Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7736Q

Renishaw PLC

17 October 2013

 



 

Renishaw plc

Results of AGM

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 17 October 2013 were duly passed on a show of hands.

Special Resolution

A copy of the following special resolution which was passed at the Annual General Meeting held on 17 October 2013 has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

THAT, the Company be and is hereby unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "2006 Act") to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company ("ordinary shares") provided that:

(i)         the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 7,278,854;

(ii)         the maximum price that may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of: (i) 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share (as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List) for the 5 business days immediately preceding the day on which the ordinary share is purchased; and (ii) the amount stipulated by Article 5(1) of the Buy-Back and Stabilisation Regulation 2003;

(iii)        the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share shall be 20p;

(iv)        the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the annual general meeting to be held in 2014 and 31st December 2014 unless such authority is renewed prior to such time; and

(v)         the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which contract will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to such contract.

Notification of Proxy Appointments

Resolution number	For		Chairman's discretion		Against		Total proxy votes cast
	No of shares	% of total votes cast	No of shares	% of total votes cast	No of shares	% of total votes cast
1	61,099,578	98.08	8,661	0.01	1,185,052	1.90	62,293,291
2	62,282,671	99.98	6,620	0.01	4,000	0.01	62,293,291
3	53,229,786	87.55	9,607	0.02	7,556,636	12.43	60,796,029 (b)
4	60,938,660	97.83	9,411	0.02	1,345,155	2.16	62,293,226 (c)
5	60,940,081	97.83	9,411	0.02	1,343,734	2.16	62,293,226 (d)
6	60,939,031	97.83	9,411	0.02	1,343,784	2.16	62,292,226 (e)
7	60,939,581	97.83	9,411	0.02	1,343,734	2.16	62,292,726 (f)
8	61,128,889	98.41	8,709	0.01	980,576	1.58	62,118,174 (g)
9	60,693,830	97.43	8,709	0.01	1,590,187	2.55	62,292,726 (h)
10	61,724,569	99.09	8,709	0.01	559,448	0.90	62,292,726 (i)
11	62,026,696	99.60	5,918	0.01	246,091	0.40	62,278,705 (j)
12	58,964,002	94.66	6,620	0.01	3,318,842	5.33	62,289,464 (k)
13	52,563,101	93.31	6,620	0.01	3,763,584	6.68	56,333,305 (l)
14	62,263,104	99.95	6,620	0.01	22,967	0.04	62,292,691 (m)

Resolutions:

1    To adopt the audited financial statements and directors' report

2    To declare a final dividend

3   To re-elect D McMurtry as a director

4   To re-elect D J Deer as a director

5   To re-elect B Taylor as a director

6   To re-elect A Roberts as a director

7   To re-elect G McFarland as a director

8   To re-elect D Grant

9   To elect C Chesney as a director

10 To elect J Jeans as a director

11 To approve the directors' remuneration report

12 To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

13 To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

14 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

Notes:

(a)  The appointment of a proxy is not a precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll.  It merely reflects the shareholder's intention at the time the instruction was given.  Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being completed and shareholders having lodged a proxy appointment are still entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they wish.

(b)  Shareholders representing 1,497,262 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(c)  Shareholders representing 65 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(d)  Shareholders representing 65 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(e)  Shareholders representing 1,065 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(f)  Shareholders representing 565 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(g)  Shareholders representing 175,117 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(h) Shareholders representing 565 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(i)  Shareholders representing 565 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(j)  Shareholders representing 14,586 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(k) Shareholders representing 3,827 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(l)  Shareholders representing 5,959,886 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

(m)  Shareholders representing 600 shares directed on their proxy cards that the proxy should abstain.

Renishaw plc

17 October 2013

Registered office:      New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JR

Registered number:   1106260

Contact name:          Norma Tang

Contact telephone:    [phone]

www.renishaw.com

 

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