Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2019
The Society held its AGM on Thursday 25th July 2019. 17,791 members voted, representing 8.42% 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 | 17,467 | 182 | 98.97% | 139 |
2 | To appoint KPMG LLP as the Society's Auditor | 16,774 | 772 | 95.60% | 240 |
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 15,835 | 1,566 | 91.00% | 386 |
Election and re-election of Directors | |||||
4 | To elect or re-elect Directors as follows: | ||||
a | To elect Lynne Shamwana | 16,828 | 650 | 96.28% | 309 |
b | To re-elect Julie Hopes | 16,866 | 648 | 96.30% | 273 |
c | To re-elect Victoria Mitchell | 16,958 | 538 | 96.93% | 289 |
d | To re-elect Mark Patrick Nicholls | 16,760 | 712 | 95.92% | 314 |
e | To re-elect Mahomed Ashraf Piranie | 16,661 | 791 | 95.47% | 336 |
f | To re-elect Mark Jeffrey Preston | 16,785 | 684 | 96.08% | 318 |
g | To re-elect Stuart James Turner | 16,817 | 642 | 96.32% | 328 |
h | To re-elect Jonathan Westhoff | 16,814 | 650 | 96.28% | 324 |
*The 'Withheld' figures are not included in the calculation of '% In Favour'.