Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1284N

Spectris PLC

27 May 2022

 

Spectris plc

Results of the Annual General Meeting held on 27 May 2022

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 2021	88,348,152	100	166	0.00	88,348,318	81.26%	3,000,649
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	88,187,689	97.28	2,468,988	2.72	90,656,677	83.38%	692,290
3	Declaration of 2021 Final Dividend	91,322,482	100	1,941	0.00	91,324,423	84.00%	24,447
4	To elect Ravi Gopinath as a Non-executive Director of the Company	89,704,253	98.25	1,602,128	1.75	91,306,381	83.98%	42,586
5	To elect Alison Henwood as a Non-executive Director of the Company	91,259,724	99.95	46,057	0.05	91,305,781	83.98%	43,186
6	To re-elect Derek Harding as an Executive Director of the Company	90,147,411	98.72	1,171,892	1.28	91,319,303	83.99%	29,664
7	To re-elect Andrew Heath as an Executive Director of the Company	91,274,400	99.95	45,200	0.05	91,319,600	83.99%	29,367
8	To re-elect Ulf Quellmann as a Non-executive Director of the Company	90,706,110	99.33	613,177	0.67	91,319,287	83.99%	29,680
9	To re-elect William (Bill) Seeger as a Non-executive Director of the Company	90,705,095	99.33	614,207	0.67	91,319,302	83.99%	29,665
10	To re-elect Cathy Turner as a Non-executive Director of the Company	90,704,568	99.33	614,635	0.67	91,319,203	83.99%	29,631
11	To re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Non-executive Director of the Company	82,552,091	90.40	8,761,744	9.60	91,313,835	83.99%	35,132
12	To re-elect Mark Williamson as a Non-executive Director of the Company	87,682,360	98.65	1,201,318	1.35	88,883,678	81.75%	2,465,289
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company	91,316,631	99.99	6,654	0.01	91,323,285	84.00%	25,682
14	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	91,254,764	99.93	66,833	0.07	91,321,597	84.00%	27,370
15	To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares	81,099,977	88.79	10,242,929	11.21	91,342,906	84.02%	6,061
16	To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis	90,498,957	99.08	838,642	0.92	91,337,599	84.01%	11,368
17	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	85,970,123	94.12	5,369,744	5.88	91,339,867	84.01%	9,100
18	To authorise the company to make market purchases of shares	89,908,266	98.44	1,422,575	1.56	91,330,841	84.00%	18,126
19	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	84,486,643	92.52	6,829,370	7.48	91,316,013	83.99%	32,954

The number of Ordinary shares in issue at the close of business on 25 May 2022 (excluding 4,680,781 treasury shares) was 108,721,241.

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 16 to 19 inclusive) will be available for inspection as soon as practicably possible 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

Deputy Company Secretary

01784 470470

LEI Number: 213800Z4CO2CZO3M3T10

Date: 27 May 2022

 

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