Charles Taylor plc (the
“Company”)
Results of the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”)
At the Company’s AGM held earlier today, all the resolutions set
out in the Notice of the AGM and put to the AGM were duly passed.
The resolutions before the meeting were passed on a show of
hands.
The following proxy votes had been received by the Company in
respect of the resolutions:
| Resolution Description: |
Votes For |
Votes Discretionary |
Votes Against |
Votes Withheld |
| 1. To receive the Reports and
Accounts |
46,293,676 |
39,469 |
1,303 |
0 |
| 2. To approve the Remuneration
Report |
44,473,989 |
39,469 |
1,791,115 |
29,874 |
| 3. To approve the Remuneration
Policy |
42,960,366 |
39,469 |
3,275,839 |
59,190 |
| 4. To declare a final dividend of
7.35p |
46,299,060 |
35,805 |
0 |
0 |
| 5. To re-elect Edward Creasy |
46,285,533 |
39,469 |
0 |
9,863 |
| 6. To re-elect Damian Ely |
46,274,457 |
39,469 |
12,379 |
8,560 |
| 7. To re-elect Barnabas
Hurst-Bannister |
46,269,898 |
39,469 |
15,635 |
9,863 |
| 8. To re-elect Mark Keogh |
46,254,850 |
40,402 |
10,898 |
28,715 |
| 9. To re-elect David Marock |
46,283,835 |
39,469 |
3,001 |
8,560 |
| 10. To re-elect Gill Rider |
46,149,483 |
87,116 |
69,551 |
28,715 |
| 11. To elect Paul Hewitt |
46,255,783 |
39,469 |
10,898 |
28,715 |
| 12. To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor |
46,284,133 |
39,469 |
9,200 |
2,063 |
| 13. To authorise the Audit Committee
to fix the Auditor’s remuneration |
46,266,041 |
39,469 |
9,200 |
20,155 |
| 14. To approve the Charles Taylor
Long Term Incentive Plan |
44,721,067 |
39,469 |
1,512,464 |
61,865 |
| 15. To approve the Charles Taylor
Share Incentive Plan |
46,199,624 |
39,469 |
32,467 |
63,305 |
| 16. To extend the life of the
Charles Taylor Sharesave Scheme. |
46,232,948 |
35,805 |
12,922 |
53,190 |
| 17.To approve political
donations |
42,227,752 |
35,805 |
4,012,520 |
58,788 |
| 18. To approve the Directors’
Authority to Allot Shares |
46,241,568 |
39,469 |
20,998 |
32,830 |
| 19. To approve the
Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights on Allotment |
46,217,677 |
39,469 |
46,889 |
30,830 |
| 20. To approve the Additional
Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights on Allotment |
46,249,550 |
40,402 |
15,198 |
29,715 |
| 21. To approve the authority to
Purchase Own Shares |
46,261,516 |
39,469 |
22,462 |
11,418 |
| 22. To approve the Notice of General
Meetings at 14 days’ notice |
46,012,021 |
39,469 |
281,511 |
1,863 |
| 23. To authorise the directors to
offer a Scrip dividend alternative |
46,237,645 |
39,469 |
24,959 |
32,792
|
A copy of the resolutions passed other than resolutions
concerning ordinary business will shortly be available for
inspection via the National Storage Mechanism located at
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
The full text of all the resolutions passed at the AGM can also
be obtained from the Notice of AGM, which is available on the
Company’s website at www.ctplc.com.
For more information, please
contact:
Ivan Keane – Group Company
Secretary and General Counsel – 020 3320 2206
Gerry Absalom – Deputy Group
Company Secretary – 020 3320 2317
Charles Taylor plc
16 May 2017
Notes to editors
About Charles
Taylor
Charles Taylor plc is a leading
provider of professional services to clients across the global
insurance market. The Group has been providing services since 1884
and today employs over 1,300 staff in 69 offices spread across 28
countries in the UK, the Americas, Asia
Pacific, Europe, the
Middle East and Africa.
The Group offers services, principally on a fee-based model and
operates through three businesses – Management, Adjusting and
Insurance Support Services. Charles
Taylor also owns insurers, creating value through select
acquisitions and operational efficiency.
Further information is available at www.ctplc.com.