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DIPLOMA PLC
10-11 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, LONDON EC1M 6EE
TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 7549 5700
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
18 JANUARY 2023
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")
All of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM of Diploma PLC ("Diploma" or the "Company"") held today, were passed by poll votes. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website. The results of the AGM have now been published on the Company's website at https://www.diplomaplc.com/investors/agm/
The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below (rounded to 2 decimal places).
Summary of Votes Cast
Resolution | Description | For | % | Against | % |
| Withheld |
1 | REPORT AND ACCOUNTS | 109,317,776
| 100.00% | - | 0.00% | 155,062 | |
2 | FINAL DIVIDEND OF 38.8p | 109,447,369 | 99.98% | 25,000 |
0.02% |
469 | |
3 | RE-ELECT D.LOWDEN |
96,792,876 |
90.13% |
10,594,414 |
9.87% |
2,085,548 | |
4 | RE-ELECT JD THOMSON | 108,963,011 |
99.54% |
502,106 |
0.46% |
7,721 | |
5 | ELECT C.DAVIES | 108,508,866 |
99.13% |
956,926 |
0.87% |
7,046 | |
6 | RE-ELECT AP SMITH | 103,771,305 |
95.39% |
5,018,222 |
4.61% |
683,311 | |
7 | RE-ELECT A.THORBURN | 107,713,530 |
98.40% |
1,751,587 |
1.60% |
7,721 | |
8 | RE-ELECT G.HUSE | 107,713,530 |
98.40% |
1,751,587 |
1.60% |
7,721 | |
9 | RE-ELECT D.FINCH | 106,943,188 |
97.70% |
2,521,929 |
2.30% |
7,721 | |
10 | RE-APPOINT AUDITOR | 109,451,401 |
100.00% |
3,764 |
0.00% |
17,673 | |
11 | REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS | 109,455,837 |
100.00% |
3,531 |
0.00% |
13,470 | |
12 | REMUNERATION REPORT | 104,468,636 |
95.56% |
4,849,065 |
4.44% |
155,137 | |
13 | DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY | 104,630,292 |
96.18% |
4,158,730 |
3.82% |
683,816 | |
14 | PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN RULES | 107,434,939 |
98.76% |
1,347,520 |
1.24% |
690,379 | |
15 | AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES | 101,265,115 |
92.52% |
8,191,507 |
7.48% |
16,216 | |
16 (SR) | DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS | 107,482,113 |
98.19% |
1,978,259 |
1.81% |
12,466 | |
17 (SR) | FURTHER DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS
| 105,995,873 |
96.83% |
3,466,474 |
3.17% |
10,491 | |
18 (SR) | AUTHORITY TO MAKE MARKET PURCHASES OF ORDINARY SHARES | 108,598,667 |
99.49% |
558,175 |
0.51% |
315,996 | |
19 (SR) | CALL GENERAL MEETINGS | 103,655,964 |
94.69% |
5,810,098 |
5.31% |
6,776 |
Notes:
1. A total of 109,472,369 votes were validly cast.
2. The Company's Issued Share Capital ("ISC") is 124,679,542 ordinary shares of 5p each and the proportion of the ISC represented by those votes validly cast is 87.80%.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted.
4. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
J Morrison
Group Company Secretary
Diploma PLC
For further information, please contact:
Diploma PLC - | +44 (0)20 7549 5700 |
John Morrison, Group Company Secretary |
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