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: wincanton@headlandconsultancy.com
Wincanton
Lyn Colloff, Company
Secretary
Tel: +44 1249 710 000