21 Jul 2020 12:17
21 July 2020
Ted Baker Plc
(the "Company")
Result of 2020 Annual General Meeting
Ted Baker Plc is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all of the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed without amendment.
The voting on all of the resolutions was carried on a poll, conducted by Link Asset Services. As at 21 July 2020, the total number of voting rights in Ted Baker Plc is 184,576,879. The votes received in respect of the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting represented a total of 74.45% of the total voting rights.
The results were as follows:
Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | ||
| No | % | No | % | No |
1. To receive the accounts | 133,055,831 | 97.19 | 3,847,533 | 2.81 | 522,053 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 127,484,038 | 93.03 | 9,547,067 | 6.97 | 394,332 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 122,540,753 | 89.29 | 14,694,581 | 10.71 | 190,104 |
4. To re-elect Rachel Osborne | 137,237,074 | 99.90 | 142,460 | 0.10 | 45,904 |
5. To re-elect David Wolffe | 137,235,222 | 99.91 | 121,395 | 0.09 | 68,821 |
6. To re-elect John Barton | 137,236,630 | 99.92 | 105,787 | 0.08 | 83,021 |
7. To re-elect Jonathan Kempster | 137,235,045 | 99.92 | 107,372 | 0.08 | 83,021 |
8. To re-elect Helena Feltham | 137,230,295 | 99.92 | 113,693 | 0.08 | 81,450 |
9. To re-elect Andrew Jennings | 129,993,693 | 94.65 | 7,348,723 | 5.35 | 83,021 |
10. To appoint BDO LLP as Auditors | 137,331,783 | 99.99 | 13,405 | 0.01 | 80,250 |
11. To authorise auditors' remuneration | 137,338,593 | 99.99 | 5,649 | 0.01 | 81,250 |
12. To approve the Ted Baker Deferred Bonus Plan 2020 | 137,220,731 | 99.90 | 133,484 | 0.10 | 71,223 |
13. To approve the Ted Baker Long Term Incentive Plan 2020 | 123,777,698 | 90.21 | 13,431,654 | 9.79 | 216,086 |
14. To approve the Ted Baker Incentive Plan 2020 | 136,892,207 | 99.66 | 465,349 | 0.34 | 67,881 |
15. To approve the Ted Baker Sharesave Scheme 2020 | 137,221,835 | 99.91 | 118,580 | 0.09 | 85,023 |
16. To approve the aggregate limit increase in Non-Executive Directors' fees | 136,897,210 | 99.65 | 483,523 | 0.35 | 44,704 |
17. To allot shares and grant rights | 137,184,135 | 99.86 | 195,873 | 0.14 | 45,430 |
18. To disapply pre-emption rights | 137,210,443 | 99.88 | 169,565 | 0.12 | 45,430 |
19. To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of acquisitions and capital investments | 136,888,754 | 99.64 | 490,907 | 0.36 | 45,430 |
20. To give at least 14 days' notice for general meetings | 137,313,664 | 99.97 | 44,178 | 0.03 | 67,596 |
Resolutions 1 to 17 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 18 to 20 were proposed as special resolutions. To be passed ordinary resolutions require more than 50% of shareholders' votes cast to be in favour of the resolution; special resolutions require at least 75% of shareholders' votes cast to be in favour.
In accordance with Section 239 of the Companies Act 2006, Resolution 17 was approved by the shareholders of the Company excluding all shareholders who have ever been Directors of Ted Baker Plc.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), copies of all resolutions passed have been submitted to the FCA, and will shortly be available for inspection through National Storage Mechanism located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
LEI: 549300HN14450OU4IL77
Enquiries:
Ted Baker Plc |
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Peter Hearsey-Zoubie, Company Secretary |
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Tulchan Communications | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7353 4200 |
Jonathan Sibun/Jess Reid/Will Palfreyman |
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