Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1020O

Vitec Group PLC (The)

27 May 2020

 

27 May 2020

The Vitec Group plc

Result of 2020 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in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 25 March 2020 were passed, with the exception of resolution 4 which was withdrawn in advance of the meeting. The AGM was held as a closed meeting attended by the minimum necessary of two shareholders. 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 2019	36,335,435	100	156	0	750
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report	30,806,064	88.79	3,888,644	11.21	1,641,632
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report	31,552,268	96.28	1,217,753	3.72	3,566,319
4	WITHDRAWN: To declare a final dividend of 26.7p per ordinary share
5	To reappoint Ian McHoul as a director	35,210,537	96.90	1,125,119	3.10	685
6	To reappoint Stephen Bird as a director	36,313,374	99.94	22,282	0.06	685
7	To reappoint Martin Green as a director	36,317,982	99.95	17,674	0.05	685
8	To reappoint Christopher Humphrey as a director	35,837,584	98.63	498,072	1.37	685
9	To reappoint Duncan Penny as a director	36,318,800	99.95	16,856	0.05	685
10	To re-elect Caroline Thomson as a director	36,015,232	99.12	320,658	0.88	451
11	To re-elect Richard Tyson as a director	36,318,800	99.95	16,856	0.05	685
12	To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	36,308,866	99.95	16,924	0.05	10,551
13	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	36,317,982	99.95	17,375	0.05	984
14	To approve new rules for the UK Sharesave Plan	36,305,456	99.95	16,885	0.05	14,000
15	To approve new rules for the International Sharesave Plan	36,305,456	99.95	16,885	0.05	14,000
16	To renew the authority for directors to allot relevant securities	36,308,987	99.96	15,254	0.04	12,100
17	To authorise directors to allot relevant securities with the disapplication of pre-emption rights**	36,302,536	99.94	21,705	0.06	12,100
18	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares**	36,143,184	99.95	19,848	0.05	173,309
19	To authorise directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice**	35,913,995	99.28	259,627	0.72	162,719

** denotes a special resolution

The number of shares in issue as at the date of the 2020 Annual General Meeting is 45,745,775.

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 UK Listing Authority via the Electronic Submission System.

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 changing 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 and accessories, wired and wireless video transmission systems, robotic camera systems, prompters, LED lights, mobile power, monitors, bags, motion control, smartphone accessories, audio capture and noise reduction equipment.

We employ around 1,600 people across the world in 11 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 2019 revenue of £376.1 million.

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

LEI number: 2138007H5DQ4X8YOCF14

 

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