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RNS Number : 4743T  Diploma PLC  15 January 2025

 
 

   10-11 CHARTERHOUSE SQUARE,

 LONDON EC1M 6EE

TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 7549 5700

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

15 JANUARY 2025

 

 

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/shareholder-centre/
(https://www.diplomaplc.com/investors/shareholder-centre/)

 

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

                                                                    108,710,346   99.92%   89,315      0.08%       217,664
 2           FINAL DIVIDEND OF 42.0p                                              99.98%   26,380      0.02%

                                                                    108,983,446                                    7,499
 3           RE-ELECT D.LOWDEN                                      92,888,256    85.32%   15,983,386  14.68%

                                                                                                                   145,682
 4           RE-ELECT JD THOMSON                                    107,719,267   98.82%   1,287,223   1.18%

                                                                                                                   10,835
 5           RE-ELECT C.DAVIES                                      107,489,928   98.61%   1,516,562   1.39%

                                                                                                                   10,835
 6           RE-ELECT J.WARD                                        104,749,706   96.09%   4,256,783   3.91%

                                                                                                                   10,835
 7           RE-ELECT G.HUSE                                        105,348,196   96.64%   3,658,293   3.36%

                                                                                                                   10,835
 8           RE-ELECT D.FINCH                                       105,400,664   96.81%   3,470,978   3.19%

                                                                                                                   145,682
 9           ELECT J.STIPP                                          104,819,180   96.16%   4,185,891   3.84%

                                                                                                                   12,253

 10          ELECT K.BICKERSTAFFE                                   107,691,529   98.79%   1,313,543   1.21%

                                                                                                                   12,253
 11          RE-APPOINT AUDITOR                                     108,741,247   99.83%   180,475     0.17%

                                                                                                                   13,926
 12          REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS                               108,906,513   99.99%   14,879      0.01%

                                                                                                                   14,256

 13          REMUNERATION REPORT                                    103,255,812   94.80%   5,660,459   5.20%

                                                                                                                   19,377
 14          REMUNERATION POLICY                                    101,629,804   93.31%   7,287,731   6.69%       18,113
 15          AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES                              103,558,950   95.14%   5,287,493   4.86%

                                                                                                                   89,205
 16 (SR)     DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS                   108,033,666   99.58%   459,961     0.42%

                                                                                                                   442,021
 17 (SR)     FURTHER DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS           107,894,377   99.45%   602,000     0.55%

                                                                                                                   439,271
 18 (SR)     AUTHORITY TO MAKE MARKET PURCHASES OF ORDINARY SHARES  108,575,671   99.86%   149,685     0.14%

                                                                                                                   210,292
 19 (SR)     CALL GENERAL MEETINGS                                  105,951,978   97.27%   2,970,383   2.73%

                                                                                                                   13,287

 

 

 

Notes:

 

1.     A total of 109,009,826 votes were validly cast.

2.     The Company's Issued Share Capital ("ISC") is 134,176,207 ordinary
shares of 5p each and the proportion of the ISC represented by those votes
validly cast is 81.24%.

3.     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted.

4.     In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.1, 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 General Counsel & Company Secretary

Diploma PLC

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Diploma PLC -                                                 +44 (0)20 7549 5700
 John Morrison, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

 

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