Last checked at 11 Feb 2022 12:21
Result of Annual General Meeting
Victrex plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 11 February 2022 ('the Meeting') all the resolutions considered at the Meeting were passed.
The following table summarises the final proxy voting:
Res No. | Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % I.S.C. |
01 | Report & Accounts | 69,541,830 | 100.00% | 135 | 0.00% | 69,541,965 | 79.96 |
02 | Remuneration Report | 67,651,442 | 99.23% | 523,183 | 0.77% | 68,174,625 | 78.39 |
03 | Dividend payment | 72,224,609 | 100.00% | 377 | 0.00% | 72,224,986 | 83.04 |
04 | Special Dividend | 72,223,950 | 100.00% | 1,036 | 0.00% | 72,224,986 | 83.04 |
05 | Election V Cox | 72,209,899 | 99.98% | 13,048 | 0.02% | 72,222,947 | 83.04 |
06 | Re-election J Toogood | 70,319,732 | 98.80% | 853,472 | 1.20% | 71,173,204 | 81.83 |
07 | Re-election J Ashdown | 68,269,604 | 98.62% | 958,247 | 1.38% | 69,227,851 | 79.60 |
08 | Re-election B Connolly | 70,080,121 | 97.36% | 1,902,081 | 2.64% | 71,982,202 | 82.76 |
09 | Re-election D Thomas | 71,366,064 | 98.81% | 855,924 | 1.19% | 72,221,988 | 83.04 |
10 | Re-election R Rivaz | 65,617,400 | 90.85% | 6,605,088 | 9.15% | 72,222,488 | 83.04 |
11 | Re-election J Sigurdsson | 71,638,569 | 99.83% | 119,196 | 0.17% | 71,757,765 | 82.51 |
12 | Re-election M Court | 72,040,705 | 99.75% | 181,783 | 0.25% | 72,222,488 | 83.04 |
13 | Re-election R Armitage | 71,041,415 | 98.36% | 1,181,073 | 1.64% | 72,222,488 | 83.04 |
14 | Articles increase to Director's fees | 65,526,468 | 90.74% | 6,690,936 | 9.26% | 72,217,404 | 83.03 |
15 | Auditors' appointment | 71,753,224 | 99.35% | 469,508 | 0.65% | 72,222,732 | 83.04 |
16 | Determination of auditors' remuneration | 72,221,358 | 100.00% | 1,031 | 0.00% | 72,222,389 | 83.04 |
17 | Political donations | 64,399,061 | 89.18% | 7,814,756 | 10.82% | 72,213,817 | 83.03 |
18 | Issue shares with pre-emption rights | 64,940,374 | 89.92% | 7,280,062 | 10.08% | 72,220,436 | 83.04 |
19 | Issue c5% of shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis | 71,734,215 | 99.32% | 488,388 | 0.68% | 72,222,603 | 83.04 |
20 | Issue further c5% of shares for cash on a pre-emptive basis in connection with a transaction | 60,396,774 | 83.62% | 11,826,722 | 16.38% | 72,223,496 | 83.04 |
21 | Own share purchase | 71,681,903 | 99.26% | 531,713 | 0.74% | 72,213,616 | 83.03 |
22 | Calling a general meeting on 2 weeks' notice | 69,010,066 | 97.67% | 1,648,695 | 2.33% | 70,658,761 | 81.24 |
Any discretionary proxy votes have been aggregated within the 'For' total above. Any votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been included in the above calculations. The issued share capital at the date of the meeting was 86,973,565 ordinary shares.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting which were not ordinary business has been forwarded today to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with LR 9.6.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority's UKLA Listing Rules.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and from the Company's website www.victrexplc.com.