REG - Diploma PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 3574MDiploma PLC20 January 2021
DIPLOMA PLC
12 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, LONDON EC1M 6AX
TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 7549 5700
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 JANUARY 2021
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ("AGM")
All of the resolutions put to shareholders at the AGM of Diploma PLC ("Diploma" or the "Company"") held today, were passed by poll votes. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website. The results of the AGM have now been published on the Company's website at https://www.diplomaplc.com/investors/agm/
As advised in the circular distributed to shareholders, Charles Packshaw, a non-executive Director of the Company, did not stand for re-election at the AGM and retired from the Board of Directors following the conclusion of the AGM.
The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below (rounded to 2 decimal places).
Summary of Votes Cast
Resolution
Description
For
%
Against
%
Withheld
1
REPORT AND ACCOUNT
102,483,612
99.61
403,596
0.39
381,384
2
FINAL DIVIDEND OF 30P
103,257,297
100.00
128
0.00
11,168
3
RE-ELECT JE NICHOLAS
94,832,637
92.15
8,074,262
7.85
361,693
4
RE-ELECT JD THOMSON
102,692,270
99.46
562,505
0.54
13,818
5
ELECT B GIBBES
102,368,032
99.14
886,743
0.86
13,818
6
RE-ELECT AP SMITH
92,957,425
90.46
9,799,358
9.54
511,809
7
RE-ELECT A THORBURN
96,524,568
93.75
6,432,590
6.25
311,435
8
ELECT G HUSE
102,482,460
99.25
772,315
0.75
13,818
9
RE-APPOINT AUDITOR
103,251,691
100.00
3,142
0.00
13,760
10
REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS
103,251,841
100.00
2,992
0.00
13,760
11
REMUNERATION REPORT
55,418,505
54.33
46,588,460
45.67
1,261,627
12
AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES
89,089,451
86.81
13,533,381
13.19
645,761
13 (SR)
DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS
103,236,855
99.99
12,680
0.01
19,058
14 (SR)
FURTHER DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS
102,981,961
99.74
268,454
0.26
18,177
15 (SR)
AUTHORITY TO MAKE MARKET PURCHASES OF ORDINARY SHARES
102,882,512
99.79
219,298
0.21
166,782
16 (SR)
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY
103,238,931
100.00
4,176
0.00
25,486
17(SR)
SHORTER NOTICE PERIOD FOR GENERAL MEETINGS
98,526,037
95.42
4,728,900
4.58
13,656
The Board acknowledge the concerns that some shareholders have expressed in respect of Resolution 11 (the advisory resolution on the Remuneration Report). The Remuneration Committee will continue to engage with shareholders to fully understand their concerns and will consider the full range of feedback. Diploma will publish an update on this engagement, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, within six months of the AGM.
Notes:
1. A total of 103,257,425 votes were validly cast.
2. The Company's Issued Share Capital ("ISC") is 124,563,515 ordinary shares of 5p each and the proportion of the ISC represented by those votes validly cast is 82.90%.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted.
4. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
J Morrison
Group Company Secretary
Diploma PLC
For further information, please contact:
Diploma PLC -
+44 (0)20 7549 5700
John Morrison, Group Company Secretary
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