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RNS Number : 7505Z  Aptitude Software Group PLC  17 May 2023

 

            17 May 2023

Aptitude Software Group plc

("Aptitude Software" or the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software announces that, at the Company's
2023 Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly
passed on a show of hands.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at
the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

As at 15 May 2023, being the proxy voting deadline, there were 57,337,611
ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The proxies received by the
Company from shareholders prior to the meeting are shown below.

 

 RESOLUTION                                                                               FOR                       AGAINST                  WITHHELD

         VOTES                                                                            % OF VOTES CAST*  VOTES   % OF VOTES CAST*  VOTES

 1       Receive and adopt the Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year            50,143,346        99.99%  275               0.01%  0
         ended 31 December 2022 together with the reports of the Directors and
         auditors.
 2       Approve Part B of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31       49,190,673        98.11%  946,769           1.89%  6,179
         December 2022.
 3       To approve and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Policy.                         48,458,132        96.65%  1,679,310         3.35%  6,179
 4       Declare a final dividend of 3.6 pence per ordinary share.                        50,143,146        99.99%  275               0.01%  200
 5       Re-elect Ivan Martin a Director of the Company                                   49,015,713        97.76%  1,122,908         2.24%  5,000
 6       Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse a Director of the Company                             49,033,307        97.79%  1,106,518         2.21%  3,796
 7       Re-elect Philip Wood a Director of the Company                                   50,124,418        99.97%  14,203            0.03%  5,000
 8       Re-elect Jeremy Suddards a Director of the Company                               50,143,346        99.99%  275               0.01%  0
 9       Re-elect Sara Dickinson as a Director of the Company                             49,783,431        99.29%  356,394           0.71%  3,796
 10      Re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditors of the Company.                          50,143,212        99.99%  409               0.01%  0
 11      Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration.               50,143,195        99.99%  426               0.01%  0
 12      Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the       50,130,392        99.97%  13,229            0.03%  0
         Companies Act 2006.
 13      Special Resolution:                                                              49,088,021        97.89%  1,055,600         2.11%  0

         Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Companies Act within the
         stated limits.
 14      Special Resolution:                                                              47,412,128        94.55%  2,731,493         5.45%  0

         Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited
         circumstances.
 15      Special Resolution:                                                              50,143,092        99.99%  529               0.01%  0

         Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section
         701 of the Act.
 16      Special Resolution:                                                              50,077,500        99.87%  66,121            0.13%  0

         Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less
         than 14 clear days' notice.
 17      To approve amendments to the rules of the Performance Share Plan 2016.           50,134,824        99.99%  426               0.01%  8,371

*Excludes votes withheld

 

Contact:

 Georgina Sharley, Company Secretary  (0)20 3687 3200

 

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