Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7409W

Aptitude Software Group PLC

27 April 2021

 

  27 April 2021

APTITUDE SOFTWARE GROUP plc ('Company')

Result of AGM

The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software Group plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

As at 23 April 2021, being the proxy voting deadline, there were 56,437,016 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The proxies received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting are shown below.

The Board notes the votes against resolution 6 and is already engaging with the Group's shareholders to understand the reasons for these votes.

RESOLUTION		FOR		AGAINST		WITHHELD
		VOTES	% OF VOTES CAST*	VOTES	% OF VOTES CAST*	VOTES
1	Receive and adopt the Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors.	40,645,441	100.00%	0	0.00%	0
2	Approve Part B of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.	37,892,558	94.10%	2,377,505	5.90%	375,378
3	Declare a final dividend of 3.6 pence per ordinary share.	40,645,241	100.00%	0	0.00%	200
4	Re-elect Ivan Martin a Director of the Company	39,895,317	98.15%	750,124	1.85%	0
5	Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse a Director of the Company	40,642,363	99.99%	3,078	0.01%	0
6	Re-elect Peter Whiting a Director of the Company	28,859,272	71.00%	11,786,169	29.00%	0
7	Re-elect Philip Wood a Director of the Company	40,612,656	99.92%	32,785	0.08%	0
8	Re-elect Jeremy Suddards as a Director of the Company	40,644,722	99.99%	719	0.01%	0
9	Re-appoint Grant Thornton LLP as auditors of the Company.	40,625,090	100.00%	0	0.00%	20,351
10	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration.	40,644,928	100.00%	0	0.00%	513
11	Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").	40,527,454	99.71%	117,648	0.29%	339
12	Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act within the stated limits.	40,590,463	99.87%	54,639	0.13%	339
13	Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited circumstances.	40,446,925	99.51%	197,977	0.49%	539
14	Special Resolution: Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act.	40,644,558	99.99%	544	0.01%	339
15	Special Resolution: Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	40,545,774	99.76%	99,328	0.24%	339

*Excludes votes withheld

Contact:

Georgina Sharley, Company Secretary

07912 894439

 

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