Last checked at 22 Feb 2024 13:01
22 February 2024
RWS Holdings plc
Result of AGM
RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", the "Company"), a unique world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services, confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2024 Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held today. The poll results of each resolution are set out below. The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was 368,717,980. Each share carried one vote.
Resolution | Total votes For | %
| Total votes Against
| % | % of Issued Share Capital voted | Votes withheld | |
1. | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 289,715,187 | 100.00% | 4,387 | 0.00% | 78.57% | 162,928 |
2. | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 282,175,384 | 97.35% | 7,689,854 | 2.65% | 78.61% | 17,264 |
3. | Approve the Dividend | 288,171,707 | 99.41% | 1,704,000 | 0.59% | 78.62% | 6,795 |
4. | Re-elect Julie Southern | 287,296,455 | 99.51% | 1,409,788 | 0.49% | 78.30% | 1,176,259 |
5. | Re-elect Andrew Brode | 277,264,499 | 99.01% | 2,776,262 | 0.99% | 75.95% | 9,841,741 |
6. | Re-elect David Clayton | 289,431,481 | 99.86% | 410,605 | 0.14% | 78.61% | 40,416 |
7. | Re-elect Frances Earl | 288,296,940 | 99.47% | 1,550,550 | 0.53% | 78.61% | 35,012 |
8. | Re-elect Gordon Stuart | 289,441,841 | 99.86% | 404,610 | 0.14% | 78.61% | 36,051 |
9. | Re-elect Ian El-Mokadem | 289,791,067 | 99.98% | 55,385 | 0.02% | 78.61% | 36,050 |
10. | Re-elect Candida Davies | 289,779,602 | 99.98% | 71,548 | 0.02% | 78.61% | 31,352 |
11. | Elect Paul Abbott | 289,834,639 | 100.00% | 7,448 | 0.00% | 78.61% | 40,415 |
12. | Elect Graham Cooke | 289,835,232 | 100.00% | 7,255 | 0.00% | 78.61% | 40,015 |
13. | Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | 288,259,240 | 99.44% | 1,614,075 | 0.56% | 78.62% | 9,187 |
14. | Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 289,401,761 | 99.84% | 473,582 | 0.16% | 78.62% | 7,159 |
15. | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 286,672,261 | 98.90% | 3,195,720 | 1.10% | 78.62% | 14,521 |
16. | Authorise the Directors to issue shares for cash without pre-emptive rights | 284,814,459 | 98.30% | 4,928,242 | 1.70% | 78.58% | 139,801 |
17. | Authorise the Directors to issue shares for cash without pre-emptive rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment | 277,061,080 | 95.62% | 12,685,286 | 4.38% | 78.58% | 136,136 |
18. | Authorise the Company to make on-market purchases of its own shares | 268,510,943 | 99.35% | 1,767,144 | 0.65% | 73.30% | 19,604,415 |
Notes:
1. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.
2. Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3. The results of the AGM voting will also be made available on the Company's website at www.rws.com/about/investors/agm/