Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5988A
Cohort PLC
12 September 2018
 

12 September 2018

 

COHORT PLC ("Cohort")

Result of AGM

Cohort, the AIM listed independent technology group, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held yesterday that all the resolutions contained within the Notice of Meeting dated 1 August 2018 were duly passed by shareholders.

A summary of the votes received for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution

For1

% For

Against

% Against

Total

% Total2

Withheld3

Ordinary Resolutions


1: Accounts

11,367,847

79.45

2,941,144

20.55

14,308,991

34.93


2: Dividend

14,308,991

100

0

0

14,308,991

34.93


3: Re-elect Sir Robert Walmsley

11,367,847

79.45

2,941,144

20.55

14,308,991

34.93


4: Re-elect Jeff Perrin

14,303,685

99.97

4,034

0.03

14,308,991

34.93

1,272

5: Re-elect Andrew Thomis

14,305,793

99.98

3,198

0.02

14,308,991

34.93


6: Re-elect Simon Walther

14,305,793

99.98

3,198

0.02

14,308,991

34.93


7: Re-appointment of Auditor

14,299,373

99.93

9,618

0.07

14,308,991

34.93


8: Auditor's Remuneration

14,302,101

99.99

945

0.01

14,308,991

34.93

5,945

9: Allot shares

14,277,494

99.78

31,397

0.22

14,308,991

34.93

100

Special Resolutions


10: Disapply pre-emption rights

14,263,424

99.74

37,563

0.26

14,308,991

34.93

8,004

11: Purchase own shares

14,284,276

99.87

18,770

0.13

14,308,991

34.93

5,945

12: General meeting notice

14,297,744

99.97

4,130

0.03

14,308,991

34.93

7,117

 

Notes:

1.        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

2.        The total number of shares in issue is 40,959,101.

3.        A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

4.        All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

 

Ends

 

For further information, please contact:

Cohort plc


0118 909 0390

Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive
Simon Walther, Finance Director






Investec Bank plc


020 7597 5970

Keith Anderson / Daniel Adams






MHP Communications Limited


020 3128 8100

Reg Hoare / Ollie Hoare / Vera Prokhorenko



 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort is the parent company of four innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.

 

MASS is a specialist defence and technology business, focused on electronic warfare, information systems and cyber security.

www.mass.co.uk

 

MCL is an expert in the sourcing, design, integration and support of communications and surveillance technology for the defence and security markets.

www.marlboroughcomms.com

 

SEA is an advanced electronic systems and software house operating in the defence, transport and offshore energy markets.

www.sea.co.uk

 

EID designs and manufactures advanced communications systems for the defence and security markets.

www.eid.pt

 

 


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