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Johnston Press PLC
18 May 2016
AGM STATEMENT
Johnston Press plc (the "Company") - Results of Annual General
Meeting
Annual General Meeting - 18 May 2016
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at the offices of
Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA on
18 May 2016, the following resolutions were passed on a poll. The
table below shows the results of the poll vote for each
resolution:-
RESOLUTION VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of VOTES
FOR (INCLUDING AGAINST TOTAL AVAILABLE WITHHELD(2)
DISCRETIONARY) VOTING
RIGHTS(1)
To receive
the annual
accounts
of the
Company
and the
reports
of the
directors
for the
financial
period
ended 2
January
2016, together
with the
reports
of the
auditors
1 thereon. 77,764,506 100.00 2,431 0.00 77,766,937 73.45 18,057
To approve
the Annual
Report
on Directors'
Remuneration
for the
financial
period
ended on
2 January
2016 as
set out
in the
Annual
Report
and Accounts
2 2015. 74,666,440 96.06 3,060,434 3.94 77,726,874 73.41 58,120
To re-elect
Mr I Russell
as a Director
of the
3 Company. 77,444,897 99.64 281,382 0.36 77,726,279 73.41 58,715
To re-elect
Mr A Highfield
as a Director
of the
4 Company. 77,774,085 99.99 9,967 0.01 77,784,052 73.47 942
To re-elect
Mr D King
as a Director
of the
5 Company. 77,775,416 99.99 8,604 0.01 77,784,020 73.47 974
To re-elect
Mr M Pain
as a Director
of the
6 Company. 77,776,879 99.99 6,791 0.01 77,783,670 73.47 1,324
To re-elect
Mr K Aamot
as a Director
of the
7 Company. 77,756,916 99.99 8,754 0.01 77,765,670 73.45 19,324
To re-elect
Mr A R
Marshall
as a Director
of the
8 Company. 77,513,585 99.65 270,435 0.35 77,784,020 73.47 974
To re-elect
Ms C Rhodes
as a Director
of the
9 Company. 75,061,830 96.50 2,722,190 3.50 77,784,020 73.47 941
To re-appoint
Deloitte
LLP, Chartered
Accountants
and Registered
Auditors,
as auditors
of the
10 Company. 75,971,890 98.27 1,333,671 1.73 77,305,561 73.01 479,400
To authorise
the Directors
to fix
the remuneration
of the
11 auditors. 77,776,318 99.99 7,587 0.01 77,783,905 73.47 601
To renew
for a further
year the
Directors'
authority
to allot
equity
securities
in certain
12 circumstances. 77,758,771 99.99 7,558 0.01 77,766,329 73.45 18,665
Special
Resolution
To disapply
pre-emption
13 rights. 77,424,314 99.56 341,961 0.44 77,766,275 73.45 18,719
Special
Resolution
To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own
14 shares. 77,439,251 99.58 327,428 0.42 77,766,679 73.45 18,315
Special
Resolution
To call
General
Meetings,
other than
an Annual
General
Meeting,
on not
less than
14 clear
15 days' notice. 77,349,923 99.46 416,360 0.54 77,766,283 73.45 18,711
Notes
1. The Company's issued share capital having the right to vote
at the Annual General Meeting consists of 105,877,777 Ordinary
Shares of 1 pence each.
2. 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.
3. In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rules,
copies of resolutions 12 to 15 will shortly be available for
inspection via the National Storage Mechanism
(www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).
Contact
Peter McCall, Company Secretary
Tel: 0131 311 7500
18 May 2016
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