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YU GROUP PLC AGM Information 2014

Jul 24, 2014

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Flybe Group plc Annual General Meeting – 23 July 2014

Voting Results

Flybe Group plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held at 11am today, 23 July 2014, in the offices of Instinctif Partners at 65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands. Proxy votes received in advance of the meeting were as follows:

Resolution In favour ** Against Withheld
Votes %* Votes %* Votes
1. Ordinary Resolution to receive and approve
the Directors' and auditor's reports and the
audited financial statements of the Group
and the Company for the financial year
ended 31 March 2014.
178,768,187 99.99 3,760 0.01 19,269
2. Ordinary Resolution to receive and approve
the Directors' Remuneration Report for the
financial year ended 31 March 2014.
148,044,263 86.79 22,533,863 13.21 8,213,090
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration
Policy Report, as set out on pages 68 to 72
of the Annual Report and Accounts, for the
financial year ended 31 March 2014.
130,301,221 74.87 43,738,314 25.13 4,751,681
4. To elect Sir Timothy Anderson, who has
been appointed as a Director of the
Company since the last annual general
meeting of the Company, as a Director of
the Company.
178,414,454 99.80 349,826 0.20 26,936
5. To re-elect Saad Hammad as a Director of
the Company.
178,182,079 99.67 590,701 0.33 18,436
6. To re-elect Andrew Knuckey as a Director
of the Company.
178,553,799 99.88 217,315 0.12 20,102
7. To re-elect David Longbottom as a Director
of the Company.
177,764,649 99.87 223,131 0.13 803,436
8. To elect Simon Laffin, who has been
appointed as a Director of the Company
since the last annual general meeting of the
Company, as a Director and Chairman of
the Company.
178,403,175 99.79 369,473 0.21 18,568
9. To re-elect Alan Smith as a Director of the
Company.
178,413,486 99.80 359,294 0.20 18,436
10. To re-elect Charlie Scott as a Director of
the Company.
178,401,962 99.79 370,818 0.21 18,436
Resolution In favour ** Against Withheld
Votes %* Votes %* Votes
11. On the recommendation of the Company's
Audit Committee, to re-appoint Deloitte LLP
as auditor of the Company, to hold office
until the conclusion of the next general
meeting at which accounts are laid before
the Company.
162,552,319 92.39 13,384,170 7.61 2,854,727
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the
remuneration of the auditor.
167,917,976 95.44 8,020,797 4.56 2,854,443
13. That, in accordance with sections 366 and
367 of the 2006 Act, the Company and all
companies that are its subsidiaries at any
time during the period for which this
resolution has effect be authorised, in
aggregate:
178,719,050 99.96 68,313 0.04 3,853
(a) to make political donations to political
parties and/or independent election
candidates not exceeding £15,000 in total;
(b) to make political donations to political
organisations other than political parties not
exceeding £15,000 in total; and
(c) to incur political expenditure not exceeding
£15,000 in total,
(as such terms are defined in sections 363
to 365 of the 2006 Act) during the period
beginning with the date of the passing of
this resolution and ending at the conclusion
of the next annual general meeting (or, if
earlier, until the close of business on
23 October 2015.
14. That, subject to and in accordance with
Article 15 of the Articles of Association of
the Company, the Board be and it is hereby
generally and unconditionally authorised
pursuant to section 551 of the 2006 Act (in
substitution for any existing authority to
allot shares to the extent unused) to allot
shares in the Company and to grant rights
to subscribe for or to convert any security
into shares in the Company up to an
aggregate nominal amount of £720,000
provided that such authority shall expire on
the conclusion of the next annual general
meeting of the Company after the passing
of this resolution, save that the Company
may before such expiry make an offer or
agreement which would or might require
such shares to be allotted or rights to
subscribe for or convert securities into
shares to be granted after such expiry, and
the Board may allot shares and grant rights
to subscribe or convert securities into
shares in pursuance of such offer or
agreement as if the authority conferred by
this resolution had not expired; and further,
the Board be and it is hereby generally and
unconditionally authorised to exercise all
178,555,327 99.88 211,949 0.12 23,940
Resolution In favour ** Against Withheld
Votes %* Votes %* Votes
powers of the Company to allot equity
securities (within the meaning of section
560 of the 2006 Act) in connection with a
rights
issue
in
favour
of
ordinary
shareholders where the equity securities
respectively attributable to the interests of
all ordinary shareholders are proportionate
(as nearly as may be) to the respective
numbers of ordinary shares held by them
up to an aggregate nominal amount of
£720,000 provided that this authority shall
expire on the conclusion of the next annual
general meeting of the Company after the
passing of this resolution save that the
Company may before such expiry make an
offer or agreement which would or might
require equity securities to be allotted after
such expiry and the Board may allot equity
securities in pursuance of such an offer or
agreement as if the authority conferred
hereby had not expired.
15. That the Board be and is hereby authorised
to amend the Flybe Long Term Incentive
Plan 2013, the principal terms of which are
summarised in the explanatory note to this
Resolution 15 below and in the appendix
hereto, the full terms of which are produced
to
this
AGM,
and
the
purposes
of
identification
only,
initialled
by
the
Chairman of the AGM, and to do all such
acts and things which it may consider
necessary or desirable to establish and
carry it into effect.
147,768,319 84.90 26,275,618 15.10 4,747,279
16. That, subject to the passing of Resolution
14 as set out in this Notice of Annual
General Meeting, and in accordance with
Article 16 of the Articles of Association of
the Company, the Board be empowered
pursuant to section 570 of the 2006 Act to
allot equity securities (within the meaning of
section 560 of the said Act) for cash
pursuant to the general authority conferred
by Resolution 14 as set out in the notice of
this meeting and be empowered pursuant
to section 573 of the said Act to sell
ordinary shares (as defined in section 560
of the said Act) held by the Company as
treasury shares (as defined in section 724
of the said Act) for cash, as if section
561(1) of the said Act did not apply to such
allotment or sale, provided that this power
shall be limited to allotments of equity
securities and the sale of treasury shares:
(a)
in connection with or pursuant to an offer
by way of rights, open offer or other pre
emptive offer to the holders of shares in the
178,747,716 99.99 20,900 0.01 23,600
Company and other persons entitled to
participate therein in proportion (as nearly
as practicable) to their respective holdings,
subject to such exclusions or other
Resolution In favour ** Against Withheld
Votes %* Votes %* Votes
arrangements as the Directors may
consider necessary or expedient to deal
with fractional entitlements or legal or
practical problems under the laws of any
territory or the regulations or requirements
of any regulatory authority or any stock
exchange in any territory, and
(b)
otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph
(a) above, up to an aggregate nominal
amount of £108,000
and such power shall expire on the conclusion of
the
next
annual
general
meeting
of
the
Company after the passing of this resolution or
23 October 2015, whichever is the earlier, save
that the Company may before such expiry make
an offer or agreement which would or might
require equity securities to be allotted or treasury
shares to be sold after such expiry, and the
Board may allot equity securities or sell treasury
shares in pursuance of such an offer or
agreement as if the power conferred by this
resolution had not expired.
17. That a general meeting other than an
annual general meeting may be called on
not less than 14 clear days' notice.
177,710,752 99.41 1,057,428 0.59 23,036
18. That, the Company be generally and
unconditionally
authorised,
pursuant
to
Article 9 of the Articles of Association of the
Company and pursuant to section 701 of
the 2006 Act, to make market purchases
(as defined in section 693(4) of the 2006
Act) of up to 21,500,000 Ordinary Shares of
1p each ('Ordinary Shares') in the capital of
the Company (being approximately 10 per
cent. of the current issued ordinary share
capital of the Company) on such terms and
in such manner as the Directors of the
Company may from time to time determine,
provided that:
178,759,443 99.99 12,337 0.01 19,436
(a) the amount paid for each share (exclusive
of expenses) shall not be more than the
higher of (1) five per cent. above the
average of the middle market quotation for
Ordinary Shares as derived from the Daily
Official List of the London Stock Exchange
plc for the five business days before the
date on which the contract for the purchase
is made, and (2) an amount equal to the
higher of the price of the last independent
trade and current independent bid as
derived from the London Stock Exchange
Trading system or less than 1p per share;
and
(b)
the authority herein contained shall expire
at the conclusion of the next annual general
meeting of the Company to be held in 2015
or on 23 October 2015, whichever is earlier,
Resolution In favour ** Against Withheld
Votes %* Votes %* Votes
provided that the Company may, before
such expiry, make a contract to purchase
its own shares which would or might be
executed wholly or partly after such expiry,
and the Company may make a purchase of
its own shares in pursuance of such
contract as if the authority hereby conferred
had not expired.
  • * Percentage of votes cast excludes Withheld Votes.
  • ** Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "In favour" column.

The issued share capital was 216,654,801 ordinary shares of which none are held as treasury shares. The number of shares on the register and eligible to be voted on at the AGM was 216,654,801.

A copy of resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do