G4S plc UK DK : Poll Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting
GlobeNewswire

16 May 2018

G4S PLC

AGM 2018 POLL RESULTS

G4S plc, the parent company of the G4S global security group, announces that, at its AGM held on 15 May 2018, all the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations; to amend the company`s articles of association; to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days` notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10% of its own shares.

The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business practice.

The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are:

Resolution

For

%

Against

%

Withheld*

Total votes

1.To adopt
the financial
statements and
reports of
directors and auditor

1,246,619,196

99.99

14,297

0.01

14,867,366

1,246,633,493

2.To approve
the Directors` Remuneration
Report

1,227,594,682

97.36

33,302,949

2.64

603,228

1,260,897,631

3.To confirm
and declare
the dividend

1,261,421,603

99.99

1,018

0.01

74,432

1,261,422,621

4.Election of
John Ramsay
as a director

1,261,396,783

99.99

16,874

0.01

85,996

1,261,413,657

5.Re-election
of Ashley
Almanza

1,261,355,173

99.99

19,778

0.01

124,702

1,261,374,951

6.Re-election
of John Connolly
as a director

1,209,946,320

96.52

43,662,653

3.48

7,890,680

1,253,608,973

7.Re-election
of John Daly as a director

1,258,987,506

99.81

2,426,392

0.19

85,755

1,261,413,898

8.Re-election
of Winnie Kin
Wah Fok as a
director

1,261,333,630

99.99

80,268

0.01

85,333

1,261,413,898

9. Re-election
of Steve
Mogford as
a director

1,254,304,257

99.45

6,955,940

0.55

239,034

1,261,260,197

10.Re-election
of Paul Spence as a director

1,261,396,689

99.99

17,615

0.01

85,349

1,261,414,304

11.Re-election
of Barbara
Thoralfsson as a director

1,252,925,021

99.34

8,335,176

0.66

239,456

1,261,260,197

12.Re-election of Tim Weller as a director

1,251,604,531

99.22

9,809,367

0.78

85,755

1,261,413,898

13.To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse-
Coopers LLP as auditor

1,260,628,990

99.94

738,606

0.06

133,263

1,261,367,596

14.To authorise
the audit committee
of the board to
determine the auditor`s remuneration

1,261,318,094

99.99

91,312

0.01

90,247

1,261,409,406

15. Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure

1,253,986,328

99.82

2,254,943

0.18

5,268,382

1,256,241,271

16.To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount

1,224,202,821

97.06

37,125,008

2.94

181,402

1,261,327,829

17.Special resolution to give authority to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights emption rights

1,261,246,029

99.99

75,997

0.01

177,627

1,261,322,026

18.Special resolution to give additional authority to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights

1,207,816,940

95.76

53,504,586

4.24

178,127

1,261,321,526

19.Special resolution to give limited authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company

1,245,107,135

98.79

15,203,803

1.21

1,198,715

1,260,310,938

20. Special Resolution to approve amendments to the company`s Articles of Association

1,240,344,382

98.74

15,889,074

1.26

5,265,906

1,256,233,456

21.Special resolution to authorise the calling of general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) on 14 days` notice

1,184,069,898

94.25

72,263,651

5.75

5,166,235

1,256,333,549

Clare Spottiswoode retired from the board at the conclusion of the meeting and so there was no resolution relating to her re-election.

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