30 May 2024
Bodycote plc - Results of Annual General Meeting
Bodycote plc hereby confirms that all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting for its Annual General Meeting held on 30 May 2024 were passed by shareholders on a poll.
The total number of votes cast for each resolution is as follows:
Resolution | VOTES FOR AND DISCRETIONARY | %* | VOTES AGAINST | %* | VOTES WITHHELD |
Ordinary Resolutions
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1. To receive the annual report
| 163,770,223 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 198,465 |
2. To declare a final dividend
| 163,968,671 | 100.00% | 17 | 0.00% | 0 |
3. To re-elect Mr D. Dayan
| 156,342,088 | 95.37% | 7,593,740 | 4.63% | 32,860 |
4. To re-elect Mr. P. Larmon | 162,696,352 | 99.23% | 1,269,097 | 0.77% | 3,239 |
5. To re-elect Ms. L. Chahbazi | 162,685,970 | 99.22% | 1,279,267 | 0.78% | 3,451 |
6. To re-elect Mr. K. Boyd
| 162,693,766 | 99.23% | 1,269,097 | 0.77% | 5,825 |
7. To re-elect Ms. C. Gordon
| 160,875,673 | 98.12% | 3,089,840 | 1.88% | 3,175 |
8. To elect Mr. B. Fidler | 163,910,397 | 99.97% | 55,118 | 0.03% | 3,173 |
9. To elect Ms. B García-Cos Muntañola | 163,912,759 | 99.97% | 49,230 | 0.03% | 6,699 |
10. To elect Mr J. Fairbairn
| 163,515,758 | 99.75% | 415,333 | 0.25% | 37,597 |
11. To re-appoint the auditors
| 162,694,842 | 99.22% | 1,272,602 | 0.78% | 1,244 |
12. To authorise the Audit Committee to fix auditor's remuneration | 163,963,538 | 100.00% | 3,105 | 0.00% | 2,045 |
13. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration | 157,710,901 | 96.19% | 6,252,455 | 3.81% | 5,332 |
14. To renew authority to allot shares | 163,290,002 | 99.59% | 675,454 | 0.41% | 3,232 |
Special Resolutions
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15. To renew general authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investments | 157,009,373 | 95.76% | 6,958,355 | 4.24% | 960 |
16. To renew authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights for an additional 5% of issued share capital | 151,443,822 | 92.36% | 12,524,264 | 7.64% | 602 |
17. To renew authority to buy own shares | 162,647,905 | 99.21% | 1,294,588 | 0.79% | 26,195 |
18.To authorise general meetings 14 days' notice | 162,078,336 | 98.85% | 1,890,347 | 1.15% | 5 |
* percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes.
The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the meeting was 188,807,270 and each share attracted one vote. Votes `For' included votes at the discretion of the Chairman. All valid proxy votes and voting instructions (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting. The total number of votes cast was 163,968,688 (86.84% of the share register).
The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website, www.bodycote.com. A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be made available on the Company's website.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of Resolutions 14 to 17 (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting), will be submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A. Broughton
Group Company Secretary
Bodycote plc
Tel: +44 (0)1625 505300