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AGM Statement

PayPoint plc
AGM and Trading Statement

PayPoint plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today all resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The proxy voting for the resolutions tabled at the Meeting was as follows:

  Resolutions Votes For % Votes Against % Total Votes % of Issued Share Capital Voted Votes Withheld*
1 To receive the annual reports and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2016 59,863,502 99.51 295,288 0.49 60,158,790 88.31 31,672
2 To approve the directors’ remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2016 58,677,492 97.49 1,510,760  2.51 60,188,252 88.35 2,210
3 To declare a final dividend of 28.2p per ordinary share of the company 60,190,462 100 0 0 60,190,462 88.36 0
4 To re-elect Ms Gill Barr as a director of the company 58,516,334 97.22 1,674,128  2.78 60,190,462 88.36 0
5 To re-elect Mr Neil Carson as a director of the company 58,477,554 97.15 1,712,608 2.85 60,190,162 88.36 0
6 To re-elect Mr George Earle as a director of the company 60,177,966 99.98 12,496 0.02 60,190,462 88.36 0
7 To re-elect Mr David Morrison as a director of the company 58,704,425 97.53 1,486,037 2.47 60,190,462 88.36 0
8 To re-elect Mr Dominic Taylor as a director of the company 60,177,666 99.98 12,396 0.02 60,190,462 88.36 400
9 To re-elect Mr Tim Watkin-Rees as a director of the company 60,177,966 99.98 12,496 0.02 60,190,462 88.36 0
10 To re-elect Mr Nick Wiles as a director of the company 60,111,583 99.87 78,879 0.13 60,190,462 88.36 0
11 To elect Mr Giles Kerr as a director of the company 59,623,163 99.06 566,699 0.94 60,189,862 88.36 600
12 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the company 54,095,509 89.88

6,091,578

10.12 60,187,087 88.35 3,375
13 To authorise the directors to determine the auditor’s remuneration 36,268,094 88.34 4,786,266 11.66 41,054,360 60.27 19,136,102
14 To authorise the directors to allot shares in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 60,185,893 99.99 2,569 0.004 60,188,462 88.35 2,000
15 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in accordance with Section 570 of the Companies Act 2006** 60,183,141

99.99

5,321 0.01 60,188,462 88.35 2,000
16 To authorise the company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares up to 10% of the issued share capital** 58,775,632 97.65 1,412,930 2.35 60,188,562 88.35 1,900
17 To allow any general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) to be called on 14 days’ notice** 59,522,210 98.89 668,252 1.12 60,190,462 88.36 0

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 4, 5, 10 and 11 were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 68,122,107.

The results will also be made available on the Company's website: www.paypoint.com

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a document setting out the resolutions passed at the AGM, concerning special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM  

Payment of the final dividend will be made on 29 July 2016 to shareholders who were on the shareholder register on 01 July 2016.

Enquiries

PayPoint plc

Susan Court        01707 600300

Finsbury

Rollo Head          020 7251 3801