Vanquis Banking Group plc ("the Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its annual general meeting (AGM) today, Wednesday 15 May 2024.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM and the results of the poll are set out below. All of the resolutions voted on at the AGM were duly passed.
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Number of votes cast "For" |
% of votes cast "For" |
Number of votes cast "Against" |
% of votes cast "Against" |
Number of votes Withheld |
Total votes cast as a % of Issued Share Register |
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RESOLUTION |
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1. |
Directors' and auditor's reports and the financial statements |
199,754,122 |
99.99 |
26,053 |
0.01 |
149,648 |
77.89% |
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2. |
Approval of the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the annual report on remuneration |
194,800,439 |
97.45 |
5,097,130 |
2.55 |
32,254 |
77.94% |
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3. |
Final dividend of 1p per share |
199,903,507 |
99.99 |
25,467 |
0.01 |
849 |
77.95% |
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4. |
Election of Sir Peter Estlin as a Director |
198,043,741 |
99.07 |
1,864,318 |
0.93 |
21,763 |
77.94% |
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5. |
Election of Ian McLaughlin as a Director |
199,848,348 |
99.97 |
67,684 |
0.03 |
13,791 |
77.95% |
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6. |
Election of Dave Watts as a Director |
199,825,593 |
99.96 |
84,138 |
0.04 |
20,092 |
77.94% |
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7. |
Election of Karen Briggs as a Director |
199,778,173 |
99.94 |
125,015 |
0.06 |
26,635 |
77.94% |
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8. |
Re-election of Michele Greene as a Director |
198,157,214 |
99.12 |
1,758,509 |
0.88 |
14,099 |
77.95% |
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9. |
Re-election of Paul Hewitt as a Director |
198,176,271 |
99.13 |
1,739,452 |
0.87 |
14,099 |
77.95% |
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10. |
Re-election of Angela Knight as a Director |
198,158,808 |
99.12 |
1,752,246 |
0.88 |
18,768 |
77.94% |
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11. |
Election of Oliver Laird as a Director |
199,777,914 |
99.93 |
131,274 |
0.07 |
20,635 |
77.94% |
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12. |
Re-election of Graham Lindsay as a Director |
198,069,844 |
99.08 |
1,845,879 |
0.92 |
14,099 |
77.95% |
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13. |
Election of Jackie Noakes as a Director |
199,775,716 |
99.94 |
127,472 |
0.06 |
26,635 |
77.94% |
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14. |
Reappointment of Deloitte LLP as the Auditor of the Company |
199,846,137 |
99.96 |
73,582 |
0.04 |
10,104 |
77.95% |
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15. |
Audit committee to determine the Auditor's Remuneration |
199,866,603 |
99.98 |
48,759 |
0.02 |
14,461 |
77.94% |
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16. |
Company granted authority to make political donations |
199,663,073 |
99.87 |
256,908 |
0.13 |
9,842 |
77.95% |
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17. |
Directors authorised to allot shares |
198,839,159 |
99.46 |
1,075,530 |
0.54 |
15,134 |
77.94% |
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18. |
Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights |
199,201,147 |
99.64 |
715,980 |
0.36 |
12,696 |
77.95% |
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19. |
Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights (in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments) |
199,126,241 |
99.60 |
790,110 |
0.40 |
13,472 |
77.95% |
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20. |
Company authorised to purchase its own shares |
199,879,336 |
99.99 |
13,778 |
0.01 |
36,709 |
77.94% |
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21. |
Company authorised to allot equity securities in relation to the issue of Additional Tier 1 Securities |
199,701,425 |
99.89 |
213,653 |
0.11 |
14,745 |
77.94% |
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22. |
Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Additional Tier 1 Securities |
199,782,329 |
99.93 |
132,991 |
0.07 |
14,503 |
77.94% |
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23. |
Convening of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice authorised |
198,173,495 |
99.12 |
1,750,176 |
0.88 |
6,152 |
77.95% |
Notes
1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
3. As at close of business on Monday 13 May 2024, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 256,482,888 ordinary shares in issue. 77.95% of the voting capital was instructed, as set out in the table above. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism.
Name of contact and telephone number for AGM queries:
Melanie Barnett
Company Secretary
0203 620 3689
Name of contacts and contact details for Investor Relations:
Miriam McKay
Miriam.McKay@vanquis.com
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