Last checked at 6 Feb 2020 13:20
Results of Annual General Meeting
Victrex plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 6 February 2020 ('the Meeting') all the resolutions considered at the Meeting were passed.
The proxy votes cast are shown below:
Victrex plc 27th Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes
Resolution | Votes in Favour | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | |
1. | To receive the financial statements and the auditor's and Director's reports for the year ended 30 September 2019 | 69,268,360 | 8,726 | 467,577 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 66,050,731 | 3,688,180 | 5,753 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 64,813,885 | 4,337,065 | 593,713 |
4. | To declare a final dividend | 69,744,581 | 8 | 75 |
5. | To re-elect Larry Pentz as a Director | 68,115,793 | 1,513,143 | 115,727 |
6. | To re-elect Jane Toogood as a Director | 69,274,630 | 467,964 | 2,070 |
7. | To re-elect Janet Ashdown as a Director | 69,273,195 | 468,399 | 3,070 |
8. | To re-elect Brendan Connolly as a Director | 69,248,161 | 493,032 | 3,471 |
9. | To re-elect David Thomas as a Director | 69,249,213 | 493,381 | 2,070 |
10. | To re-elect Jakob Sigurdsson as a Director | 69,228,630 | 513,563 | 2,471 |
11. | To re-elect Martin Court as a Director | 69,258,753 | 483,841 | 2,070 |
12. | To elect Richard Armitage as a Director | 68,918,115 | 824,479 | 2,070 |
13. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company | 69,709,770 | 32,476 | 2,418 |
14. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration | 69,742,784 | 1,660 | 220 |
15. | To authorise political donations under the Companies Act 2006 | 69,451,360 | 290,636 | 2,668 |
16. | To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 66,305,808 | 3,436,945 | 1,911 |
17. | Special Resolution to partially disapply the statutory rights of pre-emption | 69,687,230 | 56,048 | 1,386 |
18. | Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapply the statutory rights of pre-emption to a further 5% | 62,202,617 | 7,540,660 | 1,386 |
19. | Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 | 69,371,165 | 368,527 | 4,971 |
20. | Special Resolution to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) upon 14 clear days' notice | 68,575,083 | 1,169,166 | 415 |
The current issued capital of Victrex plc is 86,543,840 shares.
A copy of the above document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and from the Company's website www.victrexplc.com.