21 May 2025
accesso® Technology Group plc
("accesso" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
accesso Technology Group plc (AIM: ACSO), announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), held at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 20 May 2025 all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll vote.
The full text of the resolutions considered at the AGM is set out in the Notice of AGM published on 25 April 2025, available on the Company's website: www.accesso.com
Results of the poll vote on each resolution are set out below:
|
Resolution |
For |
Against |
Withheld |
|
|
1 |
To receive the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
29,803,176 (100.00%) |
0 (0%) |
17,078 |
|
2 |
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 |
27,425,945 (91.97%) |
2,393,484 (8.03%) |
825 |
|
3 |
Re-appoint Steve Brown |
29,643,254 (99.41%) |
176,345 (0.59%) |
655 |
|
4 |
Re-appoint Matthew Boyle |
29,649,001 (99.43%) |
170,598 (0.57%) |
655 |
|
5 |
Re-appoint Jody Madden |
28,161,457 (94.46%) |
1,652,050 (5.54%) |
6,747 |
|
6 |
Re-appoint Andrew Malpass |
29,555,462 (99.13%) |
258,045 (0.87%) |
6,747 |
|
7 |
Re-appoint William Russell |
29,699,800 (99.60%) |
119,799 (0.40%) |
655 |
|
8 |
To appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditor |
29,819,585 (100.00%) |
14 (0.00%) |
655 |
|
9 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration |
29,819,599 (100.00%) |
0 (0.00%) |
655 |
|
10 |
To approve the rules of the accesso Technology Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 |
19,717,430 (71.13%) |
8,002,480 (28.87%) |
2,100,344 |
|
11 |
To renew the Directors' authority to allot securities |
29,426,572 (98.68%) |
392,857 (1.32%) |
825 |
|
12 |
To waive shareholders' rights of pre-emption |
28,849,455 (98.76%) |
360,853 (1.24%) |
1,543 |
|
13 |
To waive shareholders' rights of pre-emption in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investments |
27,448,334 (93.97%) |
1,761,974 (6.03%) |
1,543 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
29,811,594 (100.00%) |
0 (0.00%) |
8,660 |
The Board acknowledges the level of votes against resolution 10 and has engaged with its shareholders in order to understand the reasons behind the voting result and will continue to do so in the coming months. The Board takes seriously its responsibilities to represent the interests of shareholders and uphold the highest standards of corporate governance and is open to further constructive dialogue with shareholders and shareholder bodies.
For further information, please contact:
|
accesso Technology Group plc |
+44 (0)118 934 7400 |
|
Steve Brown, Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
Matthew Boyle, Chief Financial Officer |
|
|
Deutsche Numis (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker) |
+44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
|
Simon Willis, Joshua Hughes, Iqra Amin |
|
|
DGA Group |
+44 (0)20 7550 9225 |
|
Adam Davidson, Corbin Ellington |