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VOLEX PLC
Voting Results of 2013 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Volex plc (the "Company") announces the results of its AGM held today. All resolutions were carried on a poll, as set out below. In accordance with the poll results, all resolutions were passed.
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Withheld |
Resolution 1 - To receive and consider the Reports of the Directors and the Auditors and the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2013.
| 42,843,107 | 98,288 | 1,592 |
Resolution 2 - To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
| 41,360,792 | 564,593 | 1,017,602 |
Resolution 3 - To declare a final dividend of 3.0 cents per Ordinary share.
| 42,939,606 | 0 | 3,382 |
Resolution 4 - To approve the scrip dividend alternative scheme.
| 42,937,602 | 4,185 | 1,201 |
Resolution 5 - To elect Daniel Abrams as a Director.
| 42,928,216 | 6,292 | 8,480 |
Resolution 6 - To elect Christoph Eisenhardt as a Director.
| 42,927,534 | 6,150 | 9,304 |
Resolution 7 - To re-elect Mike McTighe as a Director.
| 42,634,726 | 299,044 | 9,217 |
Resolution 8 - To re-elect Richard Arkle as a Director.
| 42,832,577 | 102,259 | 8,151 |
Resolution 9 - To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of the Company.
| 42,933,216 | 9,130 | 642 |
Resolution 10 - To authorise the Directors of the Company to determine the auditors' remuneration.
| 42,933,978 | 8,455 | 555 |
Resolution 11 - To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.
| 42,832,149 | 12,439 | 98,399 |
Resolution 12 - To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities pursuant to sections 560, 561(1) and 570 of the Companies Act 2006.
| 42,893,951 | 25,492 | 23,545 |
Resolution 13 - To approve the purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006.
| 42,914,226 | 11,800 | 16,962 |
Resolution 14 - To permit general meetings (other than the Annual General Meeting) to be called on 14 clear days' notice.
| 42,532,957 | 390,283 | 19,748 |
Resolution 15 - To amend the Company's Articles of Association.
| 42,922,342 | 10,319 | 10,327 |
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the Company's website at www.volex.com.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Volex website (www.volex.com).
Neither the content of the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.
Matt Nydell Company Secretary
Volex plc | +44 20 3370 8830 |