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RNS Number : 0566W
Softcat PLC
06 December 2019
Softcat plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Softcat plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") held yesterday, 5 December 2019, all resolutions
set out in the notice of the AGM were passed by the requisite
majority of votes by shareholders by way of a poll. The results of
the poll for each resolution were as follows:
VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % TOTAL SHARES % OF ISSUED VOTES WITHHELD
VOTED SHARE
CAPITAL
VOTED
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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1. To receive
the Company's
financial statements
and the reports
of the Directors
together with
the Auditor's
Report for the
year ended 31
July 2019 162,756,921 100.00 0 0.00 162,756,921 82.01% 777,857
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2. To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
Report 161,694,092 98.87 1,840,577 1.13 163,534,669 82.41% 109
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3. To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
Policy 161,238,582 98.60 2,296,086 1.40 163,534,668 82.41% 109
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4. To declare
a final dividend
of 10.4 pence
per ordinary
share 163,534,723 100.00 0 0.00 163,534,723 82.41% 55
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5. To declare
a special dividend
of 16.0 pence
per ordinary
share 163,534,723 100.00 0 0.00 163,534,723 82.41% 55
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6. To re-elect
Graeme Watt as
a Director 163,080,198 99.72 454,580 0.28 163,534,778 82.41% 0
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7. To re-elect
Martin Hellawell
as a Director 156,252,624 95.83 6,790,848 4.17 163,043,472 82.16% 491,305
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8. To re-elect
Graham Charlton
as a Director 162,367,657 99.29 1,167,121 0.71 163,534,778 82.41% 0
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9. To re-elect
Vin Murria OBE
as a Director 162,290,195 99.24 1,244,474 0.76 163,534,669 82.41% 109
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10. To re-elect
Peter Ventress
as a Director 163,082,031 99.72 452,747 0.28 163,534,778 82.41% 0
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VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % TOTAL SHARES % OF ISSUED VOTES WITHHELD
VOTED SHARE
CAPITAL
VOTED
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11. To elect
Robyn Perris
as a Director 163,514,558 99.99 20,220 0.01 163,534,778 82.41% 0
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12. To elect
Karen Slatford
as a Director 162,451,327 99.34 1,083,342 0.66 163,534,669 82.41% 109
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13. To re-appoint
Ernst & Young
LLP as auditor
of the Company 163,043,273 100.00 0 0.00 163,043,273 82.16% 491,504
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14. To authorise
the Directors
to determine
the auditor's
remuneration 163,534,461 100.00 118 0.00 163,534,579 82.41% 199
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15. To authorise
the Company to
make political
donations 162,594,701 99.73 440,786 0.27 163,035,487 82.16% 499,290
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16. To authorise
the Directors
to allot securities
pursuant to Section
551 of the Companies
Act 2006 162,094,987 99.12 1,439,622 0.88 163,534,609 82.41% 169
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SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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17. To authorise
the Directors
to dis-apply
the statutory
pre-emption rights
pursuant to Sections
570 and 573 of
the Companies
Act 2006 163,497,870 99.98 36,545 0.02 163,534,415 82.41% 363
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18. To authorise
the Directors
to dis-apply
statutory pre-emption
rights for the
purposes of acquisitions
or capital investments
pursuant to Sections
570 and 573 of
the Companies
Act 2006 160,672,051 98.25 2,862,363 1.75 163,534,414 82.41% 363
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19. To authorise
the Company to
purchase its
own shares 162,840,691 99.68 530,951 0.32 163,371,642 82.32% 163,135
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20. To approve
the calling of
a general meeting
other than an
annual general
meeting on not
less than 14
clear days' notice 161,188,328 98.57 2,346,450 1.43 163,534,778 82.41% 0
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VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS EXCLUDING CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER ON
ELECTION OR RE-ELECTION OF INDEPENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % TOTAL SHARES % OF ISSUED VOTES WITHHELD
VOTED SHARE
CAPITAL
VOTED
9. To re-elect
Vin Murria
OBE as a Director 101,396,457 98.79 1,244,474 1.21 102,640,931 76.89% 109
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10. To re-elect
Peter Ventress
as a Director. 102,188,293 99.56 452,747 0.44 102,641,040 76.89% 0
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11. To elect
Robyn Perriss
as a Director. 102,620,820 99.98 20,220 0.02 102,641,040 76.89% 0
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12. To elect
Karen Slatford
as a Director 101,557,589 98.94 1,083,342 1.06 102,640,931 76.89% 109
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Notes:
Any proxy appointments giving discretion to the Chair of the
Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
The Company's total of ordinary shares in issue (total voting
rights) as at 5 December 2019 was 198,477,866 ordinary shares of
GBP0.0005 each. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per
ordinary share held.
Peter Kelly is regarded as a controlling shareholder of the
Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules, and each resolution
to elect or re-elect independent non-executive directors
(resolutions 9 to 12) have under Listing Rule 9.2.2E been approved
by a majority of the votes cast by:
(i) the shareholders of the Company as a whole; and
(ii) the independent shareholders of the Company, that is, all
the shareholders entitled to vote on each resolution excluding the
controlling shareholder.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy
of the resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at:
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's
website at: https://www.softcat.com/investors
Luke Thomas, Company Secretary
Softcat plc
6 December 2019
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