Result of AGM 2014

RNS Number : 6581G

The Vitec Group PLC

08 May 2014

 



8 May 2014

The Vitec Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting 2014

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 18 March 2014 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 2013	36,731,894	100	0	0	0
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report for the year ended 31 December 2013	33,140,814	96.0	1,380,577	4.0	2,210,503
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report, for the year ended 31 December 2013	33,953,787	98.4	562,604	1.6	2,215,503
4	To declare a final dividend of 14.1p per ordinary share	36,731,894	100	0	0	0
5	To re-elect John McDonough CBE as a director	34,265,829	99.3	259,042	0.7	2,207,023
6	To re-elect Stephen Bird as a director	36,330,356	98.9	401,538	1.1	0
7	To re-elect Carolyn Fairbairn as a director	34,512,992	99.9	10,195	0.1	2,208,707
8	To re-elect Paul Hayes as a director	34,497,548	93.9	2,234,346	6.1	0
9	To re-elect Christopher Humphrey as a director	34,522,905	99.9	866	0.1	2,208,123
10	To re-elect Nigel Moore as a director	34,513,952	99.9	10,919	0.1	2,207,023
11	To re-elect Lorraine Rienecker as a director	34,518,795	99.9	4,392	0.1	2,208,707
12	To re-elect Mark Rollins as a director	34,521,221	99.9	866	0.1	2,209,807
13	To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	34,122,628	99.5	179,521	0.5	2,429,745
14	To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditors	36,445,973	99.8	63,200	0.2	222,721
15	To approve the rules of The Vitec Group 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan	33,134,692	90.2	3,590,722	9.8	6,480
16	To renew the authority for directors to allot relevant securities	34,508,466	94.0	2,221,928	6.0	1,500
17	To authorise directors to allot equity shares or to sell any ordinary shares which the Company holds in treasury for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with such allotments or sales**	34,515,738	94.0	2,216,156	6.0	0
18	To renew the authority for the Company to make market purchases of its own shares**	36,728,171	99.9	3,223	0.1	500
19	Notice period for general meetings**	36,093,754	98.3	636,113	1.7	2,027

** denotes a special resolution

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.

Jon Bolton

Group Company Secretary

A Snapshot of The Vitec Group

Vitec is an international Group principally serving customers in the Broadcast & Video, Photographic and Military, Aerospace and Government (MAG) markets. Listed on the London Stock Exchange with 2013 revenue of £315.4 million, Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands on which its customers worldwide rely. Vitec is organised in three Divisions: Videocom, Imaging and Services.

Videocom designs and distributes systems and products used in broadcasting and live entertainment, film and video production and MAG.

Imaging designs, manufactures and distributes equipment and accessories for photography and video.

Services provides equipment rental, workflow design and technical support to TV production teams and film crews.

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

 

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