

367,254,466

 

10,503

 

367,264,969

 

9,379,016

 

2.     To declare a final dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share.

367,293,334

 

3,864

 

367,297,198

 

9,346,787

 

3.     To approve the Directors' remuneration report.

364,635,824

 

1,942,022

 

366,577,846

 

10,066,139

 

4.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration report (excluding the Remuneration policy)

363,889,096

 

2,701,967

 

366,591,063

 

10,052,922

 

5.     To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditors.

365,943,974

 

1,296,373

 

367,240,347

 

9,403,638

 

6.     To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.

367,101,391

 

155,808

 

367,257,199

 

9,386,786

 

7.     To re-elect Graham Holden as a Director of the Company.

319,161,484

 

47,409,197

 

366,570,681

 

10,063,304

 

8.     To re-elect Jane Aikman as a Director of the Company.

365,236,518

 

1,350,426

 

366,586,944

 

10,037,252

 

9.     To elect Liz Barber as a Director of the Company.

364,395,862

 

2,208,173

 

366,604,035

 

10,039,950

 

10.  To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a Director of the Company.

365,129,146

 

1,461,641

 

366,590,787

 

10,043,198

 

11.  To re-elect Bill Halbert as a Director of the Company.

319,759,463

 

46,844,877

 

366,604,340

 

10,039,645

 

12.  To re-elect Peter Smith as a Director of the Company.

365,541,826

 

1,062,202

 

366,604,028

 

10,039,957

 

13.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares as outlined in the Notice of Meeting.

365,690,792

 

1,525,999

 

367,216,791

 

9,426,474

 

14.  To disapply
pre-emption rights as outlined in the Notice of Meeting.

366,195,412

 

380,365

 

366,575,777

 

10,068,208

 

15.  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares.

366,033,896

 

1,222,617

 

367,256,513

 

9,387,472

 

16.  To approve general meetings, other than AGMs, being called on at least 14 clear days' notice.

357,934,450

 

9,312,811

 

367,247,261

 

9,394,724

 

 

*A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" the resolution.

In the event of any queries, please contact Kathy Smith on +44 (0) 1924 882501.

 


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