28 January 2022
Avon Protection plc
(the 'Company')
Result of AGM
Avon Protection plc is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. A poll was held on each of the Resolutions proposed; the results of the polls are set out below and can also be viewed on the Company's website: www.avon-protection-plc.com
|
|
For |
%
|
Against |
%
|
Withheld |
1 |
To receive the Report and Accounts |
22,490,219 |
99.99 |
1,638 |
0.01 |
192,000 |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
22,486,438 |
99.16 |
189,361 |
0.84 |
8,058 |
3 |
To declare a final dividend |
22,681,074 |
99.99 |
1,488 |
0.01 |
1,295 |
4 |
To re-elect Paul McDonald as a Director |
22,662,423 |
99.94 |
13,553 |
0.06 |
7,881 |
5 |
To re-elect Nicholas Keveth as a Director |
22,662,523 |
99.94 |
13,453 |
0.06 |
7,881 |
6 |
To re-elect Bruce Thompson as a Director |
22,480,108 |
99.87 |
28,759 |
0.13 |
174,990 |
7 |
To re-elect Chloe Ponsonby as a Director |
22,633,398 |
99.81 |
42,577 |
0.19 |
7,882 |
8 |
To re-elect Bindi Foyle as a Director |
22,664,731 |
99.95 |
11,245 |
0.05 |
7,881 |
9 |
To re-elect Victor Chavez CBE as a Director |
22,662,853 |
99.94 |
13,123 |
0.06 |
7,881 |
10 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company |
22,497,296 |
99.21 |
179,642 |
0.79 |
6,919 |
11 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration |
22,671,774 |
99.95 |
10,216 |
0.05 |
1,867 |
12 |
To authorise the Company to make political donations (as defined in Companies Act 2006) |
20,244,498 |
97.76 |
464,252 |
2.24 |
1,975,107 |
13 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
20,115,018 |
88.68 |
2,566,961 |
11.32 |
1,878 |
14 |
To disapply pre-emption rights |
22,534,722 |
99.35 |
147,092 |
0.65 |
2,043 |
15 |
To disapply pre-emption rights limited to a specified capital investment/acquisition |
22,353,098 |
98.55 |
328,805 |
1.45 |
1,954 |
16 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
22,501,445 |
99.22 |
177,156 |
0.78 |
5,256 |
17 |
To authorise the Company to hold General Meetings on short notice |
21,944,191 |
96.75 |
738,054 |
3.25 |
1,612 |
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the "for" total.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
3. Discretionary proxy votes lodged in favour of a third party have not been included in the "for", "against" or "total" figures.
4. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 31,023,292 ordinary shares.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Miles Ingrey-Counter
Company Secretary
LEI: 213800JM1AN62REBWA71