REACH PLC

AGM Information • May 6, 2021

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Reach PLC

06 May 2021

6 May 2021

Reach plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

In accordance with the arrangements announced on 26 March 2021, the AGM of Reach plc (the 'Company') was held today at 10.30 am at Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford GU1 1QA.

All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. Resolutions 1 to 15 and 19, 21 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.

		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES CAST	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Annual Report and Accounts	248,027,188	99.81%	471,677	0.19%	248,498,865	79.63	5,103,852
2	Remuneration Policy	239,993,386	94.64%	13,592,059	5.36%	253,585,445	81.26	17,272
3	Remuneration Report	252,489,662	99.57%	1,095,788	0.43%	253,585,450	81.26	17,267
4	Dividend	253,590,326	100.00%	8,405	0.00%	253,598,731	81.26	3,986
5	Re-elect Nick Prettejohn	240,651,296	99.17%	2,013,308	0.83%	242,664,604	77.76	10,938,113
6	Re-elect Jim Mullen	246,278,463	97.12%	7,309,186	2.88%	253,587,649	81.26	15,068
7	Re-elect Simon Fuller	253,421,216	99.93%	166,447	0.07%	253,587,663	81.26	15,054
8	Re-elect Anne Bulford	252,040,201	99.39%	1,547,424	0.61%	253,587,625	81.26	15,092
9	Re-elect Steve Hatch	252,043,833	99.39%	1,544,155	0.61%	253,587,988	81.26	14,729
10	Re-elect David Kelly	246,600,289	97.24%	6,987,012	2.76%	253,587,301	81.26	15,416
11	Re-elect Helen Stevenson	252,040,376	99.39%	1,547,262	0.61%	253,587,638	81.26	15,079
12	Re-elect Olivia Streatfeild	252,034,823	99.39%	1,553,086	0.61%	253,587,909	81.26	14,808
13	Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	248,628,363	98.04%	4,965,965	1.96%	253,594,328	81.26	8,389
14	Auditors' remuneration	253,560,734	99.99%	27,937	0.01%	253,588,671	81.26	14,046
15	Allot shares	253,168,944	99.83%	425,424	0.17%	253,594,368	81.26	8,349
16	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	253,465,570	99.96%	105,659	0.04%	253,571,229	81.26	31,488
17	Further disapplication of pre-emption rights	215,194,423	84.87%	38,374,680	15.13%	253,569,103	81.25	33,614
18	Purchase of own shares	248,254,178	97.91%	5,301,872	2.09%	253,556,050	81.25	46,667
19	Political donations	249,131,318	98.25%	4,446,107	1.75%	253,577,425	81.26	25,292
20	Notice for General Meetings	252,652,408	99.63%	929,895	0.37%	253,582,303	81.26	20,414
21	Approve Reach plc Savings-Related Share Option Scheme	253,227,710	99.87%	334,986	0.13%	253,562,696	81.25	40,021
22	Approve Reach Long Term Incentive Plan	246,092,975	97.05%	7,470,947	2.95%	253,563,922	81.25	38,795

Notes:

1.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

2.   The issued share capital figure used to calculate the percentage voted is 312,067,649.  This is the figure as at the close of business on 4 May 2021 and excludes the number of ordinary shares held in treasury at that date.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for public inspection at the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Enquiries
Reach plc
Jim Mullen, Chief Executive Simon Fuller, Chief Financial Officer Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary		020 7293 3000
Tulchan Communications
David Allchurch / Giles Kernick		020 7353 4200
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