23 September 2014

WYG plc ('Company')

2014 Annual General Meeting 

Result of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of WYG plc was held at the Company's registered office, Arndale Court, Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds on 23 September 2014 at 10.00am.

All 10 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 and 10 were passed as special resolutions.

The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:

Resolution

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

Votes withheld

1. To receive the 2014     Annual Report

51,917,622

99.99

23

0.01

14

2. To declare a final dividend of 0.5p per Ordinary Share

51,917,625

99.99

24

0.01

10

3.To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

51,442,526

99.08

475,047

0.92

86

4. To  re-elect Mike McTighe

42,723,185

99.99

50

0.01

9,194,424

5. To re-elect Sean Cummins

51,917,612

99.99

48

0.01

0

6. To appoint Deloitte as auditor of the Company

51,917,592

99.99

37

0.01

0

7. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration

51,917,605

99.99

16

0.01

8

8. To authorise the directors to allot shares

51,917,566

99.99

43

0.01

20

9. To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights

51,379,568

98.95

538,035

1.04

26

10. To authorise the market purchase of the Company's own shares

51,917,605

98.46

15

0.01

9

As at 23 September 2014, there were 66,489,655 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

ENDS

WYG plcTel: 0113 278 7111

Paul Hamer, Chief Executive Officer

Sean Cummins, Group Finance Director

MHP CommunicationsTel: 020 3128 8100

John Olsen / Katie Hunt / Vicky Watkins / Ollie Hoare

N+1 Singer Tel: 020 7496 3000

Sandy Fraser / Richard Lindley

WH Ireland Limited Tel: 0113 394 6600

Andrew Kitchingman / James Bavister


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