Vanquis Banking Group (formerly: Provident Financial Plc)

AGM Information • Jun 29, 2022

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Provident Financial PLC

29 June 2022

Provident Financial plc ("the Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

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 29 June 2022.

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.

		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
RESOLUTION
1.	Directors' and auditor's reports and the financial statements	202,177,788	99.99	8,837	0.01	923,832	79.66
2.	Approval of the annual statement by the chairman of the remuneration committee and the annual report on remuneration	200,009,207	98.48	3,092,775	1.52	8,475	80.02
3.	Provident Financial Deferred Bonus Plan 2022	202,607,567	99.76	493,058	0.24	9,832	80.02
4.	Provident Financial Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (SAYE) 2022	202,952,743	99.93	149,983	0.07	7,731	80.02
5.	Provident Financial Share Incentive Plan (SIP)	203,055,334	99.98	44,736	0.02	10,387	80.02
6.	Re-election of Andrea Blance as a Director	198,030,487	98.14	3,746,177	1.86	1,333,793	79.50
7.	Re-election of Elizabeth Chambers as a Director	200,122,812	99.18	1,653,852	0.82	1,333,793	79.50
8.	Re-election of Paul Hewitt as a Director	199,777,608	99.01	2,002,056	0.99	1,330,793	79.50
9.	Re-election of Margot James as a Director	200,123,242	99.18	1,656,422	0.82	1,330,793	79.50
10.	Re-election of Neeraj Kapur as a Director	200,836,785	99.54	937,422	0.46	1,336,250	79.50
11.	Re-election of Angela Knight as a Director	199,887,164	99.06	1,892,500	0.94	1,330,793	79.50
12.	Re-election of Malcolm Le May as a Director	200,905,694	99.57	872,470	0.43	1,332,293	79.50
13.	Re-election of Graham Lindsay as a Director	199,363,016	99.17	1,660,966	0.83	2,086,475	79.20
14.	Re-election of Patrick Snowball as a Director	197,816,631	98.78	2,434,593	1.22	2,859,233	78.90
15.	Reappointment of Deloitte LLP as the Auditor of the Company	201,370,992	99.15	1,728,665	0.85	10,800	80.02
16.	Audit committee to determine the Auditor's Remuneration	200,401,146	99.42	1,172,710	0.58	1,536,601	79.42
17.	Company granted authority to make political donations	202,305,854	99.61	794,007	0.39	10,596	80.02
18.	Directors authorised to allot shares	201,843,511	99.38	1,259,358	0.62	7,588	80.02
19.	Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights	203,051,848	99.98	44,283	0.02	14,326	80.02
20.	Company authorised to disapply pre-emption rights (in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments)	202,073,641	99.49	1,029,228	0.51	7,588	80.02
21.	Company authorised to purchase its own shares	202,300,898	99.62	763,458	0.38	46,101	80.00
22.	Convening of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice authorised	195,973,897	96.49	7,127,884	3.51	8,676	80.02
23.	Approval of the Articles of Association	203,077,525	99.99	19,090	0.01	13,842	80.02

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 27 June 2022, 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 253,804,031 ordinary shares in issue and 80% 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 the National Storage Mechanism.

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:

Owen Jones

01274 351 900 

investors@providentfinancial.com

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