7th Feb 2025 13:54
Results of Annual General Meeting
Victrex plc announces that all resolutions were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on Friday 7 February 2025.
Votes For | % Votes For1 | Votes Against | % Votes Against1 | Total Votes Validly Cast | % of Issued Share Capital Voted 1,2,3 | Votes Withheld 2 | |
Resolution 1 Receive Annual Report and Accounts | 74,939,541 | 99.97% | 24,534 | 0.03% | 74,964,075 | 86.13 | 409,955 |
Resolution 2 Approve Remuneration Report | 74,538,606 | 98.91% | 823,733 | 1.09% | 75,362,339 | 86.59 | 11,691 |
Resolution 3 Declaration of a dividend | 75,348,952 | 99.97% | 24,288 | 0.03% | 75,373,240 | 86.60 | 790 |
Resolution 4 Election of Urmi Prasad Ricardson | 75,293,218 | 99.91% | 69,769 | 0.09% | 75,362,987 | 86.59 | 6,948 |
Resolution 5 Re-election of Vivienne Cox | 74,495,377 | 98.84% | 871,248 | 1.16% | 75,366,625 | 86.59 | 7,405 |
Resolution 6 Re-election of Janet Ashdown | 74,048,055 | 98.25% | 1,319,070 | 1.75% | 75,367,125 | 86.59 | 6,905 |
Resolution 7 Re-election of Brendan Connolly | 74,534,995 | 98.90% | 831,198 | 1.10% | 75,366,193 | 86.59 | 7,837 |
Resolution 8 Re-election of David Thomas | 73,860,006 | 98.00% | 1,506,387 | 2.00% | 75,366,393 | 86.59 | 7,637 |
Resolution 9 Re-election of Ros Rivaz | 74,046,446 | 98.25% | 1,319,194 | 1.75% | 75,365,640 | 86.59 | 8,356 |
Resolution 10 Re-election of Jakob Sigurdsson | 75,281,060 | 99.88% | 87,249 | 0.12% | 75,368,309 | 86.60 | 5,721 |
Resolution 11 Re-election of Ian Melling | 75,075,616 | 99.61% | 292,411 | 0.39% | 75,368,027 | 86.60 | 6,003 |
Resolution 12 Re-appointment of auditor | 75,151,691 | 99.71% | 218,915 | 0.29% | 75,370,606 | 86.60 | 3,424 |
Resolution 13 Authority to set auditor's Remuneration | 75,328,616 | 99.95% | 35,322 | 0.05% | 75,363,938 | 86.59 | 9,002 |
Resolution 14 Authority to make political Donations | 75,277,058 | 99.88% | 93,344 | 0.12% | 75,370,402 | 86.60 | 3,628 |
Resolution 15 Authority to allot shares | 74,697,568 | 99.11% | 671,476 | 0.89% | 75,369,044 | 86.60 | 3,896 |
Resolution 16 Approval of the Victrex plc 2025 Executive Share Option Plan | 75,100,681 | 99.65% | 266,730 | 0.35% | 75,367,411 | 86.59 | 6,619 |
Resolution 17 Approval of the Victrex plc 2025 Sharesave Plan | 75,271,532 | 99.87% | 96,089 | 0.13% | 75,367,621 | 86.59 | 6,409 |
Resolution 18 Victrex plc 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 74,939,870 | 99.43% | 428,216 | 0.57% | 75,368,086 | 86.60 | 5,944 |
Resolution 19 To disapply pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities | 75,297,038 | 99.90% | 72,221 | 0.10% | 75,369,259 | 86.60 | 4,771 |
Resolution 20 Subject to the approval of Resolution 19 to further disapply pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities | 75,117,231 | 99.66% | 253,360 | 0.34% | 75,370,591 | 86.60 | 3,439 |
Resolution 21 Authority to purchase own Shares | 75,117,158 | 99.68% | 242,716 | 0.32% | 75,359,874 | 86.59 | 14,156 |
Resolution 22 Notice of general meetings | 74,182,773 | 98.42% | 1,189,485 | 1.58% | 75,372,258 | 86.60 | 1,772 |
Notes:
1 The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2 A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
3 The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the Meeting was 87,034,903.
A record of the results of the resolutions passed at the annual general meeting will also be available on the Company's website at www.victrexplc.com.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special resolutions at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available to view at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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