Provident Financial plc ("the Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its annual general meeting (AGM) today, Wednesday 30 June 2021.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions set out in the notice of AGM and the results of the poll are set out below. All of the resolutions voted on at the AGM were duly passed.
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Number of votes cast “For” |
% of votes cast “For” |
Number of votes cast “Against” |
% of votes cast “Against” |
Number of votes Withheld |
Total votes cast as a % of Issued Share Register |
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RESOLUTION |
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1. |
Directors’ and auditor’s reports and the financial statements |
195,659,285
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99.04
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1,888,651
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0.96
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170,655
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77.89
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2. |
Approval of the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the annual report on remuneration |
195,698,663
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98.98
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2,015,198
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1.02
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4,730
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77.96 |
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3. |
Re-election of Andrea Blance as a Director |
197,538,448
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99.91
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175,760
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0.09
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4,383
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77.96 |
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4. |
Re-election of Elizabeth Chambers as a Director |
197,644,520
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99.96
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69,688
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0.04
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4,383
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77.96 |
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5. |
Re-election of Robert East as a Director |
194,983,630
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99.96
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84,520
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0.04
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2,650,441
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76.91 |
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6. |
Re-election of Paul Hewitt as a Director |
197,641,831
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99.96
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72,377
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0.04
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4,383
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77.96 |
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7. |
Election of Margot James as a Director |
197,686,553
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99.99
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27,655
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0.01
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4,383
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77.96 |
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8. |
Re-election of Neeraj Kapur as a Director |
197,632,849
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99.96
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81,359
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0.04
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4,383
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77.96 |
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9. |
Re-election of Angela Knight as a Director |
197,460,313
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99.87
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253,895
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0.13
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4,383
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77.96 |
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10. |
Re-election of Malcolm Le May as a Director |
197,639,217
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99.96
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76,093
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0.04
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3,281
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77.96 |
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11. |
Re-election of Graham Lindsay as a Director |
197,643,635
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99.96
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70,573
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0.04
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4,383
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77.96 |
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12. |
Re-election of Patrick Snowball as a Director |
197,642,049
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99.96
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72,755
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0.04
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3,787
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77.96 |
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13. |
Reappointment of Deloitte LLP as the Auditor of the Company |
195,041,997
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99.99
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17,865
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0.01
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2,658,729
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76.91 |
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14. |
Audit committee to determine the Auditor’s Remuneration |
197,687,071
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99.99
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20,378
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0.01
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11,142
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77.96 |
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15. |
Company granted authority to make political donations |
197,359,491
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99.83
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337,687
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0.17
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21,413
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77.95 |
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16. |
Directors authorised to allot shares |
197,007,589
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99.64
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705,071
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0.36
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5,931
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77.96 |
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17. |
Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights |
197,673,549
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99.98
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32,559
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0.02
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12,483
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77.95 |
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18. |
Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights (in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments) |
193,694,195
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97.97
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4,019,234
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2.03
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5,162
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77.96 |
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19. |
Company authorised to purchase its own shares |
195,005,811
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98.65
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2,666,659
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1.35
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46,121
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77.94 |
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20. |
Convening of a general meeting on not less than 14 days’ notice authorised |
190,859,186
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96.53
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6,856,097
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3.47
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3,308
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77.96 |
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21. |
That an increase in the limit set out in Article 87 for non-executive director fees be approved |
193,006,331
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97.62
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4,699,912
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2.38
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12,348
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77.96 |
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22. |
That the conduct of directors relating to the payment of fees above the limit in Article 87 be ratified and the release of any liability relating to such matters be approved |
194,879,754
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98.57
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2,821,498
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1.43
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17,339
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77.95 |
Notes
1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted towards the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
3. As at close of business on Monday 28 June 2021, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 253,615,794 ordinary shares in issue and 78% of the voting capital was instructed, as set out in the table above. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Name of contact and telephone number for AGM queries:
Charley Davies
Company Secretary
0203 620 3689
Name of contacts and contact details for Investor Relations:
Vicki Turner / Owen Jones
01274 351 900