20 April 2021
Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C.
("Fuller, Smith & Turner", "Fuller's", the "Company" or the "Group")
Results of the General Meetings
Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., the premium pubs and hotels business, announces that at a series of general meetings of the Company held at 9.00 am on 20 April 2021 to consider certain resolutions in connection with its non-pre-emptive placing (the "Placing") of 6,455,447 new 'A' Ordinary Shares of 40 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "Placing Shares"), all resolutions before the meetings were duly passed.
The resolutions also approved the commitments from Directors to subscribe for an aggregate of 13,853 new 'A' Ordinary Shares at a price of 830 pence per 'A' Ordinary Share and Directors' applications to acquire 132,528 'B' Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company (the "Director Subscriptions").
The results of the poll, incorporating the proxy votes that had been received by the Company in advance of the meeting, is set out below:
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Resolution
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Votes For1
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%
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Votes Against
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%
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Votes Total
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% I.S.C.
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Votes Withheld2
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Extraordinary General Meeting
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1
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To authorise the Directors to issue and allot the Placing Shares and the A Ordinary Share Director Subscriptions
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103,559,752
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99.93%
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70,816
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0.07%
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103,630,568
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78.93%
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15,393
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2
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To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with the Placing, the Director Subscriptions and the B Share Offer3
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103,551,899
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99.93%
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75,210
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0.07%
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103,627,109
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78.92%
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18,852
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Extraordinary General Meeting of A Ordinary Shareholders and C Ordinary Shareholders
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1
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To obtain the consent of the A Ordinary Shareholders and C Ordinary Shareholders to the Placing and the A Ordinary Share Director Subscriptions under the articles of association of the Company3
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32,223,258
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99.81%
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62,023
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0.19%
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32,285,281
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68.98%
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9,525
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Extraordinary General Meeting of B Ordinary Shareholders
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1
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To obtain the consent of the B Ordinary Shareholders to the Placing and the A Ordinary Share Director Subscriptions under the articles of association of the Company3
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68,983,612
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100.00%
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1,417
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0.00%
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68,985,029
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81.64%
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8,420
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Notes
1 Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions
2 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' each resolution
3 Special resolution (75% majority required)
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting on the Company's website, https://www.fullers.co.uk/corporate/investors/general-meetings and for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism, https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information, please contact:
Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C.:
Simon Emeny, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0) 20 8996 2000
Adam Councell, Finance Director +44 (0) 20 8996 2000
Georgina Wald, Corporate Comms Manager +44 (0) 20 8996 2198
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Numis (Sole Bookrunner and Corporate Broker):
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+44 (0)20 7260 1000
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Stuart Dickson
Jamie Loughborough
Oliver Steele
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Instinctif Partners
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+44 (0)20 7457 2010
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Justine Warren
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