WYG Wyg Plc

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WYG Plc

22 September 2016

22(th) September 2016

WYG plc ('Company')

2016 Annual General Meeting

Result of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of WYG plc was held at the Company's registered office, Arndale Court, Otley Road, Headingly, Leeds on 22 September 2016 at 10.00am.

All 13 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 and 13 were passed as special resolutions.

The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed and the number of votes withheld was as follows. Votes lodged to be cast at the Chairman's discretion have been included in the 'Votes for' figures.

 
 Resolution                       Votes        %       Votes        %       Votes 
                                    for                against             withheld 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 1. To receive the 
  2016 Annual Report 
  and Accounts                  49,346,107     100            0       0         800 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 2.To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report 2016                   47,846,799   96.96    1,499,123    3.04         985 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 3. To declare a 
  final dividend 
  of 1.0 pence per 
  Ordinary Share                49,346,314   99.99            5    0.01         588 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 4.To appoint Jeremy 
  Beeton as a Director          49,346,867   99.99           24    0.01          16 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 5. To appoint Neil 
  Masom as a Director           49,346,867   99.99           24    0.01          16 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 6. To appoint Iain 
  Clarkson as a Director        49,346,867   99.99           32    0.01           8 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 7. To re-elect 
  Mike McTighe as 
  a Director                    42,565,405   99.99           46    0.01   6,781,456 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 8. To re-elect 
  David Jeffcoat 
  as a Director                 49,346,842   99.99           57    0.01           8 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 9. To appoint Deloitte 
  LLP as auditor 
  of the Company                49,250,539   99.81       95,773    0.19         595 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 10. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  determine the remuneration 
  of the auditor                49,346,878   99.99           14    0.01          15 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 11. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  allot shares                  39,236,563   80.43    9,544,540   19.57     565,804 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 12. To authorise 
  the dis-application 
  of statutory pre-emption 
  rights                        38,397,207   77.81   10,948,870   22.19         830 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 13. To authorise 
  the market purchase 
  of the Company's 
  own shares                    47,851,243   96.96    1,495,660    3.03           4 
-----------------------------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------  ---------- 
 

As at 22 September 2016, there were 68,703,286 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

ENDS

WYG plc Tel: 0113 278 7111

Paul Hamer, Chief Executive Officer

Iain Clarkson, Chief Financial Officer

MHP Communications Tel: 020 3128 8100

John Olsen / Katie Hunt / Ollie Hoare

N+1 Singer Tel: 020 7496 3000

Sandy Fraser / Nick Owen / James White

WH Ireland Limited Tel: 020 7220 1666

Tim Feather / Liam Gribben

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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