7 Sep 2016 16:49
7 September 2016
Consort Medical plc
Result of Annual General Meeting Held on 7 September 2016
The Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company was held at 2pm on Wednesday 7 September 2016 at the Company's Registered Office, Breakspear Park, Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4TZ.
All of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands. A summary of the forms of proxy for each resolution, received up to 48 hours before the time of the AGM, is set out below.
Resolution | FOR | % of Votes | DISCRETION | % of Votes | AGAINST | % of Votes | WITHHELD* | Poll Yes/No | |
1. | To receive Annual Report and Accounts | 39,936,105 | 99.99 | 4,656 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NO |
2. | To approve the directors' remuneration report | 39,757,973 | 99.57 | 4,656 | 0.01 | 166,378 | 0.42 | 11,754 | NO |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 12.56p per ordinary share | 39,936,105 | 99.99 | 4,656 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NO |
4. | To re-elect Dr Peter Fellner as a director | 38,693,216 | 99.22 | 4,656 | 0.01 | 301,783 | 0.77 | 941,106 | NO |
5.. | To re-elect Mr Jonathan Glenn as a director | 39,146,998 | 98.02 | 4,656 | 0.01 | 788,102 | 1.97 | 1,005 | NO |
6. | To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 39,919,931 | 99.96 | 4,656 | 0.01 | 10,541 | 0.03 | 5,633 | NO |
7. | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 39,570,726 | 99.08 | 6,118 | 0.02 | 358,496 | 0.90 | 5,421 | NO |
8. | To authorise the directors to allot equity securities for cash | 37,946,169 | 97.30 | 6,118 | 0.02 | 1,045,743 | 2.68 | 942,731 | NO |
9. | To authorise the directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares | 39,779,667 | 99.72 | 6,118 | 0.02 | 103,366 | 0.26 | 51,610 | NO |
10. | To approve the calling of a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice | 38,609,534 | 96.67 | 6,118 | 0.02 | 1,321,859 | 3.31 | 3,250 | NO |
Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the AGM as their proxy with discretion as to voting, these votes have been cast in favour of all the resolutions.
* Abstentions are not votes and are not included in the % calculations
Issued Share Capital at meeting date: 49,203,059 Number of votes per share: 1
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website (www.consortmedical.com).
The Company confirms that a copy of all the special business resolutions passed at the AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
For further information, please contact:
Consort Medical plc | Tel: +44 (0) 1442 867920 |
John Ilett, Company Secretary | |