TIDMKITW

RNS Number : 1822U

Kitwave Group PLC

24 March 2023

24 March 2023

Kitwave Group plc

("Kitwave", the "Group" or the "Company")

Result of AGM

Final dividend

Kitwave Group plc (AIM: KITW), the delivered wholesale business, confirms that all of the resolutions put to the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were duly passed.

A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the meeting for each resolution is set out below and will also be made available on the Group's website at: https://www.kitwave.co.uk/investors/documents/#circulars

 
 Resolutions                       For*         %      Against    % Against      Vote          Total 
                                               For                             withheld**       votes 
                                                                                                cast 
 1. Annual report 
  and accounts                  45,460,982    99.96    20,000       0.04         8,201       45,480,982 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 2. Declaration of 
  final dividend                 45,489,183    100        0           0            0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 3. Re-election of 
  David Brind as a 
  director                       45,480,521   99.98     8,662       0.02           0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 4. Re-election of 
  Benjamin Maxted 
  as a director                  45,480,621   99.98     8,562       0.02           0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 5. Re-election of 
  Gerard Murray as 
  a director                     42,669,083   99.95    20,100       0.05       2,800,000     42,689,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 6. Re-election of 
  Teresa Octavio as 
  a director                     45,489,183    100        0           0            0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 7. Re-election of 
  Stephen Smith as 
  a director                     42,689,083   99.99      100        0.01       2,800,000     42,689,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 8. Re-election of 
  Paul Young as a 
  director                       45,480,621   99.98     8,562       0.02           0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 9. Re-appointment 
  of auditor                     45,487,986   99.99     1,197       0.01           0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 10. Auditor's remuneration      45,488,052   99.99     1,131       0.01           0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 11. Director's authority 
  to allot shares                45,489,083   99.99      100        0.01           0          45,489,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 12. ***Dis-application 
  of pre-emption rights          43,937,275   96.6    1,544,574      3.4         7,334       45,481,849 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 13. ***Dis-application 
  of pre-emption rights 
  for specified capital 
  investment or acquisition      45,465,210   99.96    16,639       0.04         7,334       45,481,849 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 14. ***Authority 
  to purchase own 
  shares                         44,986,545   99.99     2,638       0.01        500,000      44,989,183 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 15. Authority to 
  make political donations 
  or incur political 
  expenditure                    42,784,352   94.06   2,702,231     5.94         2,600       45,486,583 
                              -------------  ------  ----------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 

* The votes "for" figures include those votes at the discretion of the Chairman.

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

*** Special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

Final dividend

The Company will pay a final dividend for the year ended 31 October 2022 of 6.75 pence per ordinary share of the Company, to be paid on 28 April 2023 to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company as at close of business on 11 April 2023.

- Ends -

For further information please contact:

 
 Kitwave Group plc                       Tel: +44 (0) 191 259 2277 
  Paul Young, Chief Executive Officer 
  David Brind, Chief Financial Officer 
  www.kitwave.co.uk 
 Canaccord Genuity Limited               Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8150 
  (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker) 
  Bobbie Hilliam 
 Yellow Jersey PR                        Tel: +44 (0) 20 3004 9512 
  (Financial media and PR) 
  Sarah Hollins 
  Shivantha Thambirajah 
  Bessie Elliot 
 

Company Overview

Founded in 1987, following the acquisition of a single-site confectionery wholesale business based in North Shields, United Kingdom, Kitwave is a delivered wholesale business, specialising in selling and delivering impulse products, frozen and chilled foods, alcohol, groceries and tobacco to approximately 42,000, mainly independent, customers.

With a network of 30 depots, Kitwave is able to support delivery throughout the UK to a diverse customer base, which includes independent convenience retailers, leisure outlets, vending machine operators, foodservice providers and other wholesalers, as well as leading national retailers.

The Group's growth to date has been achieved both organically and through a strategy of acquiring smaller, predominantly family-owned, complementary businesses in the fragmented UK grocery and foodservice wholesale market.

Kitwave Group plc (AIM: KITW) was admitted to trading on AIM of the London Stock Exchange on 24 May 2021.

For further information, please visit www.kitwave.co.uk .

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