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G4S plc, the parent company of the G4S global security group, announces
that, at its AGM held on 25 May 2017, all the resolutions put to
shareholders were duly passed.
This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations;
to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days'
notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10%
of its own shares.
The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy
back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business
practice.
The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are:
With
Resolution For % Against % held* Total votes
1.To adopt the
financial statements and reports of directors and
auditor 1,270,546,360 99.87 1,590,175 0.13 391,930 1,272,528,465
2.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 1,237,588,612 97.26 34,810,885 2.74 131,465 1,272,530,962
3.To approve the Director's Remuneration Report 1,234,836,790 97.05 37,574,332 2.95 118,840 1,272,529,962
4.To confirm and declare the dividend 1,272,466,761 99.99 24,248 0.01 36,511 1,272,527,520
5.Election of Steve Mogford as a director 1,270,844,121 99.87 1,592,043 0.13 91,356 1,272,527,520
6.Election of Ian Springett as a director 1,270,801,302 99.87 1,599,445 0.13 126,773 1,272,527,520
7.Election of Barbara Thoralfsson 1,271,041,524 99.89 1,394,363 0.11 91,635 1,272,527,522
8.Re-
election of Ashley Almanza as a director 1,272,387,923 99.99 47,140 0.01 102,457 1,272,537,520
9. Re-
election of John Connolly as a director 1,261,673,910 99.22 9,879,077 0.78 974,533 1,272,527,520
10.Re-election of John Daly as a director 1,268,884,991 99.72 3,552,850 0.28 88,695 1,272,526,536
11.Re-election of Winnie Kin Wah Fok as a director 1,272,353,451 99.99 86,202 0.01 87,867 1,272,527,520
12.Re-election of Paul Spence as a director 1,272,379,024 99.99 61,008 0.01 87,490 1,272,527,522
13.Re-
election of Clare Spottiswoode as a director 1,177,465,511 92.80 91,309,180 7.20 3,752,829 1,272,527,520
14.Re-
election of Tim Weller as a director 1,272,378,186 99.99 59,895 0.01 89,439 1,272,527,520
15.To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP as auditor 1,267,817,860 99.92 980,934 0.08 3,726,229 1,272,525,023
16.To authorise the audit committee of the board to
determine the auditor's remuneration 1,270,995,491 99.88 1,471,018 0.12 61,011 1,272,527,520
17.To authorise the directors to allot shares up to
a specified amount 1,253,997,840 98.55 18,476,519 1.45 64,161 1,272,538,520
18.Special resolution to give authority to directors
to disapply statutory pre-emption rights 1,263,439,773 99.29 8,977,641 0.71 119,684 1,272,537,098
19.Special resolution to give additional authority
to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights 1,218,861,747 95.79 53,558,311 4.21 117,040 1,272,537,098
20.Special resolution to give limited authority for
the purchase of its own shares by the company 1,265,811,553 99.58 5,340,402 0.42 1,382,565 1,272,534,520
21. Authority to make political donations and incur
political expenditure 1,262,123,952 99.48 6,615,899 0.52 3,803,524 1,272,543,375
22.Special resolution to authorise the calling of
general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings)
on 14 days' notice 1,202,190,997 94.48 70,299,718 5.52 39,019 1,272,529,734
In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of resolutions 17 to 22
will be forwarded to the FCA for publication through its document
viewing facility where they will shortly be available for inspection at
www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 82%**.
* Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution.
**Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 1,551,594,436. Every
shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Nigel Fairbrass - Director of Media Relations +44(0) 7799 894265
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations +44 (0) 20 8722 2125
Notes to Editors:
About G4S plc:
G4S is the leading global, integrated security company, specialising in
the provision of security services and solutions to customers. Our
mission is to create material, sustainable value for our customers and
shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all of our
markets.
G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock
exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S is active in around 95 countries
and has over 585,000 employees. For more information on G4S, visit
www.g4s.com.
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information
contained therein.
Source: G4S plc UK DK via Globenewswire
http://www.g4s.com/
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 25, 2017 12:30 ET (16:30 GMT)
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