10 June 2022
Ultra Electronics Holdings plc
("Ultra" or the "Company")
Poll Results for AGM 2022
Ultra Electronics Holdings plc held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") at 10:30 today 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 (requiring a simple majority of votes cast to be carried)
|
|
01
|
To receive the 2021 Annual Report
|
26,218,150
|
99.99%
|
2,784
|
0.01%
|
26,220,934
|
36.53
|
382,508
|
|
02
|
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
|
23,906,715
|
95.09%
|
1,233,494
|
4.91%
|
25,140,209
|
35.03
|
1,463,233
|
|
03
|
To re-elect Ms. G. Gopalan
|
23,838,841
|
89.70%
|
2,738,113
|
10.30%
|
26,576,954
|
37.03
|
26,488
|
|
04
|
To re-elect Ms. V. Hull
|
23,726,124
|
89.27%
|
2,850,724
|
10.73%
|
26,576,848
|
37.03
|
26,594
|
|
05
|
To re-elect Lt Gen (Ret) K W Hunzeker
|
23,842,135
|
89.71%
|
2,734,863
|
10.29%
|
26,576,998
|
37.03
|
26,444
|
|
06
|
To re-elect Mr. S. Pryce
|
26,519,764
|
99.79%
|
57,084
|
0.21%
|
26,576,848
|
37.03
|
26,594
|
|
07
|
To re-elect Mr. W. A. Rice
|
23,015,079
|
87.15%
|
3,392,119
|
12.85%
|
26,407,198
|
36.79
|
196,244
|
|
08
|
To re-elect Mr. M. J. Sclater
|
26,487,019
|
99.66%
|
89,589
|
0.34%
|
26,576,608
|
37.03
|
26,834
|
|
09
|
To re-elect Mr. D. J. Shook
|
23,703,257
|
89.19%
|
2,873,501
|
10.81%
|
26,576,758
|
37.03
|
26,684
|
|
10
|
To re-appoint Deloitte as Auditors
|
26,073,882
|
98.05%
|
519,632
|
1.95%
|
26,593,514
|
37.05
|
9,928
|
|
11
|
To authorise the Directors to agree auditor's remuneration
|
26,251,383
|
98.76%
|
330,666
|
1.24%
|
26,582,049
|
37.04
|
21,393
|
|
12
|
To authorise Directors to allot shares
|
26,075,848
|
98.11%
|
501,028
|
1.89%
|
26,576,876
|
37.03
|
26,566
|
|
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS (requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried)
|
|
13
|
To dis-apply pre-emption rights - 5%
|
26,462,556
|
99.76%
|
62,620
|
0.24%
|
26,525,176
|
36.96
|
78,266
|
|
14
|
To dis-apply pre-emption rights - additional 5% in certain circumstances
|
26,298,550
|
98.86%
|
303,126
|
1.14%
|
26,601,676
|
37.06
|
1,766
|
|
15
|
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
|
26,271,928
|
99.33%
|
176,255
|
0.67%
|
26,448,183
|
36.85
|
155,259
|
|
16
|
To permit General Meetings to be called on 14 days' notice
|
25,638,538
|
96.38%
|
964,103
|
3.62%
|
26,602,641
|
37.06
|
801
|
*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 8 June 2022, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, was 71,773,636.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 3-5 inclusive and Resolutions 7 and 9 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 can be found in the Notice of AGM dated 18 May 2022 which is 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
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Cherise Trumper, Assistant Company Secretary
Gabriella Colley, SVP Investor Relations
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+44 (0)208 813 4321
+44 (0)7891 206239
Email:Investor.relations@ultra-electronics.com
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About Ultra:
Ultra provides application-engineered solutions in the key elements of mission critical and intelligent systems. Through innovative problem solving, using sustainable capabilities, and evolving technologies, we deliver outstanding solutions to our customers' most complex problems in defence, security, critical detection and control environments.
www.ultra.group