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10-11 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, LONDON EC1M 6EETELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 7549 5700FACSIMILE: +44 (0)20 7549 5715
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
15 JANUARY 2025
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/shareholder-centre/
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 |
108,710,346 |
99.92% |
89,315 |
0.08% |
217,664 | |
2 | FINAL DIVIDEND OF 42.0p |
108,983,446 | 99.98% | 26,380 | 0.02% |
7,499 | |
3 | RE-ELECT D.LOWDEN | 92,888,256 | 85.32% | 15,983,386 | 14.68% |
145,682 | |
4 | RE-ELECT JD THOMSON | 107,719,267 | 98.82% | 1,287,223 | 1.18% |
10,835 | |
5 | RE-ELECT C.DAVIES | 107,489,928 | 98.61% | 1,516,562 | 1.39% |
10,835 | |
6 | RE-ELECT J.WARD | 104,749,706 | 96.09% | 4,256,783 | 3.91% |
10,835 | |
7 | RE-ELECT G.HUSE | 105,348,196 | 96.64% | 3,658,293 | 3.36% |
10,835 | |
8 | RE-ELECT D.FINCH | 105,400,664 | 96.81% | 3,470,978 | 3.19% |
145,682 | |
9 | ELECT J.STIPP | 104,819,180 | 96.16% | 4,185,891 | 3.84% |
12,253
| |
10 | ELECT K.BICKERSTAFFE | 107,691,529 | 98.79% | 1,313,543 | 1.21% |
12,253 | |
11 | RE-APPOINT AUDITOR | 108,741,247 | 99.83% | 180,475 | 0.17% |
13,926 | |
12 | REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS | 108,906,513 | 99.99% | 14,879 | 0.01% |
14,256
| |
13 | REMUNERATION REPORT | 103,255,812 | 94.80% | 5,660,459 | 5.20% |
19,377 | |
14 | REMUNERATION POLICY | 101,629,804 | 93.31% | 7,287,731 | 6.69% | 18,113 | |
15 | AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES | 103,558,950 | 95.14% | 5,287,493 | 4.86% |
89,205 | |
16 (SR) | DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS | 108,033,666 | 99.58% | 459,961 | 0.42% |
442,021 | |
17 (SR) | FURTHER DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS
| 107,894,377 | 99.45% | 602,000 | 0.55% |
439,271 | |
18 (SR) | AUTHORITY TO MAKE MARKET PURCHASES OF ORDINARY SHARES | 108,575,671 | 99.86% | 149,685 | 0.14% |
210,292 | |
19 (SR) | CALL GENERAL MEETINGS | 105,951,978 | 97.27% | 2,970,383 | 2.73% |
13,287 |
Notes:
1. A total of 109,009,826 votes were validly cast.
2. The Company's Issued Share Capital ("ISC") is 134,176,207 ordinary shares of 5p each and the proportion of the ISC represented by those votes validly cast is 81.24%.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted.
4. In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.1, 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 General Counsel & Company Secretary
Diploma PLC
For further information, please contact:
Diploma PLC - | +44 (0)20 7549 5700 |
John Morrison, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary |
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