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13th May 2020
Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc
Results of AGM
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.
Resolution (Number as noted on proxy form) | 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 2019 | 62,964,184 | 99.94 | 37,045 | 0.06 | 63,001,229 | 85.44 | 156,586 |
2 To approve the Remuneration Policy 2020 | 60,088,522 | 95.71 | 2,690,784 | 4.29 | 62,779,306 | 85.14 | 378,510 |
3 To approve the change to the rules of the 2015 Performance Share Plan | 62,490,798 | 98.97 | 652,529 | 1.03 | 63,143,327 | 85.63 | 14,488 |
4 To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration 2019 | 58,799,273 | 93.65 | 3,984,629 | 6.35 | 62,783,902 | 85.15 | 373,913 |
5 To declare a final dividend | 63,020,349 | 99.79 | 134,202 | 0.21 | 63,154,551 | 85.65 | 3,265 |
6 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company | 62,877,449 | 99.99 | 4,955 | 0.01 | 62,882,404 | 85.28 | 275,412 |
7 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 63,150,122 | 99.99 | 4,147 | 0.01 | 63,154,269 | 85.65 | 3,547 |
8 To re-elect Mr J Pike as a Director | 62,191,306 | 98.49 | 955,210 | 1.51 | 63,146,516 | 85.64 | 11,300 |
9 To re-elect Mr N J Anderson as a Director | 62,653,429 | 99.21 | 501,480 | 0.79 | 63,154,909 | 85.65 | 2,907 |
10 To re-elect Mr K J Boyd as a Director | 62,600,953 | 99.13 | 550,946 | 0.87 | 63,151,899 | 85.64 | 5,917 |
11 To re-elect Mr N H Daws as a Director | 62,643,099 | 99.19 | 511,810 | 0.81 | 63,154,909 | 85.65 | 2,907 |
12 To re-elect Dr G E Schoolenberg as a Director | 62,780,268 | 99.41 | 374,641 | 0.59 | 63,154,909 | 85.65 | 2,907 |
13 To re-elect Mr P France as a Director | 62,604,668 | 99.14 | 543,648 | 0.86 | 63,148,316 | 85.64 | 9,500 |
14 To re-elect Mrs C A Johnstone as a Director | 62,792,742 | 99.43 | 361,694 | 0.57 | 63,154,436 | 85.65 | 3,380 |
15 To re-elect Miss J S Kingston as a Director | 62,691,334 | 99.42 | 366,424 | 0.58 | 63,057,758 | 85.52 | 100,058 |
16 To elect Mr K Thompson as a Director | 62,630,166 | 99.17 | 524,628 | 0.83 | 63,154,794 | 85.65 | 3,022 |
17 To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 62,487,971 | 98.94 | 669,638 | 1.06 | 63,157,609 | 85.65 | 207 |
18 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 2021 or, if earlier, 30th June 2021 | 62,990,756 | 99.83 | 107,811 | 0.17 | 63,098,567 | 85.57 | 59,248 |
19 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights | 62,330,158 | 98.79 | 764,708 | 1.21 | 63,094,866 | 85.57 | 62,949 |
20 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 62,685,007 | 99.31 | 434,807 | 0.69 | 63,119,814 | 85.60 | 38,001 |
Copies of special resolutions 19 and 20 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Andy Robson, General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tel: 01242 535276
About Spirax‐Sarco Engineering plc
Spirax‐Sarco Engineering plc is a thermal energy management and niche pumping specialist. It comprises three world‐leading businesses: Steam Specialties, for the control and management of steam; Electric Thermal Solutions, for advanced electrical process heating and temperature management solutions; and Watson-Marlow, for peristaltic pumping and associated fluid path technologies. The Steam Specialties and Electric Thermal Solutions businesses provide a broad range of fluid control and electrical process heating products, engineered packages, site services and systems expertise for a diverse range of industrial and institutional customers. Both businesses help their end users to improve production efficiency, meet their environmental sustainability targets, improve product quality and enhance the safety of their operations. Watson‐Marlow provides solutions for a wide variety of demanding fluid path applications with highly accurate, controllable and virtually maintenance free pumps and associated technologies.
The Group is headquartered in Cheltenham, UK, has strategically located manufacturing plants around the world and employs over 8,000 people, of whom over 1,600 are direct sales and service engineers. Its shares have been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1959 (symbol: SPX) and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 and the FTSE4Good index.
Further information can be found at www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com
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