27 Apr 2018 12:00
27 April 2018
Laird PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018
Laird announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 10:30am on 27 April 2018.
Resolution |
For/Discretion (Number of votes) |
Percentage For/ Discretion |
Against (Number of votes) |
Percentage Against | Total votes validly cast | Percentage of relevant shares in issue | Withheld (Number of votes) |
Ordinary resolutions | |||||||
1. Receive the 2017 Annual Report | 279,079,301 | 99.96% | 119,240 | 0.04% | 279,198,541 | 57.11% | 12,266 |
2. Approve Remuneration Policy | 273,672,996 | 98.03% | 5,497,817 | 1.97% | 279,170,813 | 57.10% | 39,993 |
3. Approve Annual Remuneration Report | 270,201,218 | 99.38% | 1,687,317 | 0.62% | 271,888,535 | 55.61% | 7,322,270 |
4. Re-elect Martin Read as a Director | 276,262,326 | 98.95% | 2,930,518 | 1.05% | 279,192,844 | 57.10% | 17,963 |
5. Re-elect Paula Bell as a Director | 276,479,671 | 99.03% | 2,714,536 | 0.97% | 279,194,207 | 57.11% | 16,600 |
6. Re-elect Kevin Dangerfield as a Director | 276,381,674 | 98.99% | 2,809,058 | 1.01% | 279,190,732 | 57.10% | 20,075 |
7. Re-elect Wu Gang as a Director | 276,470,696 | 99.02% | 2,723,511 | 0.98% | 279,194,207 | 57.11% | 16,600 |
8. Re-elect Mike Parker as a Director | 276,475,409 | 99.03% | 2,716,237 | 0.97% | 279,191,646 | 57.10% | 19,161 |
9. Re-elect Tony Quinlan as a Director | 276,475,820 | 99.03% | 2,718,662 | 0.97% | 279,194,482 | 57.11% | 16,325 |
10. Re-elect Nathalie Rachou as a Director | 274,597,057 | 98.35% | 4,594,588 | 1.65% | 279,191,645 | 57.10% | 19,161 |
11. Re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Director | 276,474,735 | 99.03% | 2,719,472 | 0.97% | 279,194,207 | 57.11% | 16,600 |
12. Re-appointment of auditors | 277,199,429 | 99.84% | 450,437 | 0.16% | 277,649,866 | 56.79% | 1,560,940 |
13. Auditors' remuneration
| 278,993,884 | 99.93% | 200,527 | 0.07% | 279,194,411 | 57.11% | 16,396 |
14. Authority to allot shares | 274,710,221 | 98.40% | 4,480,031 | 1.60% | 279,190,252 | 57.10% | 20,555 |
Special resolutions | |||||||
15. Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 278,932,474 | 99.91% | 257,380 | 0.09% | 279,189,854 | 57.10% | 20,953 |
16. Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights | 270,820,762 | 97.00% | 8,364,247 | 3.00% | 279,185,009 | 57.10% | 25,797 |
17. Authority to purchase own shares | 277,049,663 | 99.25% | 2,090,022 | 0.75% | 279,139,685 | 57.09% | 71,121 |
18. Notice period for general meetings | 269,820,991 | 96.64% | 9,383,005 | 3.36% | 279,203,996 | 57.11% | 6,811 |
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue at the close of business on Wednesday 25 April 2018 was 488,913,007. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
J G du Plessis
General Counsel and Company Secretary