Last checked at 12 Feb 2021 13:53
Result of Annual General Meeting
Victrex plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 12 February 2021 ('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 Withheld |
01 | To receive the financial statements and the auditors' and Directors' reports for the year ended 30 September 2020 | 71,496,078 | 99.99% | 9,103 | 0.01% | 2,808,156 |
02 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 70,431,079 | 95.64% | 3,210,454 | 4.36% | 671,804 |
03 | To declare a final dividend | 74,289,552 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 23,786 |
04 | To re-elect Larry Pentz as a Director | 72,860,932 | 98.08% | 1,426,685 | 1.92% | 25,720 |
05 | To re-elect Jane Toogood as a Director | 74,202,408 | 99.89% | 85,194 | 0.11% | 25,736 |
06 | To re-elect Janet Ashdown as a Director | 74,200,448 | 99.88% | 86,954 | 0.12% | 25,936 |
07 | To re-elect Brendan Connolly as a Director | 74,202,090 | 99.89% | 85,312 | 0.11% | 25,936 |
08 | To re-elect David Thomas as a Director | 74,199,445 | 99.88% | 87,874 | 0.12% | 26,019 |
09 | To re-elect Jakob Sigurdsson as a Director | 73,605,320 | 99.08% | 682,782 | 0.92% | 25,236 |
10 | To re-elect Martin Court as a Director | 73,594,034 | 99.93% | 50,109 | 0.07% | 669,194 |
11 | To re-elect Richard Armitage as a Director | 72,535,951 | 98.50% | 1,108,241 | 1.50% | 669,146 |
12 | To elect Ros Rivaz as a Director of the Company | 68,797,275 | 92.61% | 5,490,344 | 7.39% | 25,719 |
13 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company | 74,284,103 | 99.99% | 4,161 | 0.01% | 25,074 |
14 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration | 74,286,050 | 100.00% | 2,343 | 0.00% | 24,945 |
15 | To authorise political donations under the Companies Act 2006 | 68,492,457 | 92.20% | 5,794,665 | 7.80% | 26,216 |
16 | To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 67,976,817 | 91.50% | 6,311,950 | 8.50% | 24,571 |
17 | Special Resolution to partially disapply the statutory rights of pre-emption | 74,131,263 | 99.79% | 156,700 | 0.21% | 25,375 |
18 | Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapply the statutory rights of pre-emption to a further 5% | 62,926,314 | 84.71% | 11,361,681 | 15.29% | 25,342 |
19 | Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 | 68,119,830 | 91.73% | 6,141,945 | 8.27% | 51,562 |
20 | Hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) upon 14 clear days' notice | 72,918,921 | 98.16% | 1,370,436 | 1.84% | 23,981 |
21 | Articles of Association | 74,283,870 | 100.00% | 1,826 | 0.00% | 27,642 |
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 86,756,920 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and from the Company's website www.victrexplc.com.