8th May 2015 15:32
8 May 2015
LAIRD PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
8 MAY 2015
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today the voting results were as set out below.
Proxy votes, expressed as number of votes and as a percentage of shares voted, were received in respect of a total number of 268,010,915 shares and in respect of the following Resolutions:
Ordinary Business | For or at Discretion | Against | "Vote Withheld"*
| ||
1. | To receive and adopt the Report of the Directors and Accounts to 31 December 2014
| 202,249,282
99.93% | 131,716
0.07% | 17,498
0.01% | |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
| 196,321,603
99.75% | 485,976
0.25% | 5,590,916
2.09% | |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
| 150,878,331
96.43% | 5,591,083
3.57% | 45,929,081
17.15% | |
4. | To declare a final dividend
| 202,333,345
99.97% | 64,403
0.03% | 748
0.00% | |
5. | To elect Mr. Mike Parker CBE as a Director
| 201,736,729
99.68% | 654,544
0.32% | 7,223
0.00% | |
6. | To re-elect Dr. Martin Read CBE as a Director
| 201,772,093
99.69% | 620,387
0.31% | 6,015
0.00% | |
7. | To re-elect Mr David Lockwood OBE as a Director
| 202,217,047
99.91% | 176,434
0.09% | 5,015
0.00% | |
8. | To re-elect Ms Paula Bell as a Director
| 201,586,503
99.62% | 772,974
0.38% | 39,018
0.01% | |
9. | To re-elect Mr. Jack Boyer as a Director
| 201,739,241
99.68% | 653,240
0.32% | 6,015
0.00% | |
10. | To re-elect Sir Christopher Hum as a Director
| 201,744,490
99.68% | 648,991
0.32% | 5,015
0.00% | |
11. | To re-elect Professor Michael Kelly as a Director
| 201,744,366
99.68% | 647,687
0.32% | 6,443
0.00% | |
12. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration | 195,881,836
96.80% | 6,476,872
3.20% | 39,787
0.01% | |
Special Business | |||||
Ordinary Resolutions
| For or at Discretion | Against | "Vote Withheld" | ||
13. | To give the Directors authority to allot shares | 201,028,061
99.33% | 1,357,232
0.67% | 13,203
0.00% | |
14. | To approve The Laird PLC 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan | 196,487,623
99.85% | 296,971
0.15% | 5,613,811
2.10% | |
15. | To approve the Laird PLC International Share Purchase Plan | 201,830,140
99.73% | 538,952
0.27% | 29,404
0.01% | |
16. | To approve The Laird PLC US Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 201,835,355
99.74% | 534,863
0.26% | 28,278
0.01% | |
17. | To approve The Laird PLC UK Share Incentive Plan | 202,322,222
99.99% | 17,817
0.01% | 58,457
0.02% | |
Special Resolutions
| For or at Discretion | Against | "Vote Withheld" | ||
18. | To disapply pre-emption rights
| 202,286,452
99.96% | 90,258
0.04% | 21,786
0.01% | |
19. | To disapply pre-emption rights for an acquisition or specified capital investment
| 196,334,114
97.02% | 6,037,126
2.98% | 27,255
0.01% | |
20. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares | 202,321,678
99.97% | 64,857
0.03% | 11,961
0.00% | |
21. | To approve the notice period for extraordinary general meetings | 194,285,329
96.00% | 8,104,172
4.00% | 8,995
0.00% | |
* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution and therefore the figures shown for "vote withheld" are a percentage of issued share capital.
Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
About Laird PLC:
Laird is a global technology company providing systems, components and solutions that protect electronics from electromagnetic interference and heat, and that enable connectivity in mission-critical wireless applications and antennae systems. Laird is a global leader in the field of innovative radio frequency ("RF") engineering.
Enquiries:
Laird PLC | MHP Communications | |
David Lockwood, Chief Executive Marion Downie, Company Secretary Cynthia Alers, VP, Director Investor Relations | Reg Hoare Tim Rowntree | Jamie Ricketts Ollie Hoare |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7468 4040 | Tel: +44 (0)20 3128 8100 | |
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