24 Apr 2014 15:05
Cobham plc
Annual General Meeting held on 24 April 2014
Cobham plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today Thursday 24 April 2014, at 12 noon, each resolution was passed on a poll.
The votes cast were as follows:
Resolution | Total Votes FOR | %
| Total Votes AGAINST | % | Total Votes Cast | Votes WITHHELD | |
1 | Report & Accounts | 21,914,308 | 100.00 | 210 | 0.00 | 21,914,518 | 56,662 |
2 | Remuneration Policy | 21,552,425 | 98.36 | 359,215 | 1.64 | 21,911,640 | 59,533 |
3 | Remuneration Report | 20,659,423 | 97.08 | 622,446 | 2.92 | 21,281,869 | 689,305 |
4 | Final Dividend | 21,915,022 | 100.00 | 31 | 0.00 | 21,915,053 | 56,128 |
5 | Election of D Flint | 21,859,731 | 99.76 | 53,476 | 0.24 | 21,913,207 | 57,973 |
6 | Election of S Nicholls | 21,863,791 | 99.78 | 48,492 | 0.22 | 21,912,283 | 58,896 |
7 | Re-election of J Devaney | 21,852,181 | 99.74 | 57,623 | 0.26 | 21,909,804 | 61,376 |
8 | Re-election of M Hagee | 21,827,627 | 99.63 | 81,450 | 0.37 | 21,909,077 | 62,103 |
9 | Re-election of R Murphy | 21,863,627 | 99.78 | 48,474 | 0.22 | 21,912,101 | 59,078 |
10 | Re-election of M Ronald | 21,486,527 | 98.06 | 425,796 | 1.94 | 21,912,323 | 58,855 |
11 | Re-election of M Wareing | 21,853,946 | 99.74 | 58,047 | 0.26 | 21,911,993 | 59,186 |
12 | Re-election of A Wood | 21,513,615 | 98.19 | 396,873 | 1.81 | 21,910,488 | 60,691 |
13 | Re-appointment of Auditors | 21,112,795 | 97.13 | 624,198 | 2.87 | 21,736,993 | 234,178 |
14 | Remuneration of Auditors | 21,326,101 | 97.33 | 586,096 | 2.67 | 21,912,197 | 58,979 |
15 | Approval of the Cobham Savings-Related Share Option Scheme | 21,618,807 | 98.67 | 291,792 | 1.33 | 21,910,599 | 60,579 |
16 | Approval of the Cobham Executive Share Option Plan | 21,595,021 | 98.56 | 316,459 | 1.44 | 21,911,480 | 59,695 |
17 | Authority to purchase own shares | 21,912,727 | 99.99 | 1,948 | 0.01 | 21,914,675 | 56,505 |
18 | Authority to allot shares | 20,199,527 | 92.27 | 1,692,865 | 7.73 | 21,892,392 | 78,775 |
19 | Authority to allot equity securities for cash | 21,910,676 | 99.99 | 2,196 | 0.01 | 21,912,872 | 58,308 |
20 | Authority to call general meetings on 14 days' notice | 20,833,507 | 95.07 | 1,081,156 | 4.93 | 21,914,663 | 56,505 |
Notes:
(1) Where shareholders appointed the chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, these votes have been cast in favour of all resolutions.
(2) A vote 'WITHHELD' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'FOR' or 'AGAINST' a resolution.
(3) Resolutions 17, 19 and 20 are Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.
(4) John Patterson did not stand for re-election as a Director, and has stepped down from the Board with effect from noon today.
The following table provides further relevant information:
Cobham plc's One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth AGM (2014) | Cobham plc's One Hundred and Twenty-Third AGM (2013) | |
Issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares) | 1,078,595,601 | 1,078,595,601 |
Total number of possible votes | 26,984,098 | 26,984,098 |
Proxy appointments lodged | 21,970,930 | 20,701,269 |
Representing % of possible vote | 81.42 | 76.52 |
Number of AGM attendees | 7 | 10 |
Total vote % on the poll | 81.42 | 76.67 |
A copy of a document setting out the resolutions passed dealing with special business at the meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The Voting results will be placed on our website (www.cobhaminvestors.com).
Mrs L Colloff
Company Secretary
Cobham plc
24 April 2014
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Julian Wais
Director of Investor Relations
Tel: 01202 857998