REG - Microgen PLC - Result of AGM

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23/04/2018 14:20

RNS Number : 8127L
Microgen PLC
23 April 2018
 

 
microgen
www.microgen.com
 
                                                                                                    23 April 2018
 
Result of AGM
 
The board of directors of Microgen plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Company's 2018 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
 
As at the date of the meeting, there were 60,890,228 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The following proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting:
 




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 ended 31 December 2017 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors.


45,938,965


99.99


0


0.00


10,423




2


Approve Part B of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017.


45,945,466


99.98


3,922


0.01


0




3


Declare a final dividend of 4.25 pence per ordinary shares.


45,949,388


99.99


0


0.00


0




4


Re-elect Philip Wood as a director of the Company.


45,898,708


99.88


50,680


0.11


0




5


Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.


45,074,249


98.09


875,139


1.90


0




6


Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration.


45,939,046


99.97


10,342


0.02


0




7


Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").


45,949,388


99.99


0


0.00


0




8


Special Resolution:
Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act within the stated limits.


45,934,548


99.95


716


0.01


0




9


Special Resolution:
Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited circumstances.
 


45,934,548


99.95


716


0.01


0




10


Special Resolution:
Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act.


45,936,723


99.97


0


0.00


0




11


Special Resolution:
Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.


45,907,839


99.90


27,425


0.06


0




 
*Excludes votes withheld
 
 
Contacts
Mark Heather, Company Secretary                           020-7496-8100
Philip Wood, Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 



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