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QINETIQ GROUP PLC
6 February 2024
QINETIQ GROUP PLC
Results of General Meeting held on 6 February 2024
Poll Results of General Meeting
QinetiQ Group plc (QinetiQ) announces that the resolution proposed as an ordinary resolution at its General Meeting (GM) held on 6 February 2024 was duly passed without amendment by the requisite majority of shareholders and the results of the poll are as follows:
VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST | % OF SHARE CAPITAL WITH VOTING RIGHTS | VOTES WITHHELD | ||
1 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 | 485,836,928 | 99.51 | 2,371,173 | 0.49 | 488,208,101 | 84.35 | 688,113 |
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. Votes "for" include discretionary votes.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
4. The number of ordinary shares in issue at 6.30pm on 2 February 2024 was 578,757,121 of which none are held in treasury. Therefore the number of ordinary shares with voting rights at 6.30pm on 2 February 2024 was 578,757,121.
Results of the poll can also be viewed on QinetiQ's website: https://www.qinetiq.com/en/investors/shareholder-services/agm
Following the resolution being duly passed, the share buyback programme as previously announced on 16 January 2024 (the Programme) will commence on 7 February 2024.
The first tranche of up to £50 million will be carried out through an irrevocable non-discretionary agreement with Barclays Capital Securities Limited (Barclays) on the basis set out in the announcement of the Programme on 16 January 2024. Barclays may undertake transactions in QinetiQ shares (which may include sales and hedging activities, in addition to purchases which may take place on any available trading venue or an over the counter basis) during the Programme in order to manage their market exposure under the Programme. Disclosure of such transactions will not be made by Barclays as a result of or part of the Programme, but Barclays will continue to make any disclosures they are otherwise legally required to make.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information please contact:
John Haworth, Group Director Investor Relations: +44 (0) 7920 545841
Lindsay Walls, Group Director Communications: +44 (0) 7793 427582
James Field, Company Secretary: +44 (0) 7841 662957
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