AGM Statement

RNS Number : 7435Z

Vitec Group PLC (The)

21 May 2019

 

21 May 2019

The Vitec Group plc

Result of 2019 Annual General Meeting

The Vitec Group plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 20 March 2019 were passed. A poll was conducted on each resolution proposed at the Meeting and the number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:

		FOR		AGAINST		WITHHELD
	Resolution	Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%	Votes cast
1	To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018	34,705,786	99.99	156	0.01	9,304
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report, for the year ended 31 December 2018	34,299,833	98.81	412,413	1.19	3,000
3	To declare a final dividend of 25.5p per ordinary share	34,715,246	100	0	0.00	0
4	To reappoint Stephen Bird as a director	34,702,025	99.96	13,094	0.04	127
5	To reappoint Martin Green as a director	34,699,675	99.96	15,444	0.04	127
6	To reappoint Kath Kearney-Croft as a director	34,702,025	99.96	13,094	0.04	127
7	To reappoint Christopher Humphrey as a director	34,074,063	98.15	641,056	1.85	127
8	To reappoint Ian McHoul as a director	33,612,359	96.82	1,102,759	3.18	127
9	To reappoint Duncan Penny as a director	34,710,348	99.99	4,771	0.01	127
10	To reappoint Caroline Thomson as a director	34,713,412	99.99	1,707	0.01	127
11	To reappoint Richard Tyson as a director	34,710,348	99.99	4,771	0.01	127
12	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	34,567,873	99.58	147,246	0.42	127
13	To authorise Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	34,562,159	99.56	152,960	0.44	127
14	To renew the authority for Directors to allot relevant securities	34,708,765	99.99	622	0.01	5,859
15	To authorise Directors to allot relevant securities with the disapplication of pre-emption rights**	34,700,318	99.99	4,564	0.01	10,364
16	To renew the authority for the Company to make market purchases of its own shares**	34,695,381	99.99	4,178	0.01	15,687
17	To authorise Directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice**	34,500,585	99.41	204,208	0.59	10,453

** denotes a special resolution

The number of shares in issue as at the date of the 2019 Annual General Meeting is 45,285,939.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed under special business at today's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.

As previously announced, following the conclusion of the AGM, John McDonough CBE stood down as a director of the Company and Ian McHoul has succeeded him as Chairman.

Jon Bolton

Group Company Secretary

A snapshot of The Vitec Group plc

Vitec is a leading global provider of premium branded products and solutions to the fast moving and growing "image capture and content creation" market.

Vitec's customers include broadcasters, independent content creators, photographers and enterprises, and our activities comprise: design, manufacture and distribution of high performance products and solutions including camera supports, camera mounted electronic accessories, robotic camera systems, prompters, LED lights, mobile power, monitors, bags, motion control and noise reduction equipment.

We employ around 1,800 people across the world in 13 different countries and are organised in three Divisions: Imaging Solutions, Production Solutions and Creative Solutions.

The Vitec Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with 2018 revenue of £385.4 million.

More information can be found at: www.vitecgroup.com  

LEI number: 2138007H5DQ4X8YOCF14

 

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