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Auction Technology Group plc held its Annual General Meeting on 30 January 2025, where all 18 resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The resolutions included the re-election of directors and the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor. Shareholder votes in favour ranged from 86.87% to 100%, with the percentage of issued share capital voted ranging from 84.95% to 88.06% based on 122,333,004 ordinary shares in issue.
| Date | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Time | 14:24:05 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 3363V |
LEI: 213800U8Q9K2XI3WRE39
30 January 2025
Auction Technology Group plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at the offices of Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL on 30 January 2025.
All resolutions were duly passed on a poll and the results of each resolution were as follows:
|
Resolution |
For (%) |
Against (%) |
Votes withheld |
Total votes cast |
Percentage of issued share capital voted (%) |
|
1. To receive the reports of the Directors and the Auditor and the audited accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2024 |
100.00% |
0.00% |
105,868 |
107,641,746 |
87.99 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
99.65% |
0.35% |
67,762 |
107,679,852 |
88.02 |
|
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
100.00% |
0.00% |
3,830,373 |
103,917,241 |
84.95 |
|
4. To re-elect John-Paul Savant as a Director |
99.97% |
0.03% |
18,287 |
107,729,327 |
88.06 |
|
5. To re-elect Tom Hargreaves as a Director |
99.43% |
0.57% |
19,963 |
107,727,651 |
88.06 |
|
6. To re-elect Scott Forbes as a Director |
98.98% |
1.02% |
61,249 |
107,686,365 |
88.03 |
|
7. To re-elect Pauline Reader as a Director |
99.53% |
0.47% |
71,049 |
107,676,565 |
88.02 |
|
8. To re-elect Suzanne Baxter as a Director |
98.99% |
1.01% |
65,148 |
107,682,466 |
88.02 |
|
9. To re-elect Tamsin Todd as a Director |
99.53% |
0.47% |
65,614 |
107,682,000 |
88.02 |
|
10. To elect Andrew Miller as a Director |
100.00% |
0.00% |
65,148 |
107,682,466 |
88.02 |
|
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company |
100.00% |
0.00% |
71,877 |
107,675,737 |
88.02 |
|
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor |
100.00% |
0.00% |
64,552 |
107,683,062 |
88.02 |
|
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations |
97.65% |
2.35% |
2,815,345 |
104,932,269 |
85.78 |
|
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares or grant subscription or conversion rights under section 551 Companies Act 2006 |
97.61% |
2.39% |
62,347 |
107,685,267 |
88.03 |
|
15. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (general) |
96.17% |
3.83% |
32,779 |
107,714,835 |
88.05 |
|
16. To further disapply statutory pre-emption rights under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment) |
86.87% |
13.13% |
32,779 |
107,714,835 |
88.05 |
|
17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
99.99% |
0.01% |
24,525 |
107,723,089 |
88.06 |
|
18. To authorise the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
99.12% |
0.88% |
24,583 |
107,723,031 |
88.06 |
Notes:
(i) Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.
(ii) The number of ordinary shares in issue on 28 January 2025 was 122,333,004. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
(iii) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 December 2024, which is available on the Company's website at www.auctiontechnologygroup.com/investors/.
Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 18 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.
In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2R, a copy of all the resolutions passed other than ordinary business at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information contact:
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Tom Murray, Matt Low, Arthur Rogers
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