REG - Spectris PLC - Result of AGM

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14/05/2021 14:00

RNS Number : 7208Y
  
Spectris PLC
  
14 May 2021
  
 

Spectris plc
 
Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2021
 
At the Annual General Meeting of Spectris plc held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.  The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Spectris plc website at www.spectris.com.
 
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
 
 



 
 
 
Resolutions


Votes For
(including Discretionary votes)


Votes Against


Votes Cast


Votes Withheld




Number of shares


%


Number of shares


%


Number of shares


% of relevant shares in issue


Number of shares




1


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2020


92,619,361


100


197


0.00


92,619,558


80.39%


1,581,846




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


91,840,626


97.94


1,936,473


2.06


93,777,099


81.39%


424,305




3


Declaration of 2020 Final Dividend


94,198,073


100


3,331


0.00


94,201,404


81.76%


0




4


To re-elect Karim Bitar as a Non-executive Director of the Company 


93,939,253


99.73


251,571


0.27


94,190,824


81.75%


10,580




5


To re-elect Derek Harding as an Executive Director of the Company 


92,898,374


98.62


1,297,550


1.38


94,195,924


81.75%


5,480




6


To re-elect Andrew Heath as an Executive Director of the Company


94,018,665


99.81


177,456


0.19


94,196,121


81.75%


5,283




7


To re-elect Ulf Quellmann as a Non-executive Director of the Company


93,944,775


99.73


251,374


0.27


94,196,149


81.75%


5,080




8


To re-elect William (Bill) Seeger as a Non-executive Director of the Company 


93,957,836


99.75


238,488


0.25


94,196,324


81.75%


5,080




9


To re-elect Cathy Turner as a Non-executive Director of the Company


93,920,619


99.82


173,081


0.18


94,093,700


81.67%


107,704




10


To re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Non-executive Director of the Company


92,836,220


98.56


1,359,907


1.44


94,196,127


81.75%


5,277




11


To re-elect Mark Williamson as a Non-executive Director of the Company


87,502,452


94.55


5,045,126


5.45


92,547,578


80.32%


1,653,826




12


To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company


94,177,022


99.98


21,225


0.02


94,198,247


81.76%


3,157




13


To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration


94,075,793


99.87


122,049


0.13


94,197,842


81.76%


3,562




14


To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares


87,658,609


93.06


6,538,923


6.94


94,197,532


81.76%


3,872




15


To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis


94,172,647


99.98


23,261


0.02


94,195,908


81.75%


5,496




16


To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments of up to 5% of the issued share capital of the Company


88,572,781


94.03


5,620,794


5.97


94,193,575


81.75%


7,829




17


To authorise the company to make market purchases of shares


93,823,057


99.64


335,706


0.36


94,158,763


81.72%


42,641




18


To allow the period of notice for general meetings of the Company (other than annual general meetings) to be not less than 14 clear days' notice


88,628,625


94.09


5,564,846


5.91


94,193,471


81.75%


7,933




19


Adopt new Articles of Association


94,178,114


100.00


2,624


0.00


94,180,738


81.74%


20,666



 
The number of Ordinary shares in issue at the close of business on 13 May 2021 (excluding 4,812,635 treasury shares) was 119,999,818.
 
Any vote that gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
 
Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 15 to 19 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
 
A copy of the poll results will be shortly be available on the company's website at www.spectris.com.
 
 
 
Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
Eliza Unwin
Assistant Company Secretary
01784 470470
 
LEI Number: 213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10
Date: 14 May 2021
 

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