Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017
The Society held its AGM on Wednesday 26 July 2017. 17,988 members voted, representing 7.79% of eligible members.
Electoral Reform Services (ERS) independently scrutinised the proxy voting. Each of the resolutions and elections were carried. Votes cast by proxy and at the Meeting are shown below.
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | % IN FAVOUR | WITHHELD* | |
Ordinary Resolutions | |||||
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 17,564 | 255 | 98.57% | 163 |
2 | To appoint KPMG LLP as the Society's Auditor | 17,085 | 703 | 96.05% | 191 |
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 15,814 | 1,830 | 89.63% | 338 |
4 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 15,670 | 1,929 | 89.04% | 383 |
Election and re-election of Directors | |||||
5a | To elect Mahomed Ashraf Piranie | 16,532 | 1,049 | 94.03% | 402 |
5b | To elect Stuart James Turner | 16,754 | 836 | 95.25% | 391 |
5c | To re-elect Mark Patrick Nicholls | 16,570 | 1,034 | 94.13% | 379 |
5d | To re-elect Martin Howard Ritchley | 16,540 | 1,078 | 93.88% | 363 |
5e | To re-elect Richard Francis Sommers | 16,694 | 917 | 94.79% | 372 |
*The 'Withheld' figures are not included in the calculation of '% in Favour'.