Last checked at 24 May 2019 14:13
Spectris plc
Results of the 2019 Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of Spectris plc held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by Shareholders. The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Spectris plc website at www.spectris.com
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
Resolutions | Votes For (including Discretionary votes) | Votes Against | Votes Cast | Votes Withheld | ||||
Number of shares | % | Number of shares | % | Number of shares | % of relevant shares in issue | Number of shares | ||
1 | Receive the 2018 Annual Report | 95,178,524 | 100.00 | 60 | 0.00 | 95,178,584 | 82.11% | 1,470,922 |
2 | Approve Annual Remuneration Report | 89,404,171 | 93.10 | 6,628,488 | 6.90 | 96,032,659 | 82.85% | 617,297 |
3 | Declaration of 2018 Final Dividend | 96,648,750 | 100.00 | 88 | 0.00 | 96,648,838 | 83.38% | 1,118 |
4 | Elect Andrew Heath | 96,603,269 | 99.99 | 9,516 | 0.01 | 96,612,785 | 83.35% | 37,111 |
5 | Elect Derek Harding | 95,769,273 | 99.13 | 842,956 | 0.87 | 96,612,229 | 83.35% | 37,667 |
6 | Re-elect Mark Williamson | 89,108,840 | 95.39 | 4,305,759 | 4.61 | 93,414,599 | 80.59% | 3,235,297 |
7 | Re-elect Karim Bitar | 96,313,808 | 99.93 | 66,827 | 0.07 | 96,380,635 | 83.15% | 269,261 |
8 | Re-elect Russell King | 96,139,024 | 99.50 | 479,198 | 0.50 | 96,618,222 | 83.35% | 31,614 |
9 | Re-elect Ulf Quellmann | 96,555,012 | 99.94 | 57,623 | 0.06 | 96,612,635 | 83.35% | 37,261 |
10 | Re-elect William (Bill) Seeger | 96,608,150 | 100.00 | 4,485 | 0.00 | 96,612,635 | 83.35% | 37,261 |
11 | Re-elect Kjersti Wiklund | 96,549,293 | 99.93 | 63,342 | 0.07 | 96,612,635 | 83.35% | 37,261 |
12 | Re-elect Martha Wyrsch | 96,603,654 | 100.00 | 3,481 | 0.00 | 96,607,135 | 83.34% | 42,761 |
13 | Re-appoint Auditor | 96,639,489 | 99.99 | 8,703 | 0.01 | 96,648,192 | 83.38% | 1,764 |
14 | Auditors' remuneration | 96,638,932 | 100.00 | 4,190 | 0.00 | 96,643,122 | 83.37% | 6,774 |
15 | Authority to allot shares | 91,828,813 | 95.05 | 4,784,224 | 4.95 | 96,613,037 | 83.35% | 36,859 |
16 | Disapply pre-emption rights | 96,588,148 | 99.98 | 22,319 | 0.02 | 96,610,467 | 83.35% | 39,489 |
17 | Disapply pre-emption rights for acquisition or capital investment | 90,579,937 | 93.72 | 6,065,987 | 6.28 | 96,645,924 | 83.38% | 4,032 |
18 | Authority to purchase own shares | 96,293,494 | 99.72 | 268,689 | 0.28 | 96,562,183 | 83.30% | 87,773 |
19 | Hold general meetings at 14 clear days' notice | 94,378,065 | 97.65 | 2,270,667 | 2.35 | 96,648,732 | 83.38% | 1,224 |
20 | Adopt new Articles of Association | 96,611,171 | 100.00 | 1,515 | 0.00 | 96,612,686 | 83.35% | 37,270 |
The number of Ordinary shares in issue at the close of business on 22 May 2019 (excluding 5,263,234 Treasury shares) was 115,916,087.
Any vote that gave the Chairman discretion has been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
Resolutions 16 to 20 are special resolutions (75% majority required). Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (Resolutions 15 to 20, inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
A copy of the poll results will be shortly be available on the company's website at www.spectris.com
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Rebecca Dunn
Deputy Company Secretary
01784 470470