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Mothercare plc Annual General Meeting 23 October 2023: Results

Annual General Meeting

At the annual general meeting held at 11.00am on 23 October 2023, the resolutions before the meeting were passed.

The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in respect of the resolutions:

Resolutions 12 to 14 were Special Resolutions.

 
                                                                                    Votes                                  Votes 
                           Resolution                          Votes For     %     Against    %      Votes total  % ISC  withheld* 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
    To receive the annual accounts, directors' report, 
     strategic report, directors' remuneration report and 
1    auditor's report                                         447,094,996   100    21,810    0.00   447,116,806   79.30   33,009 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
    To approve the directors' remuneration report (including 
2    the directors' remuneration policy)                      447,056,164  99.99   65,229    0.01   447,121,393   79.30   28,422 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
3   To re-elect Clive Whiley as a director                    447,077,817  99.99   51,777    0.01   447,129,594   79.30   20,221 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
4   To re-elect Andrew Cook as a director                     447,075,766  99.99   50,964    0.01   447,126,730   79.30   23,085 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
5   To re-elect Gillian Kent as a director                    446,944,291  99.96   185,084   0.04   447,129,375   79.30   20,440 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
6   To re-elect Mark Newton-Jones as a director               439,152,305  98.22  7,974,425  1.78   447,126,730   79.30   23,085 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
7   To re-elect Brian Small as a director                     447,075,822  99.99   50,619    0.01   447,126,441   79.30   23,374 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
8   To re-appoint auditors                                    447,069,118  99.99   56,543    0.01   447,125,661   79.30   24,154 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
9   Auditors remuneration                                     447,088,580  99.99   40,685    0.01   447,129,265   79.30   20,550 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
10  Authority for the directors to allot shares               446,919,028  99.95   209,948   0.05   447,128,976   79.30   20,839 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
    To authorise political donations by the company and 
11   its subsidiaries                                         438,181,841  98.00  8,939,863  2.00   447,121,704   79.30   28,111 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
12  Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                  446,917,311  99.95   210,722   0.05   447,128,033   79.30   21,782 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
13  Authority to further disapply pre-emption rights          446,948,235  99.96   179,756   0.04   447,127,991   79.30   21,824 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
14  Authority to purchase own shares                          447,096,342  99.99   33,617    0.01   447,129,959   79.30   19,856 
    --------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----  ---------  ----  -------------  -----  --------- 
 

Notes

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution

As at 20 October 2023, the Company's issued share capital and total voting rights consisted of 563,836,626 ordinary shares each carrying voting rights. There are no shares in treasury. As a result, proxy votes representing approximately 79% of the voting capital were cast for the AGM.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, www.mothercareplc.com.

Further details:

Investor and analyst enquiries to:

   Mothercare plc                                Email: investorrelations@mothercare.com 

Clive Whiley, Chairman

Andrew Cook, Chief Financial Officer

   Deutsche Numis                        Tel: 020 7260 1000 

(Nominated Advisor & Joint Corporate Broker)

Luke Bordewich

Henry Slater

   Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Joint Corporate Broker)        Tel: 020 7220 0500 

Carl Holmes

Media enquiries to:

   MHP                                         Email: mothercare@mhpgroup.com 
   Rachel Farrington                        Tel: 020 3128 8100 

Tim Rowntree

 
 

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