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Reach plc - Result of AGM
Reach plc - Result of AGM.
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1 May 2025 Reach plc Results of Annual General Meeting (AGM) The AGM of Reach plc (the Company) was held today at 11:00 a.m. at Deutsche Numis' Offices, 45 Gresham St, London, EC2V 7BF. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Save for resolution 5, which was not put to the meeting, resolutions 1 to 15 and 19 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below. VOTES FOR % VOTES AGAINST % VOTES CAST % of ISC VOTED VOTES WITHHELD 1. Annual Report and Accounts 236,718,334 99.99 13,972 0.01 236,732,306 74.37% 58,118 2. Remuneration Report 214,224,159 92.70 16,861,871 7.30 231,086,030 72.59% 5,704,394 3. Dividend 236,739,699 100.00 9,755 0.00 236,749,454 74.37% 40,970 4. Re-elect Mr Nick Prettejohn 234,848,759 99.21 1,881,243 0.79 236,730,002 74.36% 60,422 5. WITHDRAWN 6. Re-elect Mr Darren Fisher 236,516,124 99.91 215,594 0.09 236,731,718 74.37% 58,706 7. Re-elect Ms Anne Bulford 236,545,496 99.92 186,576 0.08 236,732,072 74.37% 58,529 8. Re-elect Ms Priya Guha 236,543,865 99.92 188,163 0.08 236,732,028 74.37% 58,396 9. Re-elect Ms Denise Jagger 236,549,893 99.92 182,435 0.08 236,732,328 74.37% 58,096 10. Re-elect Mr Barry Panayi 236,548,361 99.92 183,232 0.08 236,731,593 74.37% 58,831 11. Re-elect Mr Wais Shaifta 236,549,775 99.92 182,067 0.08 236,731,842 74.37% 58,582 12. Re-elect Ms Olivia Streatfeild 213,776,641 90.86 21,515,586 9.14 235,292,227 73.91% 1,498,197 13. Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 231,028,373 99.97 69,954 0.03 231,098,327 72.60% 5,692,097 14. Auditors' remuneration 236,681,768 99.98 46,896 0.02 236,728,664 74.36% 61,760 15. Authority to Allot shares 220,720,045 93.24 16,012,236 6.76 236,732,281 74.37% 58,143 16. Disapplication of pre-emption rights 216,632,475 91.51 20,108,074 8.49 236,740,549 74.37% 49,875 17. Further disapplication of pre-emption rights 216,620,887 91.50 20,120,667 8.50 236,741,554 74.37% 48,870 18. Authority to Purchase own shares 236,674,572 99.97 75,094 0.03 236,749,666 74.37% 40,758 19. Political donations 220,704,195 93.22 16,040,615 6.78 236,744,810 74.37% 45,614 20. Notice period for General Meetings 236,176,827 99.77 551,497 0.23 236,728,324 74.36% 62,100 21. Elect Mr Piers North 236,637,062 99.96 104,741 0.04 236,741,803 74.37% 48,621 Notes: 1. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution. 2. The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 318,336,301. This is the figure as at the close of business on 30 April 2025 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date. 3. As announced on 31 March 2025, Jim Mullen stepped down from his role as Chief Executive and director of the Company with immediate effect, with the consequence that the resolution to re-elect Jim Mullen as a director of the Company included as resolution 5 in the Notice of AGM was to be withdrawn. At the same time, it was also announced that Piers North had been appointed as Chief Executive and director of the Company and an additional resolution was proposed as resolution 21 in the Supplement to the Notice of AGM, to elect Piers North as a director of the Company. In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.13 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . Enquiries Reach plc Piers North, Chief Executive Officer Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer Laura Harris, Group Company Secretary 020 7293 3000 Teneo Giles Kernick 020 7353 4200 LEI: 213800GNI5XF3XOATR61 Classification: 3.1 Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of the United Kingdom