27 February 2024
Victorian Plumbing Group plc
("Victorian Plumbing" or the "Company")
Result of 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Victorian Plumbing (AIM: VIC), the UK's leading bathroom retailer, announces that all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed by the requisite majority at the Company's AGM, held earlier today.
Details of the votes received for each resolution are as follows:
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Resolution |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
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|
No. of votes |
% |
No. of votes |
% |
No. of votes |
|
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1. To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2023. |
288,709,049 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
1,405 |
|
2. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors. |
288,702,780 |
100.00% |
4,269 |
0.00% |
3,405 |
|
3. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditors. |
281,524,340 |
97.51% |
7,182,709 |
2.49% |
3,405 |
|
4. To declare a final dividend of 0.95 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 September 2023. |
288,710,454 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
|
5. To re-elect Philip Bowcock as a director. |
249,683,467 |
96.59% |
8,818,574 |
3.41% |
30,208,413 |
|
6. To re-elect Mark Radcliffe as a director of the Company. |
288,691,854 |
99.99% |
17,195 |
0.01% |
1,405 |
|
7. To elect Daniel Barton as a director of the Company. |
288,692,966 |
99.99% |
16,083 |
0.01% |
1,405 |
|
8. To re-elect Damian Sanders as a director of the Company. |
288,702,049 |
100.00% |
5,000 |
0.00% |
3,405 |
|
9. To re-elect Dianne Walker as a director of the Company. |
288,702,049 |
100.00% |
5,000 |
0.00% |
3,405 |
|
10. To authorise the directors to exercise all powers of the Company to allot Relevant Securities. |
288,682,541 |
99.99% |
19,508 |
0.01% |
8,405 |
|
11. To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights.* |
288,658,279 |
99.99% |
40,235 |
0.01% |
11,940 |
|
12. To authorise the directors to disapply additional pre-emption rights.* |
288,653,980 |
99.98% |
44,534 |
0.02% |
11,940 |
|
13. To authorise the directors to make market purchases.* |
288,708,412 |
100.00% |
637 |
0.00% |
1,405 |
* Passed as special resolutions
Notes:
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1. |
Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in "For" total for the appropriate resolution. |
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2. |
Votes "For" and "Against" any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution. |
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3. |
A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against". |
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4. |
The number of shares in issue on 27 February 2024 was 326,334,279 with no shares in treasury. |
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5. |
The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at https://www.victorianplumbingplc.com/investors/. |
-ENDS-
For further information, please contact:
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Victorian Plumbing Group plc Alex Singer Company Secretary |
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