REG-Oxford Instruments Plc: Annual General Meeting 2023 Results

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19/09/2023 13:45

19 September 2023

 

Oxford Instruments plc

Annual General Meeting 2023 results

 

The Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of Oxford Instruments plc (the
"Company") was held at Tubney Woods, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 5QX, on 19
September 2023 at 11am.

 

All resolutions were voted upon by a poll and the resolutions proposed at the
AGM were all passed by shareholders with the necessary majorities. The full
text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting,
which is available on the Company's website (oxinst.com).

 

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the AGM
and the number of votes withheld were as set out in the table below.

 

 Resolution                                                                                                                     Votes for   %       Votes against  %     Total votes cast (excluding withheld)  % of issued share capital voted  Votes withheld  
 1. To receive the 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements                                                                  43,645,341  99.76   104,974        0.24  43,750,315                             75.66                            245,377         
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                                                               41,577,906  98.41   670,985        1.59  42,248,891                             73.07                            1,746,801       
 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                                                               43,129,297  98.04   862,318        1.96  43,991,615                             76.08                            4,077           
 4. To declare a final dividend                                                                                                 43,777,376  99.50   218,032        0.50  43,995,408                             76.09                            284             
 5. To re-elect Neil Carson as a Director of the Company                                                                        42,193,549  95.91   1,799,886      4.09  43,993,435                             76.08                            2,257           
 6. To re-elect Ian Barkshire as a Director of the Company                                                                      43,934,496  99.87   58,939         0.13  43,993,435                             76.08                            2,257           
 7. To re-elect Gavin Hill as a Director of the Company                                                                         43,918,915  99.83   74,520         0.17  43,993,435                             76.08                            2,257           
 8. To elect Reshma Ramachandran as a Director of the Company                                                                   42,684,338  97.02   1,309,097      2.98  43,993,435                             76.08                            2,257           
 9. To re-elect Nigel Sheinwald as a Director of the Company                                                                    42,409,658  96.78   1,412,947      3.22  43,822,605                             75.79                            173,087         
 10. To re-elect Mary Waldner as a Director of the Company                                                                      42,685,023  97.03   1,308,362      2.97  43,993,385                             76.08                            2,307           
 11. To re-elect Alison Wood as a Director of the Company                                                                       42,580,459  96.79   1,410,706      3.21  43,991,165                             76.08                            4,527           
 12. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company                                                                            43,989,246  99.99   4,755          0.01  43,994,001                             76.08                            1,691           
 13. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration                                              43,993,990  100.00  436            0.01  43,994,426                             76.08                            1,266           
 14. To authorise political donations and expenditure                                                                           43,568,385  99.03   425,585        0.97  43,993,970                             76.08                            1,722           
 15. To authorise the Board to allot shares                                                                                     43,463,863  98.79   530,348        1.21  43,994,211                             76.08                            1,481           
 16. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights *                                                                    43,988,011  99.99   5,433          0.01  43,993,444                             76.08                            2,248           
 17. To authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights *                                                         43,689,668  99.31   303,763        0.69  43,993,431                             76.08                            2,261           
 18. To authorise the purchase of own shares *                                                                                  43,700,536  99.36   279,943        0.64  43,980,479                             76.06                            15,213          
 19. To approve the rules of the Oxford Instruments plc Long Term Incentive Plan and authorise the directors to adopt the Plan  43,239,876  98.85   503,291        1.15  43,743,167                             75.65                            252,525         
 20. To authorise the calling of a general meeting of the Company on not less than 14 days' notice *                            43,560,943  99.02   432,648        0.98  43,993,591                             76.08                            2,101           

 

* Indicates a special resolution.

 

For all resolutions, as at close of business on 15 September 2023, being the
time at which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the meeting
were required to have their details entered in the register of members, the
issued share capital of the Company with voting rights consisted of 57,822,737
ordinary shares of 5 pence each. The Company did not hold any shares in
treasury. Ordinary shareholders have one vote for each ordinary share held.

 

Please note a "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not
counted in the calculation of votes "for" or "against" a resolution. Votes
"for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received, rounded
to two decimal places. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

 

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of all the resolutions
passed have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National
Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

This notification is made in accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.3R.

 

 

LEI number of Oxford Instruments plc: 213800J364EZD6UCE231

 

Enquiries:

Sarah Harvey

Company Secretary

+44 (0) 1865 393448



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