9 September 2025
Northern Bear plc
("Northern Bear" or the "Company")
Result of AGM
The board of directors of Northern Bear (LSE: NTBR) announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, all proposed Resolutions were duly passed.
As announced by the Company on 4 September 2025, Steve Roberts stepped down as an executive director. Consequently, Resolution 6 was withdrawn prior to the AGM and was not considered.
The remaining Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 13 and 14 were passed as Special Resolutions. The voting results on all resolutions at the AGM were as follows:
Resolution |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Vote Total (including votes withheld) |
Vote Total as a % of Issued Share Capital |
Withheld* |
|
|
|
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1. To adopt the reports and financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025. |
5,730,120 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
|
2. To authorise the Directors to declare and pay a final dividend for the year ended 31st March 2025. |
5,730,120 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
|
3. To re-elect Martin Brett Boden as a director. |
5,728,670 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
1,450 |
|
|
4. To re-elect Simon Alexander Carr as a director. |
5,728,670 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
1,450 |
|
|
5. To re-elect John Peter Davies as a director. |
5,728,670 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
1,450 |
|
|
6. To re-elect Steven Mark Roberts as a director. |
Resolution withdrawn |
|
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7. To re-elect Harry Jacob Samuel as a director. |
5,728,670 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
1,450 |
|
|
8. To elect Julian Nigel Davis as a director. |
5,728,670 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
1,450 |
|
|
9. To re-appoint Saffery LLP as auditor. |
5,728,670 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
1,450 |
|
|
10. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration. |
5,726,941 |
99.9% |
3,179 |
0.1% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
|
11. To authorise the Directors to declare and pay a special dividend. |
5,730,120 |
100.0% |
0 |
0.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
|
12. To give the Directors authority to allot additional shares. |
5,670,633 |
99.0% |
59,487 |
1.0% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
|
13. To disapply pre-emption rights under certain conditions. |
5,630,893 |
98.3% |
99,227 |
1.7% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
|
14. To authorise the Company to buy back its own shares. |
5,690,120 |
99.3% |
40,000 |
0.7% |
5,730,120 |
41.7% |
0 |
|
* 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.
For further information, please contact:
Northern Bear PLC John Davies - Chief Executive Officer Julian Davis - Chief Finance Officer |
+44 (0) 166 182 0369
|
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser) James Harris James Bellman |
+44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Hybridan LLP (Nominated Broker) Clarie Louise Noyce |
+44 (0) 20 3764 2341 |