WINCANTON PLC - Result of AGM

WINCANTON PLC - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

London, July 22

22 July 2020

WINCANTON PLC ("Wincanton" or the "Group")

Result of AGM

Wincanton PLC, the largest British third-party logistics company, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on 22 July 2020, all the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of the Meeting, were duly passed on a poll.

The votes were as follows:

RESOLUTION		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% OF ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Reports and Accounts	91,318,091	99.98	18,965	0.02	91,337,056	73.34	3,181
2	Annual Report on Remuneration	91,139,535	99.82	167,442	0.18	91,306,977	73.31	39,761
3	Directors' Remuneration Policy	88,034,224	96.45	3,243,796	3.55	91,278,020	73.29	68,717
4	Elect M.Jayaweera	91,256,472	99.96	37,686	0.04	91,294,158	73.30	52,580
5	Elect J.Wroath	91,279,072	99.97	31,428	0.03	91,310,500	73.32	30,946
6	Re-elect G.Barr	91,276,978	99.96	33,214	0.04	91,310,192	73.32	31,243
7	Re-elect P.Dean	91,199,124	99.88	111,197	0.12	91,310,321	73.32	31,048
8	Re-elect T.Lawlor	91,276,590	99.97	26,387	0.03	91,302,977	73.31	38,458
9	Re-elect D.Lentz	91,265,668	99.95	43,993	0.05	91,309,661	73.32	31,774
10	Re-elect S.Oades	91,171,833	99.86	129,504	0.14	91,301,337	73.31	40,098
11	Re-elect M.Read	91,188,631	99.86	127,459	0.14	91,316,090	73.32	23,708
12	To appoint Auditor	91,205,153	99.89	99,633	0.11	91,304,786	73.31	35,160
13	Remuneration of Auditor	91,309,595	99.97	23,534	0.03	91,333,129	73.33	10,859
14	Amendment to share plan rules	91,105,246	99.81	169,344	0.19	91,274,590	73.29	70,147
15	Donations of political organisations and political expenditure	90,821,052	99.48	471,773	0.52	91,292,825	73.30	53,127
16	Allot shares	88,752,568	97.21	2,548,347	2.79	91,300,915	73.31	43,001
17	Disapply Pre-emption rights	90,990,731	99.66	314,186	0.34	91,304,917	73.31	36,522
18	Purchase own shares	91,169,319	99.83	156,738	0.17	91,326,057	73.33	15,388
19	Notice of meetings other than AGMs	90,607,196	99.21	719,221	0.79	91,326,417	73.33	15,029

The number of the Group's shares in issue as at the date of the meeting was 124,543,670 ordinary shares of 10p each.

Please note that each share carries one vote and that a 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'votes for' total.

Copies of the Resolutions will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available to the public for inspection.

For further information please contact:

Wincanton Plc Tel: [phone]

Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary

Buchanan Tel: [phone]

Richard Oldworth/Vicky Hayns

Notes to Editors

About Wincanton

Wincanton is the largest British third-party logistics (3PL) company, providing supply chain solutions to some of the world's most admired companies across a wide range of industries including retail, construction, defence and energy.

As a trusted and respected business partner, we design and implement services and solutions that range from setting up and operating distribution networks, through to bonded warehouses, technology hosting, container transport and storage. We strive for operational excellence in everything we do.

We work hard to understand and respond to our customers' needs, build long-term relationships and use our skills and expertise to deliver a smarter, added value service, every day. Our customers rely on us to make their businesses operate more efficiently and to gain a competitive advantage in their sector.

Key facts:

• 19,100 colleagues

• 200+ locations

• Responsible for 3,500 vehicles

• Revenue £1.1bn

• 5,500 drivers

•14m sqft of warehousing space