RS Group PLC Result of AGM
July 11 2024 - 9:14AM
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RS Group PLC
11 July 2024
RS
Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Following the annual general meeting
held today at the offices of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP, One
Bishops Square, London E1 6AD, RS Group plc (the 'Company')
announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at that meeting
were duly passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 to 16
(inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions
17 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. A
poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed.
The results of the poll are as
follows:
|
|
|
Voted For
(Incl. Chair's discretion)
|
Votes
Against
|
Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes
Withheld)
|
Votes
Withheld*
|
|
Resolution
|
Votes
|
% of Votes
|
Votes
|
% of Votes
|
|
1
|
Receive Annual Report and Accounts
for 2024
|
420,728,923
|
100.00%
|
14,342
|
0.00%
|
420,743,265
|
10,758,247
|
|
2
|
Approve Directors' Remuneration
Report for 2024
|
375,321,797
|
86.99%
|
56,138,542
|
13.01%
|
431,460,339
|
41,173
|
|
3
|
Approve Final Dividend for
2024
|
431,475,467
|
100.00%
|
1,451
|
0.00%
|
431,476,918
|
24,594
|
|
4
|
Re-elect Alex Baldock
|
421,135,712
|
98.63%
|
5,861,492
|
1.37%
|
426,997,204
|
4,444,308
|
|
5
|
Re-elect Louisa Burdett
|
421,169,891
|
98.63%
|
5,863,346
|
1.37%
|
427,033,237
|
4,408,275
|
|
6
|
Re-elect Rona Fairhead
|
413,892,196
|
99.59%
|
1,707,215
|
0.41%
|
415,599,411
|
15,842,101
|
|
7
|
Re-elect Navneet Kapoor
|
431,361,511
|
99.99%
|
34,917
|
0.01%
|
431,396,428
|
45,084
|
|
8
|
Re-elect Bessie Lee
|
431,388,765
|
99.99%
|
23,439
|
0.01%
|
431,412,204
|
29,308
|
|
9
|
Re-elect Simon Pryce
|
431,355,348
|
99.99%
|
52,058
|
0.01%
|
431,407,406
|
34,106
|
|
10
|
Elect Kate Ringrose
|
429,415,060
|
99.54%
|
1,996,473
|
0.46%
|
431,411,533
|
29,979
|
|
11
|
Re-elect David Sleath
|
421,179,562
|
98.63%
|
5,861,045
|
1.37%
|
427,040,607
|
4,400,905
|
|
12
|
Re-elect Joan Wainwright
|
425,508,949
|
98.64%
|
5,885,582
|
1.36%
|
431,394,531
|
46,981
|
|
13
|
Reappoint Deloitte as
Auditor
|
431,374,592
|
99.99%
|
51,089
|
0.01%
|
431,425,681
|
15,831
|
|
14
|
Agree remuneration of the
auditor
|
431,479,966
|
100.00%
|
13,797
|
0.00%
|
431,493,763
|
7,749
|
|
15
|
Limited authority to make political
donations and to incur political expenditure
|
417,248,108
|
96.71%
|
14,184,094
|
3.29%
|
431,432,202
|
69,310
|
|
16
|
Authority to allot shares
|
388,065,167
|
89.94%
|
43,416,304
|
10.06%
|
431,481,471
|
20,041
|
|
17
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights up to
12%
|
386,711,751
|
89.63%
|
44,749,158
|
10.37%
|
431,460,909
|
40,603
|
|
18
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights for additional 12%
|
373,437,688
|
86.55%
|
58,008,198
|
13.45%
|
431,445,886
|
55,725
|
|
19
|
Authority to purchase own
shares
|
427,035,135
|
98.98%
|
4,380,238
|
1.02%
|
431,415,373
|
86,139
|
|
20
|
Notice Period for General
Meetings
|
397,045,536
|
92.02%
|
34,448,112
|
7.98%
|
431,493,648
|
7,864
|
The RS Group Board is pleased to
note that all resolutions were passed with the requisite majority
votes and welcomes the overwhelming support of the Company's
shareholders for the majority of the resolutions
proposed.
Notes
The full text of the resolutions,
along with the explanatory notes, is set out in the Notice of
Meeting, which is available on the Company's website:
rsgroup.com
The total number of shares in issue
on Thursday, 11 July 2024 was 474,034,527 ordinary shares in the
Company. A total of 91.03% of the share capital was
voted.
*Ordinary shareholders are entitled
to one vote per share. A "vote
withheld" is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a
resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the
proportion of issued share capital voted.
In accordance with Listing Rule
9.6.2., a copy of the Resolutions relating to Special Business has
been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly
be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Clare Underwood
Company Secretary
11
July 2024
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