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Johnston Press PLC
22 May 2017
22 May 2017
Johnston Press plc
RESULTS OF 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Company's Annual General Meeting was held today at the
offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London
EC2A 2HA. All of the 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 AGAINST TOTAL ISC WITHHELD
* VOTED
**
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1
To receive
the annual
accounts
of the Company
and the
reports
of the directors
for the
financial
period ended
31 December
2016, together
with the
reports
of the auditors
thereon 71,804,518 100.00 623 0.00 71,805,141 67.12% 1,401
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2
To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
Policy as
set out
in the Annual
Report and
Accounts
2016 48,792,392 67.96 23,002,674 32.04 71,795,066 67.11% 11,161
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3
To approve
the Annual
Report on
Directors'
Remuneration
for the
financial
period ended
on 31 January
2016 as
set out
in the Annual
Report and
Accounts
2016 71,565,100 99.68 230,450 0.32 71,795,550 67.11% 10,992
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4
To re-elect
Ms C Rhodes
as a Director
of the Company 71,772,560 99.97 19,171 0.03 71,791,731 67.11% 14,811
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5
To re-elect
Mr A Highfield
as a Director
of the Company 71,765,194 99.96 27,418 0.04 71,792,612 67.11% 13,920
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6
To re-elect
Mr D King
as a Director
of the Company 71,773,578 99.97 18,905 0.03 71,792,483 67.11% 14,059
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7
To re-elect
Mr K Aamot
as a Director
of the Company 71,774,349 99.97 18,134 0.03 71,792,483 67.11% 14,059
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8
To elect
Mr M Butterworth
as a Director
of the Company 71,774,650 99.98 17,833 0.02 71,792,483 67.11% 14,059
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9
To re-appoint
Deloitte
LLP, Chartered
Accountants
and Registered
Auditors,
as auditors
of the Company 71,269,612 99.97 23,658 0.03 71,293,270 66.64% 513,272
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10
To authorise
the Directors
to fix the
remuneration
of the auditors 71,800,153 99.99 6,108 0.01 71,806,261 67.12% 281
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11
To amend
the rules
of the Johnston
Press 2007
Sharesave
Plan 71,751,806 99.94 39,891 0.06 71,791,697 67.11% 14,845
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12
To authorise
the grant
of PSP awards
without
performance
conditions 48,747,958 67.90 23,044,146 32.10 71,792,104 67.11% 14,267
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13
To renew
for a further
year the
Directors'
authority
to allot
equity securities
in certain
circumstances 71,732,373 99.92 54,693 0.08 71,787,066 67.10% 19,476
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14
Special
Resolution:
to disapply
pre-emption
rights 71,752,169 99.94 45,244 0.06 71,797,413 67.11% 9,129
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15
Special
Resolution:
to allot
additional
securities
for cash 71,673,887 99.83 123,000 0.17 71,796,887 67.11% 9,655
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16
Special
Resolution:
to authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own
shares 71,759,540 99.94 42,750 0.06 71,802,290 67.12% 4,252
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17
Special
Resolution:
to call
General
Meetings,
other than
an Annual
General
Meeting,
on not less
than 14
clear days'
notice 71,738,887 99.91 67,099 0.09 71,805,986 67.12% 556
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The Board of the Company notes the significant proportion of the
votes cast against resolutions 2 and 12. The Company will continue
its ongoing dialogue with shareholders at the appropriate time in
order to further understand the reasons behind the results of the
votes on these resolutions (see Note 4, below).
* - including discretionary
** - issued share capital
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, 756,000 Preference Shares of GBP1 each and
349,600 'A' Preference Shares of GBP1 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 14 to 17 will shortly be available for
inspection via the National Storage Mechanism
(www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).
4. This statement is made in accordance with provision E.2.2 of
the United Kingdom Corporate Governance Code (April 2016).
For more information contact:
Johnston Press plc
Peter McCall, Company Secretary
0131 311 7500
Powerscourt
Juliet Callaghan / John Elliott
0207 250 1446
jp@powerscourt-group.com
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