12 July 2022

LEI: 213800Z5WTW8QKOHWQ82

WINCANTON PLC (“Wincanton” or the “Company”)

Result of Annual General Meeting

Wincanton plc, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 12 July 2022, the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, circulated to shareholders on   6 June 2022, were passed by the requisite majorities.

Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. In accordance with the Group’s Articles of Association, the resolutions were put to the meeting on a poll in which every member present in person or by proxy had one vote for every share held.

The poll results are as follows:

RESOLUTION		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Reports and Accounts	89,847,198	99.86	129,492	0.14	89,976,690	72.25%	77,426
2	Annual Report on Remuneration	88,885,955	99.49	453,353	0.51	89,339,308	71.73%	705,991
3	Final dividend	90,034,103	100.00	4,422	0.00	90,038,525	72.29%	15,261
4	Re-appoint Ms G Barr	89,323,247	99.23	688,640	0.77	90,011,887	72.27%	35,240
5	Re-appoint Mr A Bickerstaff	89,344,251	99.26	663,677	0.74	90,007,928	72.27%	35,463
6	Re-appoint Ms M Jayaweera	89,323,786	99.24	687,146	0.76	90,010,932	72.27%	36,195
7	Re-appoint Ms D Lentz	89,322,695	99.24	687,419	0.76	90,010,114	72.27%	37,013
8	Re-appoint Mr S Oades	89,341,678	99.26	669,936	0.74	90,011,614	72.27%	35,513
9	Re-appoint Dr M Read CBE	89,438,173	99.39	548,215	0.61	89,986,388	72.25%	60,739
10	Re-appoint Mr J Wroath	89,018,030	98.92	974,995	1.08	89,993,025	72.26%	36,427
11	To re-appoint Auditor	89,987,496	99.97	26,038	0.03	90,013,534	72.27%	32,907
12	Remuneration of Auditor	89,985,032	99.97	23,308	0.03	90,008,340	72.27%	38,787
13	Donations to political organisations	89,644,187	99.59	371,556	0.41	90,015,743	72.28%	39,912
14	Allot shares	88,525,928	98.35	1,482,826	1.65	90,008,754	72.27%	38,373
15	New Sharesave Plan	89,827,893	99.84	144,974	0.16	89,972,867	72.24%	81,249
16	Disapply Pre-emption rights	89,780,965	99.79	186,519	0.21	89,967,484	72.24%	80,003
17	Market purchase of own shares	89,782,956	99.76	215,433	0.24	89,998,389	72.26%	51,283
18	Notice of meetings other than AGMs	89,170,164	99.05	853,988	0.95	90,024,152	72.28%	31,533

The number of the Company’s shares in issue as at the date of the meeting was 124,543,670 Ordinary Shares of 10p each.

Each share carries one vote; a ‘vote withheld’ is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the ‘votes for’ total.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the special business resolutions passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and shortly be available for inspection at its website: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

About Wincanton 

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best-known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods; retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure; building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage, Wincanton's 20,300-strong team operates from more than 170 sites across the country, responsible for 8,500 vehicles.

For further information please contact:

Headland                                                                                             Tel: +44 20 3805 4822

Susanna Voyle / Henry Wallers /Marta Parry-Jones

E: [email protected]  

Wincanton

Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary                                                              Tel: +44 1249 710 000