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12 Sep 2018 15:21
12 September 2018
COHORT PLC ("Cohort")
Result of AGM
Cohort, the AIM listed independent technology group, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held yesterday that all the resolutions contained within the Notice of Meeting dated 1 August 2018 were duly passed by shareholders.
A summary of the votes received for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution | For1 | % For | Against | % Against | Total | % Total2 | Withheld3 |
Ordinary Resolutions | |||||||
1: Accounts | 11,367,847 | 79.45 | 2,941,144 | 20.55 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | |
2: Dividend | 14,308,991 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | |
3: Re-elect Sir Robert Walmsley | 11,367,847 | 79.45 | 2,941,144 | 20.55 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | |
4: Re-elect Jeff Perrin | 14,303,685 | 99.97 | 4,034 | 0.03 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | 1,272 |
5: Re-elect Andrew Thomis | 14,305,793 | 99.98 | 3,198 | 0.02 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | |
6: Re-elect Simon Walther | 14,305,793 | 99.98 | 3,198 | 0.02 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | |
7: Re-appointment of Auditor | 14,299,373 | 99.93 | 9,618 | 0.07 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | |
8: Auditor's Remuneration | 14,302,101 | 99.99 | 945 | 0.01 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | 5,945 |
9: Allot shares | 14,277,494 | 99.78 | 31,397 | 0.22 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | 100 |
Special Resolutions | |||||||
10: Disapply pre-emption rights | 14,263,424 | 99.74 | 37,563 | 0.26 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | 8,004 |
11: Purchase own shares | 14,284,276 | 99.87 | 18,770 | 0.13 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | 5,945 |
12: General meeting notice | 14,297,744 | 99.97 | 4,130 | 0.03 | 14,308,991 | 34.93 | 7,117 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
2. The total number of shares in issue is 40,959,101.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
Ends
For further information, please contact:
Cohort plc | 0118 909 0390 | |
Andrew Thomis, Chief ExecutiveSimon Walther, Finance Director | ||
Investec Bank plc | 020 7597 5970 | |
Keith Anderson / Daniel Adams | ||
MHP Communications Limited | 020 3128 8100 | |
Reg Hoare / Ollie Hoare / Vera Prokhorenko |
NOTES TO EDITORS
Cohort is the parent company of four innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.
MASS is a specialist defence and technology business, focused on electronic warfare, information systems and cyber security.
www.mass.co.uk
MCL is an expert in the sourcing, design, integration and support of communications and surveillance technology for the defence and security markets.
www.marlboroughcomms.com
SEA is an advanced electronic systems and software house operating in the defence, transport and offshore energy markets.
www.sea.co.uk
EID designs and manufactures advanced communications systems for the defence and security markets.
www.eid.pt
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