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RNS Number : 1403N  Diploma PLC  18 January 2023

 

DIPLOMA PLC

 
           10-11 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE, LONDON EC1M 6EE

TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 7549 5700

FACSIMILE: +44 (0)20 7549 5715

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

18 JANUARY 2023

 

 

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/
(https://www.diplomaplc.com/investors/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 ACCOUNTS                                             109,317,776          100.00%   -            0.00%       155,062

 2           FINAL DIVIDEND OF 38.8p                                109,447,369                   99.98%    25,000

                                                                                                                         0.02%        469
 3           RE-ELECT D.LOWDEN

                                                                    96,792,876                    90.13%    10,594,414   9.87%       2,085,548
 4           RE-ELECT JD THOMSON                                     108,963,011

                                                                                                  99.54%     502,106     0.46%        7,721
 5           ELECT C.DAVIES                                          108,508,866

                                                                                                  99.13%    956,926      0.87%        7,046
 6           RE-ELECT AP SMITH                                       103,771,305

                                                                                                  95.39%    5,018,222    4.61%       683,311
 7           RE-ELECT A.THORBURN                                     107,713,530

                                                                                                  98.40%    1,751,587    1.60%        7,721
 8           RE-ELECT G.HUSE                                         107,713,530

                                                                                                  98.40%    1,751,587    1.60%        7,721
 9           RE-ELECT D.FINCH                                        106,943,188

                                                                                                  97.70%    2,521,929    2.30%        7,721
 10          RE-APPOINT AUDITOR                                      109,451,401

                                                                                                  100.00%    3,764       0.00%       17,673
 11          REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS                                109,455,837

                                                                                                  100.00%    3,531       0.00%       13,470
 12          REMUNERATION REPORT                                     104,468,636

                                                                                                  95.56%    4,849,065    4.44%       155,137
 13          DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY                          104,630,292

                                                                                                  96.18%    4,158,730    3.82%       683,816
 14          PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN RULES                            107,434,939

                                                                                                  98.76%    1,347,520    1.24%       690,379
 15          AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES                               101,265,115

                                                                                                  92.52%    8,191,507    7.48%        16,216
 16 (SR)     DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS                    107,482,113

                                                                                                  98.19%    1,978,259    1.81%        12,466
 17 (SR)     FURTHER DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS            105,995,873

                                                                                                  96.83%    3,466,474    3.17%        10,491
 18 (SR)     AUTHORITY TO MAKE MARKET PURCHASES OF ORDINARY SHARES   108,598,667

                                                                                                  99.49%     558,175     0.51%       315,996
 19 (SR)     CALL GENERAL MEETINGS                                   103,655,964

                                                                                                  94.69%    5,810,098    5.31%        6,776

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

1.   A total of 109,472,369 votes were validly cast.

2.   The Company's Issued Share Capital ("ISC") is 124,679,542 ordinary
shares of 5p each and the proportion of the ISC represented by those votes
validly cast is 87.80%.

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
(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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