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FDM Group (Holdings) plc held its 2025 Annual General Meeting on 20 May 2025, where all 19 proposed resolutions were passed by shareholders via poll vote. These resolutions included the declaration of a final ordinary dividend of 12.5 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2024, the re-election of ten directors, the election of one director, and the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors. As of the meeting date, there were 109,713,602 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.
| Date | 20 May 2025 |
| Time | 17:28:33 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 4780J |
20 May 2025
FDM Group (Holdings) plc
Result of AGM
FDM Group (Holdings) plc (the "Company" or "FDM") held its 2025 Annual General Meeting earlier today at 2.00pm. All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed by the requisite majorities and were decided by means of a poll vote. The full results of voting on each resolution are set out below.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
As at the date of the meeting, there were 109,713,602 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.
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RESOLUTION |
FOR* |
AGAINST |
WITHHELD
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VOTES |
% OF VOTES CAST**
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VOTES |
% OF VOTES CAST** |
VOTES |
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1 |
Receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 together with the reports of the Directors and shareholders.
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93,407,180 |
99.99 |
9,046 |
0.01 |
1,183,635 |
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2 |
Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
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92,941,278 |
99.37 |
585,917 |
0.63 |
1,072,666 |
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3 |
Declare a final ordinary dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of 12.5 pence for each ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
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94,589,576 |
99.99 |
9,026 |
0.01 |
1,259 |
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4 |
Re-elect Andrew Brown as a Director of the Company.
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93,115,692 |
98.43 |
1,480,486 |
1.57 |
3,683 |
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5 |
Re-elect Roderick Flavell as a Director of the Company.
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93,120,315 |
98.44 |
1,477,545 |
1.56 |
2,001 |
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6 |
Re-elect Sheila Flavell as a Director of the Company.
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93,118,735 |
98.44 |
1,479,125 |
1.56 |
2,001 |
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7 |
Re-elect Alan Kinnear as a Director of the Company.
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93,428,997 |
98.77 |
1,167,181 |
1.23 |
3,683 |
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8 |
Elect Bruce Lee as a Director of the Company, who was appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company since the last AGM. |
94,580,064 |
99.98 |
16,114 |
0.02 |
3,683 |
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9 |
Re-elect David Lister as a Director of the Company.
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90,202,342 |
95.36 |
4,393,836 |
4.64 |
3,683 |
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10 |
Re-elect Michael McLaren as a Director of the Company.
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92,895,055 |
98.20 |
1,702,006 |
1.80 |
2,800 |
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11 |
Re-elect Rowena Murray as a Director of the Company
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93,795,166 |
99.15 |
801,012 |
0.85 |
3,683 |
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12 |
Re-elect Jacqueline de Rojas as a Director of the Company.
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93,795,641 |
99.15 |
800,537 |
0.85 |
3,683 |
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13 |
Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors.
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92,720,353 |
98.02 |
1,877,507 |
1.98 |
2,001 |
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14 |
Authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors.
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93,782,875 |
99.15 |
803,767 |
0.85 |
3,542 |
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15 |
Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").
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92,833,904 |
99.57 |
399,693 |
0.43 |
1,356,587 |
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16 |
Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to section 570 of the Act.
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89,873,417 |
96.40 |
3,359,627 |
3.60 |
1,357,140 |
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17 |
Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights in additional limited circumstances.
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85,228,041 |
91.41 |
8,005,003 |
8.59 |
1,357,140 |
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18 |
Special Resolution: Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act.
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94,502,099 |
99.99 |
11,673 |
0.01 |
76,412 |
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19 |
Special Resolution: That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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92,953,296 |
99.70 |
283,489 |
0.30 |
1,353,399 |
*Includes proxies giving the Chairman discretion as to how to vote
**Rounded to two decimal places. Excludes votes withheld
ends
For further information please contact:
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FDM Group (Holdings) plc |
Mark Heather - Company Secretary |
0203 056 8240 |
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Nick Oborne |
Financial Public Relations |
07850 127526 |