Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8450Q

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

18 October 2013

 

Date: 18 October 2013

Dechra^® Pharmaceuticals PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

AGM Meeting Date: 4pm on  17 October 2013

Issued Share Capital at meeting date: 87,224,400

Number of shareholders in attendance:  11

All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM are set out below:

Resolution (No. as noted on proxy form)	Total For (1)		Total Against		Withheld (2)
	No. of votes	% of vote	No. of votes	% of vote	No. of votes
Resolution 1: To receive and consider the report and accounts	69,695,806	99.98	15,670	0.02	0
Resolution 2: To receive and approve the Directors Remuneration Report	64,850,115	98.83	769,256	1.17	4,092,105
Resolution 3: To declare a final dividend	69,711,476	100	0	0	0
Resolution 4: To elect Anthony Griffin	69,676,314	99.95	31,435	0.05	3,727
Resolution 5: To elect Julian Heslop	69,685,803	99.97	21,946	0.03	3,727
Resolution 6: To elect Ishbel Macpherson	69,679,185	99.96	28,564	0.04	3,727
Resolution 7: To elect Anne-Francoise Nesmes	69,693,731	99.98	14,018	0.02	3,727
Resolution 8: To re-elect Michael Redmond	69,681,584	99.96	29,892	0.04	0
Resolution 9: To re-elect Ian Page	69,697,383	99.98	14,093	0.02	0
Resolution 10: To re-elect Edwin Torr	69,696,733	99.98	14,743	0.02	0
Resolution 11: To re-elect Dr Christopher Richards	69,187,157	99.88	85,609	0.12	438,710
Resolution 12: To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor	64,967,320	98.59	932,184	1.41	3,811,972
Resolution 13: To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor	67,978,480	99.97	21,674	0.03	1,711,322
Resolution 14: To approve the amendments to the Dechra Long Term Incentive Plan	54,789,541	84.34	10,174,737	15.66	4,747,198
Resolution 15: To grant authority to allot shares to a specific limit	69,252,197	99.97	21,219	0.03	438,060
Resolution 16: To disapply pre-emptive rights	69,694,517	99.98	13,359	0.02	1,000
Resolution 17: To grant authority to the Company to purchase its own shares	69,658,941	99.92	52,535	0.08	0
Resolution 18: To call general meetings (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days notice	68,542,004	98.33	1,167,222	1.67	2,250

Notes

1.   Includes discretionary votes

2.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution

3.   3,360 votes were lodged in favour of a Third Party in respect of each resolution

4.   Votes tendered in respect of 69,711,476 shares representing 79.92% of the issued share capital

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

 

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