Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5988A

Cohort PLC

12 September 2018

 

12 September 2018

COHORT PLC ("Cohort")

Result of AGM

Cohort, the AIM listed independent technology group, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held yesterday that all the resolutions contained within the Notice of Meeting dated 1 August 2018 were duly passed by shareholders.

A summary of the votes received for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution	For1	% For	Against	% Against	Total	% Total2	Withheld3
Ordinary Resolutions
1: Accounts	11,367,847	79.45	2,941,144	20.55	14,308,991	34.93
2: Dividend	14,308,991	100	0	0	14,308,991	34.93
3: Re-elect Sir Robert Walmsley	11,367,847	79.45	2,941,144	20.55	14,308,991	34.93
4: Re-elect Jeff Perrin	14,303,685	99.97	4,034	0.03	14,308,991	34.93	1,272
5: Re-elect Andrew Thomis	14,305,793	99.98	3,198	0.02	14,308,991	34.93
6: Re-elect Simon Walther	14,305,793	99.98	3,198	0.02	14,308,991	34.93
7: Re-appointment of Auditor	14,299,373	99.93	9,618	0.07	14,308,991	34.93
8: Auditor's Remuneration	14,302,101	99.99	945	0.01	14,308,991	34.93	5,945
9: Allot shares	14,277,494	99.78	31,397	0.22	14,308,991	34.93	100
Special Resolutions
10: Disapply pre-emption rights	14,263,424	99.74	37,563	0.26	14,308,991	34.93	8,004
11: Purchase own shares	14,284,276	99.87	18,770	0.13	14,308,991	34.93	5,945
12: General meeting notice	14,297,744	99.97	4,130	0.03	14,308,991	34.93	7,117

Notes:

1.        Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

2.        The total number of shares in issue is 40,959,101.

3.        A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

4.        All percentages are shown to two decimal places.

Ends

For further information, please contact:

Cohort plc		0118 909 0390
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director
Investec Bank plc		020 7597 5970
Keith Anderson / Daniel Adams
MHP Communications Limited		020 3128 8100
Reg Hoare / Ollie Hoare / Vera Prokhorenko

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cohort is the parent company of four innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.

MASS is a specialist defence and technology business, focused on electronic warfare, information systems and cyber security.

www.mass.co.uk

MCL is an expert in the sourcing, design, integration and support of communications and surveillance technology for the defence and security markets.

www.marlboroughcomms.com

SEA is an advanced electronic systems and software house operating in the defence, transport and offshore energy markets.

www.sea.co.uk

EID designs and manufactures advanced communications systems for the defence and security markets.

www.eid.pt

 

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