Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7953N

Spectris PLC

22 May 2020

 

Spectris plc

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 22 May 2020

At the Annual General Meeting of Spectris plc held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.  The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Spectris plc website at www.spectris.com .

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolutions		Votes For (including Discretionary votes)		Votes Against		Votes Cast		Votes Withheld
		Number of shares	%	Number of shares	%	Number of shares	% of relevant shares in issue	Number of shares
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2019	98,649,367	99.99	13,143	0.01	98,662,510	85.02%	1,580,303
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	99,226,707	99.63	365,712	0.37	99,592,419	85.82%	650,394
3	To elect Cathy Turner as a Non-executive Director of the Company	100,230,113	99.99	9,562	0.01	100,239,675	86.38%	3,139
4	To re-elect Andrew Heath as an Executive Director of the Company	100,234,963	99.99	6,294	0.01	100,241,257	86.38%	1,557
5	To re-elect Derek Harding as an Executive Director of the Company	99,471,200	99.23	769,905	0.77	100,241,105	86.38%	1,709
6	To re-elect Mark Williamson as a Non-executive Director of the Company	98,502,816	99.27	728,523	0.73	99,231,339	85.51%	1,011,475
7	To re-elect Karim Bitar as a Non-executive Director of the Company	100,155,536	99.92	84,295	0.08	100,239,831	86.38%	2,681
8	To re-elect Ulf Quellmann as a Non-executive Director of the Company	100,156,233	99.92	83,900	0.08	100,240,133	86.38%	2,681
9	To re-elect William (Bill) Seeger as a Non-executive Director of the Company	100,204,949	99.96	35,177	0.04	100,240,126	86.38%	2,681
10	To re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Non-executive Director of the Company	100,204,422	99.96	35,711	0.04	100,240,133	86.38%	2,681
11	To re-elect Martha Wyrsch as a Non-executive Director of the Company	100,158,345	99.92	82,721	0.08	100,241,066	86.38%	1,748
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	100,234,078	100.00	4,647	0.00	100,238,725	86.38%	4,089
13	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	100,235,124	100.00	2,997	0.00	100,238,121	86.38%	4,541
14	To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares	91,134,422	90.92	9,105,144	9.08	100,239,566	86.38%	3,248
15	To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis	100,226,715	99.99	12,939	0.01	100,239,654	86.38%	3,160
16	To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments of up to 5% of the issued share capital of the Company	95,806,800	95.58	4,432,853	4.42	100,239,653	86.38%	3,160
17	To authorise the company to make market purchases of shares	98,955,389	98.82	1,184,966	1.18	100,140,355	86.29%	102,458
18	To allow the period of notice for general meetings of the Company (other than annual general meetings) to be not less than 14 clear days' notice	96,942,763	96.71	3,296,739	3.29	100,239,502	86.38%	3,312

The number of Ordinary shares in issue at the close of business on 21 May 2020 (excluding 5,130,792 treasury shares) was 116,048,529.

Any vote that gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 15 to 18 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM .

A copy of the poll results will be shortly be available on the company's website at www.spectris.com .

The Board remains committed to allowing shareholders the opportunity to engage with the Board. Once restrictions have been lifted, the Board intends to put provisions in place for shareholders to meet with members of the Board. Details of this meeting will be published on the Company's website in due course.  Shareholders may register their interest in attending this meeting at  [e-mail] .  

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Eliza Unwin

Assistant Company Secretary

01784 470470

LEI Number: 213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10

Date: 22 May 2020

 

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