The AGM of Reach plc (the Company) was held today at 11:00 a.m. at the offices of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, 3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AQ.
All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Resolutions 1 to 14 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 and 19 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 | 185,424,204 | 99.87 | 234,404 | 0.13 | 185,658,608 | 58.32% | 3,185,113 |
2. | Remuneration Report | 184,606,452 | 97.82 | 4,118,354 | 2.18 | 188,724,806 | 59.28% | 118,915 |
3. | Dividend | 188,793,393 | 99.98 | 42,548 | 0.02 | 188,835,941 | 59.32% | 7,780 |
4. | Re-elect Mr Nick Prettejohn | 185,643,170 | 98.38 | 3,062,852 | 1.62 | 188,706,022 | 59.28% | 137,699 |
5. | Re-elect Mr Piers North | 188,212,741 | 99.74 | 495,435 | 0.26 | 188,708,176 | 59.28% | 135,545 |
6. | Re-elect Mr Darren Fisher | 188,248,815 | 99.76 | 457,022 | 0.24 | 188,705,837 | 59.28% | 137,884 |
7. | Re-elect Ms Anne Bulford | 187,029,974 | 99.11 | 1,672,797 | 0.89 | 188,702,771 | 59.28% | 140,950 |
8. | Re-elect Ms Priya Guha | 180,797,984 | 97.41 | 4,798,167 | 2.59 | 185,596,151 | 58.30% | 3,247,570 |
9. | Re-elect Ms Denise Jagger | 183,938,042 | 97.47 | 4,767,662 | 2.53 | 188,705,704 | 59.28% | 138,017 |
10. | Re-elect Mr Barry Panayi | 180,763,078 | 95.79 | 7,942,371 | 4.21 | 188,705,449 | 59.28% | 138,272 |
11. | Re-elect Ms Olivia Streatfeild | 180,801,734 | 95.81 | 7,903,232 | 4.19 | 188,704,966 | 59.28% | 138,755 |
12. | Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoo pers LLP | 188,506,946 | 99.83 | 320,238 | 0.17 | 188,827,184 | 59.32% | 16,537 |
13. | Auditors' remuneration | 188,430,069 | 99.82 | 333,356 | 0.18 | 188,763,425 | 59.30% | 80,296 |
14. | Authority to Allot shares | 188,361,255 | 99.75 | 467,357 | 0.25 | 188,828,612 | 59.32% | 82,030 |
15. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 184,889,332 | 97.94 | 3,897,325 | 2.06 | 188,786,657 | 59.30% | 57,064 |
16. | Further disapplication of pre-emption rights | 184,847,741 | 97.93 | 3,913,221 | 2.07 | 188,760,962 | 59.30% | 82,759 |
17. | Authority to Purchase own shares | 188,575,032 | 99.86 | 256,731 | 0.14 | 188,831,763 | 59.32% | 11,958 |
18. | Political donations | 188,028,250 | 99.58 | 793,529 | 0.42 | 188,821,779 | 59.32% | 21,942 |
19. | Notice period for General Meetings | 188,236,946 | 99.74 | 484,371 | 0.26 | 188,721,317 | 59.28% | 122,404 |
Notes:
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.
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 5 May 2026 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM will be submitted to the FCA and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries | |
Reach plc | 020 7293 3000 |
Piers North, Chief Executive Officer Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer Georgina Sharley, Group Company Secretary | |
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Giles Kernick | 020 7353 4200 |
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