RNS Number : 7842M
Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC
13 May 2020
 

13 May 2020

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc

("Ultra" or the "Company")

 

Result of AGM

 

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc held its Annual General Meeting at 10.00 a.m. this morning at the Company's registered office at 35 Portman Square, London W1H 6LR. A poll was conducted on each Resolution and all Resolutions were passed by the requisite majority.   

 

The voting results for the Resolutions tabled at the meeting are as follows:

 

Resolution

For

Against

Total

Votes

Cast

 

% Issued Share Capital Voted

Votes Withheld*

Number of Votes

% of Votes

Number of Votes 

% of Votes

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

01

To receive the 2019 Annual Report

63,501,282

99.95%

28,965

0.05%

63,530,247

89.50%

87,224

02

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

50,910,945

81.51%

11,545,822

18.49%

62,456,767

87.99%

1,160,704

03

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

52,498,868

86.22%

8,390,183

13.78%

60,889,051

85.78%

2,728,420

04

To amend the LTIP Rules

54,770,030

87.69%

7,689,021

12.31%

62,459,051

87.99%

1,158,420

05

To elect Jos Sclater

63,521,081

99.85%

94,946

0.15%

63,616,027

89.62%

1,445

06

To elect Dan Shook

63,197,243

99.34%

418,784

0.66%

63,616,027

89.62%

1,445

07

To re-elect Martin Broadhurst

63,298,962

99.50%

317,215

0.50%

63,616,177

89.62%

1,295

08

To re-elect Geeta Gopalan

63,299,062

99.50%

316,965

0.50%

63,616,027

89.62%

1,445

09

To re-elect Victoria Hull

63,298,119

99.50%

318,058

0.50%

63,616,177

89.62%

1,295

10

To re-elect Simon Pryce

63,558,771

99.91%

57,136

0.09%

63,615,907

89.62%

1,565

11

To re-elect Tony Rice

59,316,985

93.24%

4,299,041

6.76%

63,616,026

89.62%

1,445

12

To re-appoint Deloitte as Auditors

62,111,853

97.63%

1,505,268

2.37%

63,617,121

89.62%

350

13

To authorise the Directors to agree auditors remuneration

62,769,753

98.68%

836,663

1.32%

63,606,416

89.61%

11,056

14

To authorise Directors to allot shares

59,357,464

93.31%

4,258,986

6.69%

63,616,450

89.62%

1,021

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS (requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried)

15

To dis-apply pre-emption rights - 5%

63,605,488

99.98%

10,879

0.02%

63,616,367

89.62%

1,105

16

To dis-apply pre-emption rights - additional 5% in certain circumstances

60,287,829

94.77%

3,328,337

5.23%

63,616,166

89.62%

1,305

17

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

62,867,840

98.92%

686,025

1.08%

63,553,865

89.53%

63,606

18

To adopt new Articles of Association

61,424,661

96.57%

2,182,390

3.43%

63,607,051

89.61%

10,420

19

To permit General Meetings to be called on 14 days' notice

61,286,856

96.34%

2,329,395

3.66%

63,616,251

89.62%

1,221

 

 

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30pm on 11 May 2020, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 70,984,789. 

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 6 - 9 inclusive and Resolution 11 were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

 

A copy of the full voting results will be available on the Company's website www.ultra.group and, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM may be found in the Notice of AGM 2020 dated 14 April 2020 also available on the Company's website and  from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc                                                               

+44 (0)208 813 4321

Alex Dent, Deputy Company Secretary                                                            www.ultra.group


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