Last checked at 28 Apr 2022 12:24
28 April 2022
Aptitude Software Group plc
("Aptitude Software" or the "Company")
Result of AGM and Directorate Change
The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software announces that, at the Company's 2022 Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
As at 26 April 2022, being the proxy voting deadline, there were 57,242,940 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The proxies received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting are shown below.
Having not sought re-election at the Annual General Meeting, Peter Whiting resigned as a Director of the Company with effect from 28 April 2022. The Board thanks Peter for the extensive contribution that he has made to the Company throughout the duration of his appointment.
RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD | ||||
VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* | VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* | VOTES | |||
1 | Receive and adopt the Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors. | 49,064,375 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Approve Part B of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2021. | 47,015,834 | 95.83 | 2,047,082 | 4.17 | 1,459 | |
3 | Declare a final dividend of 3.6 pence per ordinary share. | 49,064,175 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |
4 | Re-elect Ivan Martin a Director of the Company | 47,680,768 | 97.18 | 1,383,607 | 2.82 | 0 | |
5 | Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse a Director of the Company | 48,868,857 | 99.60 | 195,518 | 0.40 | 0 | |
6 | Re-elect Philip Wood a Director of the Company | 49,041,337 | 99.95 | 23,038 | 0.05 | 0 | |
7 | Re-elect Jeremy Suddards a Director of the Company | 49,064,375 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Elect Sara Dickinson as a Director of the Company | 49,061,272 | 99.99 | 3,103 | 0.01 | 0 | |
9 | Appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditors of the Company. | 49,063,863 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 512 | |
10 | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration. | 49,063,593 | 99.99 | 270 | 0.01 | 512 | |
11 | Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"). | 49,043,575 | 99.96 | 20,800 | 0.04 | 0 | |
12 | Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act within the stated limits. | 49,058,976 | 99.99 | 4,887 | 0.01 | 512 | |
13 | Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited circumstances. | 48,619,493 | 99.09 | 444,100 | 0.91 | 782 | |
14 | Special Resolution: Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act. | 49,064,182 | 99.99 | 193 | 0.01 | 0 | |
15 | Special Resolution: Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 48,949,997 | 99.77 | 113,503 | 0.23 | 875 | |
*Excludes votes withheld
Contact:
Georgina Sharley, Company Secretary | 020-3687-3200 |