Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8109X

Vitec Group PLC (The)

06 May 2021

 

6 May 2021

The Vitec Group plc

Result of 2021 Annual General Meeting

The Vitec Group plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting held today at 11.00am, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 March 2021 were passed. 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 2020	40,921,251	99.99	3,053	0.01	0
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	32,395,463	80.09	8,051,377	19.91	477,464
3	To declare a final dividend of 4.5p per ordinary share	40,924,304	100.00	0	0.00	0
4	To reappoint Ian McHoul as a director	39,004,155	96.53	1,403,818	3.47	516,331
5	To reappoint Stephen Bird as a director	40,905,042	99.96	15,806	0.04	3,456
6	To reappoint Martin Green as a director	40,909,155	99.98	8,474	0.02	6,675
7	To reappoint Christopher Humphrey as a director	40,278,081	98.44	639,548	1.56	6,675
8	To reappoint Duncan Penny as a director	40,278,081	98.44	639,548	1.56	6,675
9	To reappoint Caroline Thomson as a director	39,011,894	95.34	1,905,969	4.66	6,441
10	To reappoint Richard Tyson as a director	40,286,981	98.46	630,648	1.54	6,675
11	To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	40,914,782	99.98	9,066	0.02	456
12	To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor	40,917,503	100.00	126	0.00	6,675
13	To renew the authority for directors to allot relevant securities	40,910,689	99.98	7,162	0.02	6,453
14	To authorise directors to allot relevant securities with the disapplication of pre-emption rights**	40,896,211	99.95	21,640	0.05	6,453
15	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares**	40,895,502	99.94	24,993	0.06	3,809
16	To authorise directors to call general meetings on 14 days' notice**	39,730,165	97.08	1,194,139	2.92	0
17	To renew the authority for the Company to make political donations**	31,344,293	99.11	281,994	0.89	9,298,017

** denotes a special resolution

The number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the 2021 Annual General Meeting is 46,240,200.

The Board acknowledge the votes against the Directors' Remuneration Report (resolution 2) and will continue to discuss remuneration matters with the Company's shareholders.

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 1,700 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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