15 Jul 2021 15:00
Electrocomponents plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
Electrocomponents plc (the 'Company') held its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') at 12.00 pm today.
Electrocomponents plc (the 'Company') announces that all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 15 June 2021 were duly passed by conducting a poll at today's Annual General Meeting ('AGM').
The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:
Voted For(Incl. Chairman's discretion) | Votes Against | Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld) | Votes Withheld* | ||||
Resolution | Votes | % of Votes | Votes | % of Votes | |||
1 | Receive Annual Report and Accounts for 2021 | 403,330,917 | 99.99% | 54,137 | 0.01% | 403,385,054 | 3,019,016 |
2 | Approve Directors' Remuneration Report | 398,679,384 | 98.14% | 7,575,272 | 1.86% | 406,254,656 | 149,414 |
3 | Declaration of dividend | 406,340,077 | 99.98% | 63,637 | 0.02% | 406,403,714 | 0,356 |
4 | Re-elect Louisa Burdett | 406,233,748 | 99.96% | 153,430 | 0.04% | 406,387,178 | 16,892 |
5 | Re-elect David Egan | 404,678,799 | 99.58% | 1,720,102 | 0.42% | 406,398,901 | 5,169 |
6 | Elect Rona Fairhead | 405,970,722 | 99.90% | 417,739 | 0.10% | 406,388,461 | 15,609 |
7 | Re-elect Bessie Lee | 406,338,793 | 99.99% | 48,385 | 0.01% | 406,387,178 | 16,892 |
8 | Re-elect Simon Pryce | 406,249,027 | 99.97% | 139,232 | 0.03% | 406,388,259 | 15,811 |
9 | Re-elect Lindsley Ruth | 406,394,497 | 100.00% | 4,404 | 0.00% | 406,398,901 | 5,169 |
10 | Re-elect David Sleath | 406,257,030 | 99.97% | 128,836 | 0.03% | 406,385,866 | 18,204 |
11 | Re-elect Joan Wainwright | 406,342,160 | 99.99% | 48,323 | 0.01% | 406,390,483 | 13,587 |
12 | Reappoint PwC as Auditor | 406,257,730 | 99.97% | 141,311 | 0.03% | 406,399,041 | 5,029 |
13 | Agree remuneration of the auditor | 406,303,294 | 99.98% | 97,352 | 0.02% | 406,400,646 | 3,424 |
14 | Political Donations | 392,018,446 | 96.47% | 14,338,878 | 3.53% | 406,357,324 | 37,571 |
15 | Authority to allot shares | 396,686,691 | 97.61% | 9,705,114 | 2.39% | 406,391,805 | 12,265 |
16 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 5% | 406,100,273 | 99.94% | 261,149 | 0.06% | 406,361,422 | 42,648 |
17 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for additional 5% | 384,745,757 | 94.68% | 21,611,585 | 5.32% | 406,357,342 | 46,728 |
18 | Authority to purchase own shares | 405,424,176 | 99.86% | 583,449 | 0.14% | 406,007,625 | 396,445 |
19 | Notice Period for General Meetings | 392,790,833 | 96.65% | 13,609,603 | 3.35% | 406,400,436 | 3,595 |
20 | Articles of association | 403,349,390 | 100.00% | 7,196 | 0.00% | 403,356,586 | 3,047,484 |
* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.
The total number of shares in issue on Thursday, 15 July 2021 was 470,441,754 ordinary shares in the Company. A total of 86.39% of the share capital was voted.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2., a copy of the Resolutions relating to Special Business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Ian Haslegrave
Company Secretary
15 July 2021
LEI: 549300KVXDURRKVW7R37