Last checked at 14 May 2024 10:48
14 May 2024
APTITUDE SOFTWARE GROUP PLC
Result of AGM
The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software Group plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 were passed as special resolutions.
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 10 May 2024, being the proxy voting deadline, there were 57,079,011 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.
The following table shows the votes cast for and against each resolution and the number of votes withheld:
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 2023 together with the Strategic Report and the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon. | 50,033,760 | 100.00% | - | 0.00% | - | |
2 | Approve Part B of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023. | 48,533,502 | 97.00% | 1,500,258 | 3.00% | - | |
3 | Declare a final dividend of 3.6 pence per ordinary share. | 50,033,510 | 100.00% | - | 0.00% | 250 | |
4 | Elect Mike Johns as a Director of the Company. | 50,032,625 | 99.99% | 1,135 | 0.01% | - | |
5 | Elect Alex Curran as a Director of the Company. | 50,033,760 | 100.00% | - | 0.00% | - | |
6 | Re-elect Ivan Martin as a Director of the Company. | 48,936,596 | 97.81% | 1,097,163 | 2.19% | 1 | |
7 | Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse as a Director of the Company. | 48,948,291 | 97.83% | 1,085,468 | 2.17% | 1 | |
8 | Re-elect Sara Dickinson as a Director of the Company. | 49,698,415 | 99.33% | 335,344 | 0.67% | 1 | |
9 | Re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditors of the Company. | 50,033,626 | 100.00% | 134 | 0.00% | - | |
10 | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration. | 50,033,760 | 100.00% | - | 0.00% | - | |
11 | Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"). | 49,279,703 | 98.49% | 754,007 | 1.51% | 50 | |
12 | Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act within the stated limits. | 49,250,528 | 98.43% | 783,182 | 1.57% | 50 | |
13 | Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited circumstances. | 49,250,528 | 98.43% | 783,182 | 1.57% | 50 | |
14 | Special Resolution: Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act. | 50,033,456 | 99.99% | 254 | 0.01% | 50 | |
15 | Special Resolution: Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 50,027,369 | 99.99% | 6,340 | 0.01% | 51 | |
*Excludes votes withheld
Contact:
Alex Campbell, Company Secretary | 020-3687-3200 |