Last checked at 14 May 2021 13:56
Spectris plc
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2021
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 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2020 | 92,619,361 | 100 | 197 | 0.00 | 92,619,558 | 80.39% | 1,581,846 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 91,840,626 | 97.94 | 1,936,473 | 2.06 | 93,777,099 | 81.39% | 424,305 |
3 | Declaration of 2020 Final Dividend | 94,198,073 | 100 | 3,331 | 0.00 | 94,201,404 | 81.76% | 0 |
4 | To re-elect Karim Bitar as a Non-executive Director of the Company | 93,939,253 | 99.73 | 251,571 | 0.27 | 94,190,824 | 81.75% | 10,580 |
5 | To re-elect Derek Harding as an Executive Director of the Company | 92,898,374 | 98.62 | 1,297,550 | 1.38 | 94,195,924 | 81.75% | 5,480 |
6 | To re-elect Andrew Heath as an Executive Director of the Company | 94,018,665 | 99.81 | 177,456 | 0.19 | 94,196,121 | 81.75% | 5,283 |
7 | To re-elect Ulf Quellmann as a Non-executive Director of the Company | 93,944,775 | 99.73 | 251,374 | 0.27 | 94,196,149 | 81.75% | 5,080 |
8 | To re-elect William (Bill) Seeger as a Non-executive Director of the Company | 93,957,836 | 99.75 | 238,488 | 0.25 | 94,196,324 | 81.75% | 5,080 |
9 | To re-elect Cathy Turner as a Non-executive Director of the Company | 93,920,619 | 99.82 | 173,081 | 0.18 | 94,093,700 | 81.67% | 107,704 |
10 | To re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Non-executive Director of the Company | 92,836,220 | 98.56 | 1,359,907 | 1.44 | 94,196,127 | 81.75% | 5,277 |
11 | To re-elect Mark Williamson as a Non-executive Director of the Company | 87,502,452 | 94.55 | 5,045,126 | 5.45 | 92,547,578 | 80.32% | 1,653,826 |
12 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company | 94,177,022 | 99.98 | 21,225 | 0.02 | 94,198,247 | 81.76% | 3,157 |
13 | To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration | 94,075,793 | 99.87 | 122,049 | 0.13 | 94,197,842 | 81.76% | 3,562 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares | 87,658,609 | 93.06 | 6,538,923 | 6.94 | 94,197,532 | 81.76% | 3,872 |
15 | To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis | 94,172,647 | 99.98 | 23,261 | 0.02 | 94,195,908 | 81.75% | 5,496 |
16 | To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments of up to 5% of the issued share capital of the Company | 88,572,781 | 94.03 | 5,620,794 | 5.97 | 94,193,575 | 81.75% | 7,829 |
17 | To authorise the company to make market purchases of shares | 93,823,057 | 99.64 | 335,706 | 0.36 | 94,158,763 | 81.72% | 42,641 |
18 | To allow the period of notice for general meetings of the Company (other than annual general meetings) to be not less than 14 clear days' notice | 88,628,625 | 94.09 | 5,564,846 | 5.91 | 94,193,471 | 81.75% | 7,933 |
19 | Adopt new Articles of Association | 94,178,114 | 100.00 | 2,624 | 0.00 | 94,180,738 | 81.74% | 20,666 |
The number of Ordinary shares in issue at the close of business on 13 May 2021 (excluding 4,812,635 treasury shares) was 119,999,818.
Any vote that gave the Chairman discretion have 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.
Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 15 to 19 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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:
Eliza Unwin
Assistant Company Secretary
01784 470470
LEI Number: 213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10
Date: 14 May 2021