Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7208Y

Spectris PLC

14 May 2021

 

Spectris plc

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2021

At the Annual General Meeting of Spectris plc held earlier today, all resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders.  The full text of each resolution is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Spectris plc website at www.spectris.com .

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolutions		Votes For (including Discretionary votes)		Votes Against		Votes Cast		Votes Withheld
		Number of shares	%	Number of shares	%	Number of shares	% of relevant shares in issue	Number of shares
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2020	92,619,361	100	197	0.00	92,619,558	80.39%	1,581,846
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	91,840,626	97.94	1,936,473	2.06	93,777,099	81.39%	424,305
3	Declaration of 2020 Final Dividend	94,198,073	100	3,331	0.00	94,201,404	81.76%	0
4	To re-elect Karim Bitar as a Non-executive Director of the Company	93,939,253	99.73	251,571	0.27	94,190,824	81.75%	10,580
5	To re-elect Derek Harding as an Executive Director of the Company	92,898,374	98.62	1,297,550	1.38	94,195,924	81.75%	5,480
6	To re-elect Andrew Heath as an Executive Director of the Company	94,018,665	99.81	177,456	0.19	94,196,121	81.75%	5,283
7	To re-elect Ulf Quellmann as a Non-executive Director of the Company	93,944,775	99.73	251,374	0.27	94,196,149	81.75%	5,080
8	To re-elect William (Bill) Seeger as a Non-executive Director of the Company	93,957,836	99.75	238,488	0.25	94,196,324	81.75%	5,080
9	To re-elect Cathy Turner as a Non-executive Director of the Company	93,920,619	99.82	173,081	0.18	94,093,700	81.67%	107,704
10	To re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Non-executive Director of the Company	92,836,220	98.56	1,359,907	1.44	94,196,127	81.75%	5,277
11	To re-elect Mark Williamson as a Non-executive Director of the Company	87,502,452	94.55	5,045,126	5.45	92,547,578	80.32%	1,653,826
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	94,177,022	99.98	21,225	0.02	94,198,247	81.76%	3,157
13	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	94,075,793	99.87	122,049	0.13	94,197,842	81.76%	3,562
14	To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares	87,658,609	93.06	6,538,923	6.94	94,197,532	81.76%	3,872
15	To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis	94,172,647	99.98	23,261	0.02	94,195,908	81.75%	5,496
16	To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments of up to 5% of the issued share capital of the Company	88,572,781	94.03	5,620,794	5.97	94,193,575	81.75%	7,829
17	To authorise the company to make market purchases of shares	93,823,057	99.64	335,706	0.36	94,158,763	81.72%	42,641
18	To allow the period of notice for general meetings of the Company (other than annual general meetings) to be not less than 14 clear days' notice	88,628,625	94.09	5,564,846	5.91	94,193,471	81.75%	7,933
19	Adopt new Articles of Association	94,178,114	100.00	2,624	0.00	94,180,738	81.74%	20,666

The number of Ordinary shares in issue at the close of business on 13 May 2021 (excluding 4,812,635 treasury shares) was 119,999,818.

Any vote that gave the Chairman discretion have been included in the 'For' votes. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

Copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM (resolutions 15 to 19 inclusive) will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

A copy of the poll results will be shortly be available on the company's website at www.spectris.com .

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Eliza Unwin

Assistant Company Secretary

01784 470470

LEI Number: 213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10

Date: 14 May 2021

 

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