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27 May 2016
Bodycote plc - Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting
Bodycote plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held at 12 pm on 27 May 2016 were passed on a show of hands.
Details of proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the Meeting are set out below:
Resolution | For (number of votes)
| Discretion (number of votes) | Against (number of votes) | Abstention (number of votes) |
Ordinary Resolutions
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1.To receive the annual report
| 157,345,105 | 49,570 | 114,783 | 1,578,207 |
Re-election of directors
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2. To declare a final dividend
| 158,947,646 | 46,570 | 0 | 93,449 |
3. To declare a special dividend
| 158,947,582 | 46,570 | 64 | 93,449 |
4. To re-elect Mr. A.M. Thomson
| 152,769,393 | 46,570 | 4,923,381 | 1,348,321 |
5. To re-elect Mr. S.C. Harris
| 152,967,251 | 46,570 | 5,912,920 | 160,924 |
6. To re-elect Ms E. Lindqvist
| 108,291,184 | 46,634 | 12,085,530 | 38,664,317 |
7. To re-elect Mr. D.F. Landless
| 157,820,568 | 46,570 | 1,126,796 | 93,731 |
8. To re-elect Mr. I.B. Duncan
| 158,252,402 | 46,570 | 694,962 | 93,731 |
9. to reappoint the auditors
| 154,477,826 | 46,570 | 3,972,060 | 591,209 |
10. to authorise the directors to fix auditor's remuneration
| 158,906,515 | 53,416 | 33,918 | 93,816 |
11. To approve the report on remuneration
| 153,747,595 | 53,640 | 4,042,959 | 1,243,471 |
12. To approve the remuneration policy
| 134,134,345 | 53,640 | 24,303,558 | 596,122 |
13. To renew authority to allot shares
| 149,017,731 | 56,310 | 9,804,960 | 208,664 |
Special resolutions
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14. to renew authority for disapplication of pre- emption rights
| 155,742,302 | 54,535 | 3,282,832 | 7,996 |
15. to renew authority to buy own shares
| 156,003,063 | 54,022 | 2,933,817 | 96,763 |
16. to authorise general meetings 14 days' notice
| 153,675,471 | 53,416 | 5,265,002 | 93,776 |
17. to approve and adopt the deferred bonus plan
| 152,810,810 | 56,374 | 6,120,563 | 99,918 |
18. to approve and adopt the incentive plan
| 149,073,984 | 61,520 | 9,856,765 | 95,396 |
The number of ordinary shares in issue on 27 May 2016 was 191,456,172. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility, which is situated at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.
Ute Ball, Company Secretary, Bodycote plc
Tel: +44 (0)1625 505300