REG - Victrex PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 9900OVictrex PLC12 February 2021Result of Annual General Meeting
Victrex plc is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 12 February 2021 ('the Meeting') all the resolutions considered at the Meeting were passed.
The following table summarises the final proxy voting:
Res No.
Resolution
Votes For
%
Votes Against
%
Votes Withheld
01
To receive the financial statements and the auditors' and Directors' reports for the year ended 30 September 2020
71,496,078
99.99%
9,103
0.01%
2,808,156
02
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
70,431,079
95.64%
3,210,454
4.36%
671,804
03
To declare a final dividend
74,289,552
100.00%
0
0.00%
23,786
04
To re-elect Larry Pentz as a Director
72,860,932
98.08%
1,426,685
1.92%
25,720
05
To re-elect Jane Toogood as a Director
74,202,408
99.89%
85,194
0.11%
25,736
06
To re-elect Janet Ashdown as a Director
74,200,448
99.88%
86,954
0.12%
25,936
07
To re-elect Brendan Connolly as a Director
74,202,090
99.89%
85,312
0.11%
25,936
08
To re-elect David Thomas as a Director
74,199,445
99.88%
87,874
0.12%
26,019
09
To re-elect Jakob Sigurdsson as a Director
73,605,320
99.08%
682,782
0.92%
25,236
10
To re-elect Martin Court as a Director
73,594,034
99.93%
50,109
0.07%
669,194
11
To re-elect Richard Armitage as a Director
72,535,951
98.50%
1,108,241
1.50%
669,146
12
To elect Ros Rivaz as a Director of the Company
68,797,275
92.61%
5,490,344
7.39%
25,719
13
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company
74,284,103
99.99%
4,161
0.01%
25,074
14
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration
74,286,050
100.00%
2,343
0.00%
24,945
15
To authorise political donations under the Companies Act 2006
68,492,457
92.20%
5,794,665
7.80%
26,216
16
To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
67,976,817
91.50%
6,311,950
8.50%
24,571
17
Special Resolution to partially disapply the statutory rights of pre-emption
74,131,263
99.79%
156,700
0.21%
25,375
18
Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapply the statutory rights of pre-emption to a further 5%
62,926,314
84.71%
11,361,681
15.29%
25,342
19
Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006
68,119,830
91.73%
6,141,945
8.27%
51,562
20
Hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) upon 14 clear days' notice
72,918,921
98.16%
1,370,436
1.84%
23,981
21
Articles of Association
74,283,870
100.00%
1,826
0.00%
27,642
Any discretionary proxy votes have been aggregated within the 'For' total above. Any votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been included in the above calculations. The issued share capital at the date of the meeting was 86,756,920 ordinary shares.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting which were not ordinary business has been forwarded today to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with LR 9.6.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority's UKLA Listing Rules.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting contained in the Annual Report and Accounts which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and from the Company's website www.victrexplc.com.
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