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20th May 2014
Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc
Results of AGM
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At the Annual General Meeting at 2 pm today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed by means of a poll vote and, as published on our website, the votes cast are set out below.
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Resolution (No. as noted on proxy form) | Β Votes For | % of Votes For | Votes Against | % of Votes Against | Total Votes Cast (excluding Withheld) | % of Issued Share Capital Voted | Votes Withheld |
1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 60,863,828 | 100.00 | 1,095 | 0.00 | 60,864,923 | 80.47 | 53,242 |
2 To approve the Remuneration Policy Report 2014 to apply from 20th May 2014 | 56,203,099 | 98.46 | 880,848 | 1.54 | 57,083,947 | 75.47 | 3,834,218 |
3 To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration 2013 | 60,062,377 | 99.44 | 339,801 | 0.56 | 60,402,178 | 79.86 | 513,953 |
4 To declare a final dividend | 60,870,415 | 100.00 | 481 | 0.00 | 60,870,896 | 80.48 | 47,269 |
5 To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company | 60,190,871 | 98.90 | 672,428 | 1.10 | 60,863,299 | 80.47 | 53,264 |
6 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 60,075,724 | 98.70 | 792,063 | 1.30 | 60,867,787 | 80.47 | 50,378 |
7 To re-elect Mr W H Whiteley as a Director | 57,211,650 | 95.52 | 2,683,066 | 4.48 | 59,894,716 | 79.19 | 1,019,513 |
8 To re-elect Mr N J Anderson as a Director | 56,053,033 | 93.35 | 3,993,824 | 6.65 | 60,046,857 | 79.39 | 870,902 |
9 To re-elect Mr D J Meredith as a Director | 58,004,622 | 95.30 | 2,861,886 | 4.70 | 60,866,508 | 80.47 | 49,649 |
10 To re-elect Mr N H Daws as a Director | 58,003,649 | 95.29 | 2,864,867 | 4.71 | 60,868,516 | 80.47 | 49,649 |
11 To re-elect Mr J L Whalen as a Director | 57,997,265 | 95.29 | 2,864,867 | 4.71 | 60,862,132 | 80.46 | 55,627 |
12 To re-elect Dr K Rajagopal as a Director | 59,924,231 | 98.50 | 913,527 | 1.50 | 60,837,758 | 80.43 | 74,869 |
13 To re-elect Dr G E Schoolenberg as a Director | 60,162,636 | 98.86 | 696,226 | 1.14 | 60,858,862 | 80.46 | 54,405 |
14 To re-elect Mr C G Watson as a Director | 60,162,485 | 98.86 | 696,226 | 1.14 | 60,858,711 | 80.46 | 56,484 |
15 To elect Mr J Pike as a Director | 60,188,633 | 98.91 | 666,326 | 1.09 | 60,854,959 | 80.46 | 61,838 |
16 To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 60,491,368 | 99.39 | 368,588 | 0.61 | 60,859,956 | 80.46 | 57,126 |
17 To authorise the Directors to approve the issue of shares in lieu of cash dividends in respect of the period up to and including the date of the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2019 or, if earlier, 19th May 2019 | 60,845,079 | 99.99 | 8,440 | 0.01 | 60,853,519 | 80.45 | 59,460 |
18 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 60,803,564 | 99.94 | 34,429 | 0.06 | 60,837,993 | 80.43 | 79,645 |
19 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 60,706,456 | 99.75 | 151,345 | 0.25 | 60,857,801 | 80.46 | 58,762 |
20 To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than Annual General Meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 57,274,123 | 94.18 | 3,537,417 | 5.82 | 60,811,540 | 80.40 | 106,100 |
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Copies of special resolutions 18, 19 and 20 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
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Enquiries:
Andy Robson, General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel: 01242 535276
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AboutΒ SpiraxΒ Sarco
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Spirax-SarcoΒ EngineeringΒ plc isΒ theΒ worldΒ leaderΒ in each of its two businesses, steamspecialties andΒ peristaltic and nicheΒ pumping. TheΒ steam specialties businessΒ provides a broadΒ rangeΒ of fluidΒ controlΒ products,Β engineeredΒ packages,Β siteΒ servicesΒ and systemsΒ expertiseΒ forΒ a diverseΒ rangeΒ of industrialΒ andΒ institutionalΒ customers. The company helpsΒ itsΒ customersΒ to improve productionefficiency,Β reduce energyΒ costs, water usageΒ and emissions,Β improveΒ productΒ qualityΒ and enhanceΒ theΒ safetyΒ of theirΒ operations. Watson-Marlow is the global leader in peristaltic pumps, specialising in the design and manufacture of the most advance peristaltic and niche pumps, and tubing. Watson-Marlow pumps offer the ideal solution for a wide variety of difficult pumping applications and are highly accurate, controllable and virtually maintenance free. The GroupΒ isΒ headquarteredΒ inΒ Cheltenham,Β England, has strategicallyΒ locatedΒ manufacturingΒ plantsΒ aroundΒ theΒ worldΒ and employsΒ approximatelyΒ 4,700Β people,Β of whomΒ aroundΒ 1,300Β are directΒ salesΒ and serviceΒ engineers. Its sharesΒ haveΒ beenΒ listedΒ onΒ theΒ London StockΒ ExchangeΒ since 1959Β (symbol: SPX). Further informationΒ canΒ beΒ foundΒ atΒ Β www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com
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