Rightmove PLC — AGM Information 2017

May 9, 2017

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RIGHTMOVE PLC - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

London, May 9

9 May 2017

RIGHTMOVE PLC

(‘Rightmove’)

RESULTS OF THE 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Rightmove shareholders was held today at the offices of UBS Limited, 5 Broadgate, London EC2M 2QS.

All resolutions proposed at the meeting, as set out in the Notice of Meeting (a copy of which is available at plc.rightmove.co.uk), were passed on a show of hands.  Resolutions 15, 16, 17 and 19 were passed as Special Resolutions.

The proxy voting figures received in advance of the meeting are shown below:

	Resolution	Votes FOR            (including discretion)	%	Votes AGAINST	%	Withheld	Votes cast as a % of issued capital*
1.	Receive the Report and Accounts	73,383,229	99.94	46,040	0.06	3,824	79.39%
2.	Approve the Remuneration Report	72,340,405	98.54	1,075,197	1.46	17,491	79.38%
3.	Approve the Remuneration Policy	70,332,275	95.83	3,064,143	4.17	36,674	79.36%
4.	Declare final dividend	73,432,952	99.99	62	0.01	79	79.40%
5.	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	71,384,991	97.21	2,048,004	2.79	97	79.40%
6.	Authorise directors to agree auditors’ remuneration	72,818,045	99.16	614,636	0.84	411	79.40%
7.	To re-elect Scott Forbes	71,483,019	98.34	1,209,559	1.66	740,514	78.60%
8.	To re-elect Peter Brooks-Johnson	73,022,203	99.44	410,353	0.56	537	79.40%
9.	To re-elect Robyn Perriss	73,007,693	99.42	424,863	0.58	537	79.40%
10.	To re-elect Peter Williams	70,420,321	96.87	2,273,208	3.13	739,564	78.60%
11.	To re-elect Ashley Martin	71,508,834	98.37	1,184,695	1.63	739,564	78.60%
12.	To re-elect Rakhi Goss-Custard	72,734,961	99.15	621,329	0.85	76,803	79.31%
13.	To elect Jacqueline de Rojas	73,068,043	99.50	364,524	0.50	526	79.40%
14.	To renew authority to allot shares	73,349,000	99.89	83,358	0.11	735	79.40%
15.	Disapply pre-emption rights	73,400,780	99.96	31,804	0.04	509	79.40%
16.	Disapply pre-emption rights for capital investments	66,724,377	90.87	6,707,341	9.13	1,374	79.40%
17.	To renew authority to purchase own shares	72,293,007	98.62	1,014,322	1.38	125,763	79.26%
18.	To authorise political donations	71,780,742	98.75	907,248	1.25	745,102	78.59%
19.	Approve 14 days’ notice for general meetings	71,141,670	96.88	2,290,463	3.12	959	79.40%
20.	To amend the Rightmove Deferred Bonus Plan	73,117,893	99.57	314,384	0.43	816	79.40%
21.	To renew the Rightmove Sharesave Plan	72,588,448	98.85	842,888	1.15	1,757	79.40%

* The votes validly cast by proxy are expressed in the table above as a percentage of Rightmove’s total issued share capital of 92,487,796 ordinary shares, excluding treasury shares, as at 5 May 2017. A vote “withheld” is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote “for” or “against” a resolution.

The issued share capital at 9 May 2016 was 94,707,124 ordinary shares of 1p each, of which 2,219,328 are held in treasury.  

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, at today’s AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Name and contact for queries and authorised official responsible for making this notification:

Sandra Odell

Company Secretary

Telephone: 01908 712058