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Results of AGM and Notice of Trading Update
Results of AGM and Notice of Trading Update.
About this update from Vanquis Banking Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 3405M\n Provident Financial PLC\n 07 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Provident Financial plc (\"the Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Results of Annual General Meeting and Notice of Trading Update\n \n \n \n \n \n Notice of Trading Update\n \n \n \n \n \n The Company wishes to inform the market that it intends to publish its Q1 trading statement (covering the first three months of the year) on Wednesday 27 May 2020. The statement will provide shareholders and analysts with an update as to how the Group is adapting its lending and collections activities for the COVID-19 restrictions currently in place.\n \n \n \n \n \n Results of Annual General Meeting\n \n \n \n \n \n The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its annual general meeting (AGM) today, Thursday 7 May 2020. \n \n \n \n \n \n A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM (with the exception of resolution 3) and the results of the poll are set out below. All of the resolutions voted on at the AGM were duly passed.\n \n \n \n \n \n As announced by the Company on 27 March 2020 and in light of the evolving coronavirus outbreak, the Board withdrew its recommendation for resolution 3 relating to the 2019 final dividend of 16.0p per share and the resolution was not proposed at the AGM.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Number of votes cast \"For\" \n \n \n \n \n % of votes cast \"For\" \n \n \n \n \n Number of votes cast \"Against\" \n \n \n \n \n % of votes cast \"Against\" \n \n \n \n \n Number of votes Withheld\n \n \n \n \n Total votes cast as a % of Issued Share Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n RESOLUTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1. \n \n \n \n \n Directors' and auditor's reports and the financialstatements\n \n \n \n \n 195,708,941\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 99.98\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 31,412\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 0.02\n \n \n \n \n 194,571\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 77.18\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2. \n \n \n \n \n Approval of the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the annual report on remuneration\n \n \n \n \n 186,927,706\n...