AGM Statement

RNS Number : 0534U
Volex PLC
24 July 2015
 



 

 

 

24 July 2015

 

VOLEX PLC

 

Voting Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

 

Volex plc (the "Company"), a global provider of power and data cabling solutions, announces the results of its AGM held today. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll.

 

The proxy votes were cast as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Withheld*

 

Resolution 1 - To receive the Reports of the Directors and the Auditors and the Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2015.

 

35,980,509

8,346

0

Resolution 2  - To approve the Directors'

Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Policy Report).

 

32,649,624

3,333,581

5,650

Resolution 3 - To elect Robert Beveridge as a Director.

 

35,978,657

9,198

1,000

Resolution 4 - To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of the Company.

 

34,129,940

1,857,465

1,450

Resolution 5 - To authorise the Directors of the Company to determine the auditors' remuneration.

 

35,977,910

8,271

2,674

Resolution 6 - To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

35,964,582

20,799

3,474

Resolution 7 - To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities pursuant to sections 560, 561(1) and 570 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

35,540,297

440,190

8,368

Resolution 8 - To approve the purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

35,961,030

21,050

6,775

Resolution 9 - To approve the Volex Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2015 and the amended remuneration policy.

 

35,272,883

634,855

12,936

Resolution 10 - To permit general meetings (other than the Annual General Meeting) to be called on 14 clear days' notice.

 

 

35,973,573

8,334

6,948

* A vote withheld is not treated as a vote in law and would not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast for or against a resolution.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

A copy of this announcement setting out the poll results for the AGM is also available on the Company's website at www.volex.com.

 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the notice of AGM, copies of which are available on the Volex website (www.volex.com).

 

Neither the content of the Company's website nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement nor, unless previously published by means of a recognised information service, should any such content be relied upon in reaching a decision as to whether or not to acquire, continue to hold, or dispose of, securities in the Company.

 

 

Nicole Pask

General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

Volex plc

+44 20 3370 8830

 

 


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