17 Jul 2013 13:19
Electrocomponents Plc - Annual General Meeting
Electrocomponents Plc announces that all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 12 June 2013 were passed on a show of hands by shareholders at today's Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 15, 16 and 17 were passed as Special Resolutions.
A copy of Resolutions relating to Special Business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do
Details of the proxy votes received in advance of the meeting are set out below and can be found on the Company's website at http://www.electrocomponents.com/investor-centre/corporate-governance/
Resolution | Votes For (incl. Chairman's discretion) | % | Votes Against | % | Total votes cast (excl. withheld votes) | Withheld votes * | |
1. | Report & Accounts | 384,144,878 | 100.00 | 440 | 0.00 | 384,145,318 | 978,852 |
2. | Remuneration Report | 376,855,306 | 97.90 | 8,067,142 | 2.10 | 384,922,488 | 201,722 |
3. | Dividend | 385,123,730 | 100.00 | 440 | 0.00 | 385,124,170 | 0 |
4. | Elect Karen Guerra | 383,370,675 | 99.55 | 1,744,045 | 0.45 | 385,114,720 | 9,450 |
5. | Elect John Pattullo | 383,369,580 | 99.55 | 1,744,140 | 0.45 | 385,113,720 | 10,450 |
6. | Re-elect Adrian Auer | 381,008,249 | 99.34 | 2,524,915 | 0.66 | 385,533,164 | 1,591,006 |
7. | Re-elect Simon Boddie | 384,843,688 | 99.93 | 268,180 | 0.07 | 385,111,868 | 12,302 |
8. | Re-elect Paul Hollingworth | 383,389,954 | 99.56 | 1,700,866 | 0.44 | 385,090,820 | 33,350 |
9. | Re-elect Peter Johnson | 382,439,111 | 99.31 | 2,674,757 | 0.69 | 385,113,868 | 10,302 |
10. | Re-elect Ian Mason | 384,887,066 | 99.94 | 224,802 | 0.06 | 385,111,868 | 12,302 |
11. | Re-elect Rupert Soames | 383,402,682 | 99.56 | 1,710,314 | 0.44 | 385,112,996 | 11,174 |
12. | Re-appoint KPMG | 373,013,956 | 99.40 | 2,235,577 | 0.60 | 375,249,533 | 9,874,637 |
13. | Agree remuneration of Auditor | 375,359,324 | 99.54 | 1,729,145 | 0.46 | 377,088,469 | 8,035,701 |
14. | Directors' Authority to allot shares | 384,623,234 | 99.88 | 479,355 | 0.12 | 385,102,589 | 21,581 |
15. | Directors' Authority to dis‑apply pre‑emption rights | 383,655,953 | 99.63 | 1,437,619 | 0.37 | 385,093,572 | 29,998 |
16. | Directors' Authority for purchase by Company of own shares | 297,179,327 | 77.17 | 87,905,171 | 22.83 | 385,084,498 | 39,672 |
17. | Notice Period for General Meetings | 371,818,166 | 96.55 | 13,282,081 | 3.45 | 385,100,247 | 23,923 |
* 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.
A total of 87.78% of the share capital was voted.
IAN HASLEGRAVE
Company Secretary
17 July 2013
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