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1 February 2018
Avon Rubber p.l.c.
(the 'Company')
Result of AGM
Avon Rubber p.l.c. is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting 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 Company's website: www.avon-rubber.com
FOR | %
| AGAINST | %
| WITHHELD | ||
1 | To receive the Report and Accounts | 21,459,970 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1,823 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 19,134,112 | 96.97 | 598,550 | 3.03 | 1,729,130 |
3 | To declare a final dividend | 21,460,593 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1,200 |
4 | To re-appoint David Evans as a Director | 21,455,723 | 99.98 | 5,269 | 0.02 | 800 |
5 | To re-appoint Paul McDonald as a Director | 21,455,754 | 99.98 | 5,239 | 0.02 | 800 |
6 | To re-appoint Nick Keveth as a Director | 21,451,934 | 99.96 | 9,059 | 0.04 | 800 |
7 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 21,184,834 | 98.74 | 269,577 | 1.26 | 7,381 |
8 | To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 21,452,731 | 99.99 | 3,062 | 0.01 | 6,000 |
9 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 21,405,825 | 99.75 | 54,587 | 0.25 | 1,381 |
10 | To disapply pre-emption rights* | 21,405,056 | 99.76 | 51,025 | 0.24 | 5,712 |
11 | To disapply pre-emption rights limited to acquisition/specified capital investment* | 20,966,816 | 97.72 | 488,964 | 2.28 | 6,012 |
12 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 21,180,303 | 98.71 | 276,618 | 1.29 | 4,871 |
13 | To authorise short notice general meetings* | 21,252,690 | 99.04 | 206,252 | 0.96 | 2,851 |
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
3. Discretionary proxy votes lodged in favour of a third party have not been included in the "for", "against" or "total" figures.
4. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 31,023,292 ordinary shares.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Miles Ingrey-Counter
Company Secretary
LEI: 213800JM1AN62REBWA71