REG - Volex PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 9755GVolex PLC29 July 202129 July 2021
Volex plc
("Volex" or the "Company")
Voting Results for the Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Volex plc (AIM:VLX), the global supplier of integrated manufacturing services and power products, is pleased to announce the results of its AGM, held earlier today, at which all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. Votes were cast as follows:
Resolution
Percentage in Favour*
Votes
For
Votes Against
Votes Withheld*
Total votes cast
Percentage of issued share capital voted
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 4 April 2021
99.99%
97,714,691
744
78,277
97,793,712
61.61%
2. To approve the Remuneration Committee Report
81.33%
73,729,782
16,924,869
7,139,061
97,793,712
61.61%
3. To declare a final dividend of 2.2 pence per Ordinary Share for the financial year ended 4 April 2021
99.99%
97,793,007
705
0
97,793,712
61.61%
4. To elect Jon Boaden as a Director of the Company
99.99%
97,785,901
2,744
5,067
97,793,712
61.61%
5. To elect Amelia Murillo as a Director of the Company
99.80%
97,595,575
194,005
4,132
97,793,712
61.61%
6. To elect Sir Peter Westmacott as a Director of the Company
99.65%
97,448,159
340,486
5,067
97,793,712
61.61%
7. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company
98.30%
96,126,321
1,662,559
4,832
97,793,712
61.61%
8. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors
98.31%
96,136,021
1,652,624
5,067
97,793,712
61.61%
9. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "2006 Act")
99.53%
97,331,449
460,567
1,696
97,793,712
61.61%
10. To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities under the authority conferred by Resolution 9 as if section 561 of the 2006 Act did not apply
95.48%
93,374,868
4,417,148
1,696
97,793,712
61.61%
11. To further authorise the Directors, in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 10 and only in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment, to allot equity securities as if section 561 of the 2006 Act did not apply
95.48%
93,425,093
4,418,148
1,696
97,844,937
61.64%
12. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares in accordance with section 701 of the 2006 Act
99.97%
97,557,162
28,042
259,733
97,844,937
61.64%
*A vote withheld is not treated as a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast for or against a resolution.
Resolutions 1 to 9 were ordinary resolutions, requiring a simple majority of votes cast to pass, while resolutions 10 to 12 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% support to pass.
The total number of Volex shares in issue on Tuesday 26 July 2021 was 158,718,709.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available on the Volex website (www.volex.com) on the "Shareholder Information" page in the Investor Relations section.
For further information please contact:
Volex plc
+44 (0)7971 156 431
Nat Rothschild, Executive Chairman
Jon Boaden, Chief Financial Officer
Christian Bedford, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Singer Capital Markets - Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker
+44 (0)20 7496 3000
Shaun Dobson
Iqra Amin
James Fischer
HSBC Bank plc - Joint Broker
+44 (0)20 7991 8888
Simon Alexander
Joe Weaving
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