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13 May 2015
Centaur Media plc
Results of the 2015 Annual General Meeting
Centaur Media plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 11.30 am today, Wednesday 13 May 2015, all resolutions were passed without amendment on a show of hands.
Results of the proxy votes received for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution | Number of votes for | Percentage of total voting rights | Number of votes against | Percentage of total voting rights | Number of votes withheld |
1. To receive the Company's annual accounts and the Directors' and Auditors' reports | 110,243,567 | 76.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2. To approve the Directors' remuneration policy | 107,719,907 | 74.95 | 2,493,822 | 1.74 | 29,838 |
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration report | 104,411,342 | 72.65 | 5,830,625 | 5.58 | 1,600 |
4. To declare a final dividend of 1.3p per ordinary share | 110,243,567 | 76.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
5. To elect Ron Sandler as a Director | 110,243,567 | 76.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
6. To re-elect Christopher Satterthwaite as a Director | 110,243,567 | 76.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
7. To re-elect Robert Boyle as a Director | 107,749,745 | 74.97 | 2,493,822 | 1.74 | 0 |
8. To re-elect Rebecca Miskin as a Director | 110,176,068 | 76.66 | 67,499 | 0.05 | 0 |
9. To re-elect Mark Kerswell as a Director | 110,176,068 | 76.66 | 67,499 | 0.05 | 0 |
10. To re-elect Andria Vidler as a Director | 110,243,567 | 76.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
11. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors to the Company and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration | 101,376,636 | 70.54 | 8,866,931 | 6.17 | 0 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription rights under section 551 Companies Act 2006 | 110,241,318 | 76.71 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,249 |
13. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 Companies Act 2006 | 108,039,718 | 75.18 | 2,201,600 | 1.53 | 2,249 |
14. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares | 110,239,718 | 76.71 | 1,600 | 0.00 | 2,249 |
15. To permit general meetings to be called on 14 clear days' notice | 108,774,721 | 75.69 | 1,464,997 | 1.02 | 3,849 |
A copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting (other than resolutions concerning ordinary business) has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with 9.6.2(R) of the Listing Rules and will shortly be available for inspection.
Notes:
(1) The "for" vote includes discretionary votes.
(2) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the total number of votes cast for on a resolution.
(3) Resolutions 1-12 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13-15 were special resolutions.
(4) There were 143,716,872 ordinary shares in issue in the Company at 11.30am on 11 May 2015, the deadline for receipt of proxy votes.
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Grainne Brankin
Company Secretary
020 7970 4000