26th May 2020 15:27
26 May 2020
SDL PLC
("SDL" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held at New Globe House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4UB on Tuesday, 26 May 2020, all the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
RESOLUTIONS | VOTES FOR | % FOR | VOTES AGAINST | % AGAINST | % of ISC Voted* | WITHHELD |
To receive the Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 | 78,675,540 | 99.96 | 28,358 | 0.04 | 86.38 | 2,442 |
To receive the Directors' Remuneration Report | 71,845,285 | 91.3 | 6,842,321 | 8.7 | 86.37 | 18,734 |
To re-elect David Clayton | 78,516,193 | 99.76 | 190,147 | 0.24 | 86.39 | 0 |
To re-elect Glenn Collinson | 78,471,947 | 99.7 | 234,394 | 0.3 | 86.39 | 0 |
To re-elect Mandy Gradden | 78,633,736 | 99.91 | 72,605 | 0.09 | 86.39 | 0 |
To re-elect Adolfo Hernandez | 78,705,538 | 99.99 | 803 | 0.01 | 86.39 | 0 |
To re-elect Christopher Humphrey | 74,855,175 | 95.11 | 3,851,166 | 4.89 | 86.39 | 0 |
To re-elect Alan McWalter | 78,439,312 | 99.66 | 267,028 | 0.34 | 86.39 | 0 |
To re-elect Xenia Walters | 78,691,510 | 99.98 | 14,831 | 0.02 | 86.39 | 0 |
To elect Gordon Stuart | 78,543,749 | 99.79 | 162,592 | 0.21 | 86.39 | 0 |
To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors | 78,705,538 | 99.99 | 803 | 0.01 | 86.39 | 0 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 78,705,538 | 99.99 | 803 | 0.01 | 86.39 | 0 |
To approve a 10 year extension of the SDL Share Option (2010) Scheme | 78,700,478 | 99.99 | 5,863 | 0.01 | 86.39 | 0 |
To approve a 10 year extension to the US Subplan | 78,699,478 | 99.99 | 5,863 | 0.01 | 86.39 | 1,000 |
To authorise the directors to allot securities in terms of Section 551 Companies Act 2006 | 78,175,675 | 99.33 | 530,666 | 0.67 | 86.39 | 0 |
To authorise the directors to allot equity securities in terms of Section 570 Companies Act 2006 | 78,549,538 | 99.8 | 156,803 | 0.2 | 86.39 | 0 |
To authorise the directors to allot equity securities in terms of Section 570 Companies Act 2006 in limited circumstances | 78,521,982 | 99.77 | 184,358 | 0.23 | 86.39 | 0 |
To authorise the calling of a general meeting by notice of at least 14 days | 78,086,842 | 99.21 | 619,499 | 0.79 | 86.39 | 0 |
\* The Issued Share Capital used to calculate the percentage voted is 91,109,314. This is the figure as at 26 May 2020.
Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting will also be available on the SDL PLC website (www.sdl.com).
The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Meeting which is also available at www.sdl.com.
Pamela Pickering
Company Secretary
26 May 2020
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