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Ashley (Laura) Hldgs - Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting
31st October 2019, 07:53
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Ashley (Laura) Hldgs PLC
31 October 2019
 

LAURA ASHLEY HOLDINGS PLC (the "Company")

 

Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting

 

31 October 2019

 

The 2019 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Laura Ashley Holdings plc was held on 30 October 2019, at Corus Hotel Hyde Park, Lancaster Gate, London W2 3LG.

A poll was held for all the resolutions proposed which were passed as follows:

Resolution

Summary

For

%

Against

%

Witheld

1

To receive, acknowledge and adopt the Directors' Report,

the Group Strategic Report and the Financial Statements

for the year ended 30 June 2019 together with the signed

and dated Auditor's Report.

497,718,738

99.99

37,758

0.01

317,911

2

To re-elect Mr Ng Kwan Cheong, who retires by rotation

in accordance with the Articles of Association of the

Company ("Articles") as an Executive Director.

485,055,797

97.41

12,892,338

2.59

126,272

3

To elect Mr David Cook, who offers himself for election in

accordance with the provision B.7.1 of the UK Corporate

Governance Code, as a Non-Executive Director.

497,503,514

99.91

431,435

 

0.09

139,458

 

3

* To elect Mr David Cook, who offers himself for election in

accordance with the provision B.7.1 of the UK Corporate

Governance Code, as a Non-Executive Director.

53,719,507

 

99.20

431,435

 

0.80

139,458

 

4

To appoint UHY Hacker Young LLP, as Auditors to the

Company, to hold office from the passing of this resolution to the conclusion of the next AGM at which the accounts are laid before shareholders and to authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors.

497,857,136

 

99.98

118,336

 

0.02

98,935

 

5

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2019.

497,097,298

 

99.87

638,519

 

0.13

332,474

 

6

To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, having an aggregate nominal value of up to £12,309,583.57.

497,189,086

 

99.91

458,194

 

0.09

424,470

 

7

To authorise the Directors to allot or make offers or agreements to allot equity securities pursuant to Section 571 and Section 573 of the Companies Act 2006, which are to be wholly paid up in cash or a sale of treasury shares, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,819,407.17 representing 5% of the issued share capital of the Company.

497,138,217

 

99.90

489,297

 

0.10

446,236

 

8

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary 5 pence shares up to 10% of the nominal value of the Company's issued share capital.

497,188,504

 

99.93

336,530

 

0.07

499,016

 

9

That a general meeting (rather than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

497,811,421

 

99.97

146,943

 

0.03

114,555

 

 

* Denotes votes by independent shareholders.

 

Enquiries:

 

KC Ng

 

Laura Ashley

 

020 7880 5100

Seán Anglim

 

Laura Ashley

 

020 7880 5100

Anita Scott / Alice Gibb

 

Brunswick

 

020 7404 5959

Rick Thompson / Michael Boot

 

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

 

020 7894 7000

 

 

 

 


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