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Reach PLC - Result of AGM
2nd May 2024, 14:00
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Reach PLC
02 May 2024
 

2 May 2024

Reach plc

 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

In accordance with the arrangements announced on 27 March 2024, the AGM of Reach plc (the "Company") was held today at 11:00 a.m. at Numis' Offices, 45 Gresham St, London, EC2V 7BF.

 

All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 and 22 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.

 

 

 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

VOTES
CAST

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1.  

Annual Report and Accounts

238,056,183

99.95

115,231

0.05

238,171,414

74.90%

11,412

2.  

Remuneration Policy

214,150,887

89.92

24,007,481

10.08

238,158,368

74.90%

24,458

3.  

Remuneration Report

218,832,862

91.89

19,324,155

8.11

238,157,017

74.90%

25,809

4.  

Dividend

238,115,099

99.97

60,808

0.03

238,175,907

74.90%

6,919

5.  

Re-elect Nick Prettejohn

237,808,307

99.87

320,826

0.13

238,129,133

74.89%

53,693

6.  

Re-elect Jim Mullen

230,881,341

96.95

7,256,092

3.05

238,137,433

74.89%

45,393

7.  

Re-elect Darren Fisher

237,924,388

99.91

210,355

0.09

238,134,743

74.89%

48,083

8.  

Re-elect Anne Bulford

237,950,483

99.93

172,148

0.07

238,122,631

74.89%

60,195

9.  

Re-elect Priya Guha

237,869,165

99.91

210,900

0.09

238,080,065

74.87%

102,761

10. 

Re-elect Denise Jagger

237,952,234

99.93

173,997

0.07

238,126,231

74.89%

56,595

11. 

Re-elect Barry Panayi

237,967,156

99.93

161,605

0.07

238,128,761

74.89%

54,065

12. 

Re-elect Wais Shaifta

237,918,002

99.91

206,651

0.09

238,124,653

74.89%

58,173

13. 

Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild

220,463,637

92.58

17,664,898

7.42

238,128,535

74.89%

54,291

14. 

Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

233,243,078

97.93

4,930,792

2.07

238,173,870

74.90%

8,956

15. 

Auditors' remuneration

238,107,175

99.98

56,951

0.02

238,164,126

74.90%

18,700

16. 

Amendment to the Reach Long

Term Incentive Plan

219,111,213

92.01

19,024,126

7.99

238,135,339

74.89%

47,487

17. 

Allot shares

220,336,871

92.52

17,818,513

7.48

238,155,384

74.90%

27,442

18. 

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

220,442,161

92.57

17,700,379

7.43

238,142,540

74.89%

40,286

19. 

Further disapplication of pre-emption rights

215,617,832

90.54

22,524,505

9.46

238,142,337

74.89%

40,489

20. 

Purchase of own shares

233,298,232

97.95

4,877,680

2.05

238,175,912

74.90%

6,914

21. 

Political donations

220,372,952

92.53

17,779,437

7.47

238,152,389

74.90%

30,437

22. 

Notice for General Meetings

237,448,628

99.69

729,860

0.31

238,178,488

74.90%

4,338

 

 

Notes:

 

1.   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" a resolution.

2.   The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 317,974,690. This is the figure as at the close of business on 30 April 2024 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

Enquiries

 

Reach plc

 

Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Officer

Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer

Laura Harris, Group Company Secretary 

 

020 7293 3000

Teneo

 

 

Giles Kernick / David Allchurch

 

 

020 7353 4200

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