FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 MARCH 2016
CHEMRING GROUP PLC
Result of AGM
At the Annual General Meeting of Chemring Group PLC held on 21 March 2016 all resolutions in the Notice of Meeting were considered by shareholders by means of a poll vote and all resolutions were passed by the necessary majority.
The results of the polls on the resolutions are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's website www.chemring.co.uk
RESOLUTION |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES AGAINST |
% |
VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
Resolution 1 |
236,634,092 |
99.99 |
12,647 |
0.01 |
236,646,739 |
84.75% |
2,087,318 |
Resolution 2 |
215,625,426 |
91.12 |
21,014,549 |
8.88 |
236,639,975 |
84.75% |
2,094,082 |
Resolution 3 |
232,325,243 |
98.18 |
4,313,575 |
1.82 |
236,638,818 |
84.75% |
2,095,153 |
Resolution 4 |
235,832,361 |
99.76 |
572,919 |
0.24 |
236,405,280 |
84.66% |
2,328,691 |
Resolution 5 |
235,704,755 |
99.70 |
700,857 |
0.30 |
236,405,612 |
84.66% |
2,328,359 |
Resolution 6 |
234,880,065 |
99.71 |
689,623 |
0.29 |
235,569,688 |
84.37% |
3,164,283 |
Resolution 7 |
235,710,263 |
99.71 |
694,713 |
0.29 |
236,404,976 |
84.66% |
2,329,081 |
Resolution 8 |
235,867,139 |
99.77 |
535,906 |
0.23 |
236,403,045 |
84.66% |
2,331,012 |
Resolution 9 |
230,216,604 |
97.83 |
5,097,167 |
2.17 |
235,313,771 |
84.27% |
3,420,200 |
Resolution 10 |
212,853,658 |
96.16 |
8,506,236 |
3.84 |
221,359,894 |
79.28% |
17,374,163 |
Resolution 11 |
221,079,605 |
99.77 |
519,499 |
0.23 |
221,599,104 |
79.36% |
17,134,953 |
Resolution 12 |
231,995,190 |
98.04 |
4,644,081 |
1.96 |
236,639,271 |
84.75% |
2,094,700 |
Resolution 13 |
211,361,279 |
89.32 |
25,267,347 |
10.68 |
236,628,626 |
84.74% |
2,105,431 |
Resolution 14 |
232,001,945 |
99.89 |
266,307 |
0.11 |
232,268,252 |
83.18% |
6,465,719 |
Resolution 15 |
236,386,423 |
99.99 |
22,231 |
0.01 |
236,408,654 |
84.67% |
2,325,317 |
Resolution 16 |
225,050,547 |
95.10 |
11,585,247 |
4.90 |
236,635,794 |
84.75% |
2,098,177 |
* ISC = Issued Share Capital of the Company
A copy of the ordinary and special resolutions passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Notes:
(i) Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been included in the "votes for" column.
(ii) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution.
(iii) Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 14 to 16 were passed as special resolutions.
For further information:
Sarah Ellard |
Group Legal Director & Company Secretary, Chemring Group PLC |
+44 (0)1794 833901 |
Rupert Pittman |
Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Chemring Group PLC |
+44 (0)1794 833901 |
James White
|
MHP Communications
|
+44 (0)203 128 8100 |