AGM Statement

RNS Number : 0534U

Volex PLC

24 July 2015

 



24 July 2015

VOLEX PLC

Voting Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

Volex plc (the "Company"), a global provider of power and data cabling solutions, announces the results of its AGM held today. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll.

The proxy votes were cast as follows:

Resolution	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Withheld*
Resolution 1 - To receive the Reports of the Directors and the Auditors and the Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2015.	35,980,509	8,346	0
Resolution 2  - To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Policy Report).	32,649,624	3,333,581	5,650
Resolution 3 - To elect Robert Beveridge as a Director.	35,978,657	9,198	1,000
Resolution 4 - To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of the Company.	34,129,940	1,857,465	1,450
Resolution 5 - To authorise the Directors of the Company to determine the auditors' remuneration.	35,977,910	8,271	2,674
Resolution 6 - To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.	35,964,582	20,799	3,474
Resolution 7 - To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities pursuant to sections 560, 561(1) and 570 of the Companies Act 2006.	35,540,297	440,190	8,368
Resolution 8 - To approve the purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006.	35,961,030	21,050	6,775
Resolution 9 - To approve the Volex Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2015 and the amended remuneration policy.	35,272,883	634,855	12,936
Resolution 10 - To permit general meetings (other than the Annual General Meeting) to be called on 14 clear days' notice.	35,973,573	8,334	6,948

* A vote withheld is not treated as a vote in law and would not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast for or against a resolution.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

A copy of this announcement setting out the poll results for the AGM is also available on the Company's website at www.volex.com.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the notice of AGM, copies of which are available on the Volex website (www.volex.com).

Neither the content of the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.

Nicole Pask General Counsel and Company Secretary Volex plc

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