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RNS Number : 9887W  QinetiQ Group plc  18 July 2024

QINETIQ GROUP PLC

 

18 July 2024

 

QINETIQ GROUP PLC

(i)       Results of Annual General Meeting held on 18 July 2024

 

Poll Results of Annual General Meeting

QinetiQ Group plc ('QinetiQ') announces that all resolutions proposed at its
Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 18 July 2024 were duly passed with the
requisite majorities and the results of the poll are as follows:

 

                                                                                    VOTES FOR    %      VOTES AGAINST  %      TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST  % OF SHARE CAPITAL WITH VOTING RIGHTS  VOTES WITHHELD
 1   To receive the Report and Accounts                                             448,463,038  99.99  61,724         0.01   448,524,762               78.38%                                 3,556,624
 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                  393,316,096  87.66  55,380,160     12.34  448,696,256               78.41%                                 3,385,130
 3   To declare a final dividend                                                    452,039,407  99.99  27,472         0.01   452,066,879               79.00%                                 14,507
 4   To approve the increase in aggregate Non-executive Directors' fees             451,610,044  99.91  392,020        0.09   452,002,064               78.98%                                 79,322
 5   To elect Dina Knight Mogford                                                   451,952,000  99.98  83,478         0.02   452,035,478               78.99%                                 45,908
 6   To elect Ross McEwan                                                           451,946,806  99.98  88,396         0.02   452,035,202               78.99%                                 46,184
 7   To re-elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page                                               444,072,038  98.24  7,969,464      1.76   452,041,502               78.99%                                 39,884
 8   To re-elect Neil Johnson                                                       424,223,437  94.18  26,218,547     5.82   450,441,984               78.71%                                 1,639,402
 9   To re-elect General Sir Gordon Messenger                                       448,206,792  99.15  3,830,301      0.85   452,037,093               78.99%                                 44,293
 10  To re-elect Steve Mogford                                                      448,141,610  99.14  3,889,078      0.86   452,030,688               78.99%                                 46,557
 11  To re-elect Susan Searle                                                       445,012,728  98.45  7,026,814      1.55   452,039,542               78.99%                                 41,844
 12  To re-elect Steve Wadey                                                        451,925,978  99.97  114,241        0.03   452,040,219               78.99%                                 41,184
 13  To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP as auditor                           450,343,518  99.62  1,713,694      0.38   452,057,212               78.99%                                 24,174
 14  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor  451,806,614  99.94  256,508        0.06   452,063,122               78.99%                                 16,824
 15  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations      442,411,043  97.87  9,612,057      2.13   452,023,100               78.99%                                 58,286
 16  To authorise the Directors to allot new shares                                 447,222,510  98.93  4,841,766      1.07   452,064,276               79.00%                                 17,110
 17  To disapply pre-emption rights (standard)*                                     451,628,763  99.91  393,984        0.09   452,022,747               78.99%                                 58,639
 18  To disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions)*                                 450,224,449  99.60  1,794,594      0.40   452,019,043               78.99%                                 62,343
 19  To authorise the purchase of own shares*                                       449,733,820  99.62  1,708,174      0.38   451,441,994               78.89%                                 635,514
 20  Notice period for General Meetings*                                            442,176,313  97.81  9,885,502      2.19   452,061,815               78.99%                                 19,571

*Special Resolution

 

 

 

 

Notes:

1.     The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2.     Votes "for" include discretionary votes.

3.     A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

4.     The number of ordinary shares in issue at 11.00 am on 18 July 2024
was 572,013,039 of which none are held in treasury. Therefore, the number of
ordinary shares with voting rights at 11:00am on 18 July 2024 was 572,013,039.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than
those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the AGM held on
18 July 2024, 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)

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Stephen Lamacraft, Interim Group Investor Relations Director:     +44 (0)
7920 545841

Lindsay Walls, Group Director Communications:
            +44 (0) 7793 427582

James Field, Company
Secretary:
+44 (0) 7841 662957

 

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