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RNS Number : 1497E  RWS Holdings PLC  22 February 2024

22 February 2024

RWS Holdings plc

Result of AGM

 

RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", the "Company"), a unique world-leading provider of
technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services,
confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2024 Annual General
Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at
the meeting held today. The poll results of each resolution are set out below.
The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the
meeting was 368,717,980. Each share carried one vote.

 

 Resolution                                                                              Total votes  %        Total votes Against  %      % of Issued Share Capital voted  Votes withheld

                                                                                         For
 1.      Receive the Annual Report and Accounts                                          289,715,187  100.00%  4,387                0.00%  78.57%                           162,928
 2.      Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                      282,175,384  97.35%   7,689,854            2.65%  78.61%                           17,264
 3.      Approve the Dividend                                                            288,171,707  99.41%   1,704,000            0.59%  78.62%                           6,795
 4.      Re-elect Julie Southern                                                         287,296,455  99.51%   1,409,788            0.49%  78.30%                           1,176,259
 5.      Re-elect Andrew Brode                                                           277,264,499  99.01%   2,776,262            0.99%  75.95%                           9,841,741
 6.      Re-elect David Clayton                                                          289,431,481  99.86%   410,605              0.14%  78.61%                           40,416
 7.      Re-elect Frances Earl                                                           288,296,940  99.47%   1,550,550            0.53%  78.61%                           35,012
 8.      Re-elect Gordon Stuart                                                          289,441,841  99.86%   404,610              0.14%  78.61%                           36,051
 9.      Re-elect Ian El-Mokadem                                                         289,791,067  99.98%   55,385               0.02%  78.61%                           36,050
 10.     Re-elect Candida Davies                                                         289,779,602  99.98%   71,548               0.02%  78.61%                           31,352
 11.     Elect Paul Abbott                                                               289,834,639  100.00%  7,448                0.00%  78.61%                           40,415
 12.     Elect Graham Cooke                                                              289,835,232  100.00%  7,255                0.00%  78.61%                           40,015
 13.     Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors                                        288,259,240  99.44%   1,614,075            0.56%  78.62%                           9,187
 14.     Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration                 289,401,761  99.84%   473,582              0.16%  78.62%                           7,159
 15.     Authorise the Directors to allot shares                                         286,672,261  98.90%   3,195,720            1.10%  78.62%                           14,521
 16.     Authorise the Directors to issue shares for cash without pre-emptive  rights    284,814,459  98.30%   4,928,242            1.70%  78.58%                           139,801
 17.     Authorise the Directors to issue shares for cash without pre-emptive rights in  277,061,080  95.62%   12,685,286           4.38%  78.58%                           136,136
         connection with an acquisition or other capital investment
 18.     Authorise the Company to make on-market purchases of its own shares             268,510,943  99.35%   1,767,144            0.65%  73.30%                           19,604,415

Notes:

1. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

2.  Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been
included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a
resolution.

3.  The results of the AGM voting will also be made available on the
Company's website at www.rws.com/about/investors/agm/
(https://www.rws.com/about/investors/agm/)

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