Result of AGM

Avon Technologies Plc

02 February 2026

 

2 February 2026

Avon Technologies plc

(the 'Company')

Result of AGM

Avon Technologies plc is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held on 30 January 2026, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll.  Resolutions 1-13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14-17 (inclusive) as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:

		For	%	Against	%	Total Votes	% of Issued Share Capital	Withheld
1	To receive the Report and Accounts	23,417,517	99.99	1,712	0.01	23,419,229	75.49%	78,801
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	23,318,682	99.26	173,673	0.74	23,492,355	75.72%	5,675
3	To declare a final dividend	23,493,080	99.99	1,776	0.01	23,494,856	75.73%	3,174
4	To re-elect Jos Sclater as a Director	23,485,369	99.97	7,699	0.03	23,493,068	75.73%	4,962
5	To re-elect Rich Cashin as a Director	23,454,131	99.83	38,937	0.17	23,493,068	75.73%	4,962
6	To re-elect Bruce Thompson as a Director	22,263,744	94.77	1,229,299	5.23	23,493,043	75.73%	4,987
7	To re-elect Bindi Foyle as a Director	23,195,799	98.74	296,317	1.26	23,492,116	75.72%	5,914
8	To re-elect Victor Chavez CBE as a Director	18,172,424	98.11	349,625	1.89	18,522,049	59.70%	4,975,981
9	To re-elect Maggie Brereton as a Director	23,145,812	98.52	347,444	1.48	23,493,256	75.73%	4,774
10	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	23,409,186	99.87	30,875	0.13	23,440,061	75.56%	57,969
11	To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	23,469,518	99.90	24,160	0.10	23,493,678	75.73%	4,352
12	To authorise the Company to make political donations (as defined in Companies Act 2006)	18,004,896	97.22	514,865	2.78	18,519,761	59.70%	4,978,269
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	21,953,406	93.45	1,539,891	6.55	23,493,297	75.73%	4,733
14	To disapply pre-emption rights	21,784,127	92.73	1,707,764	7.27	23,491,891	75.72%	6,139
15	To disapply pre-emption rights limited to a specified capital investment/acquisition	21,258,344	90.49	2,235,358	9.51	23,493,702	75.73%	4,328
16	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	23,480,648	99.95	11,481	0.05	23,492,129	75.72%	5,901
17	To authorise the Company to hold General Meetings on short notice	22,575,826	96.20	892,130	3.80	23,467,956	75.65%	30,074

Notes

1.     Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the "for" total.

2.     A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

3.     Discretionary proxy votes lodged in favour of a third party have not been included in the "for", "against" or "total" figures. 

4.     At the date of the AGM the Company's issued share capital consists of 30,258,194 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. 765,098 ordinary shares are held in treasury. These shares are not taken into consideration in relation to voting. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 30,258,194.  

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted as soon as practicable to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Zoe Holland

Company Secretary

LEI: 213800JM1AN62REBWA71

 

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