Spirent Communications plc - Annual General Meeting held on 1 May 2024
The results of the poll votes on resolutions proposed at the Spirent Communications plc 2024 Annual General Meeting are set out below:
Resolution | For1 | Against | Votes | ||||
Withheld2 | |||||||
No. | Item of business | No. of | % | No. of | % | No. of | |
shares | shares | shares | |||||
1 | To receive the Company's financial statements | ||||||
for the year to 31 December 2024, together | 343,941,243 | 99.99 | 40,384 | 0.01 | 2,318,923 | ||
with the reports of the directors and auditor | |||||||
2 | To approve the Report on directors' | ||||||
remuneration as set out on pages 83 to 109 of | |||||||
the Annual Report for the year to 31 December | 322,326,471 | 93.30 | 23,140,897 | 6.70 | 833,182 | ||
2023 | |||||||
3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | ||||||
as set out on pages 101 to 109 of the Annual | 194,438,134 | 56.81 | 147,826,608 | 43.19 | 4,035,808 | ||
report for the year to 31 December 2023 | |||||||
4 | To re-elect Paula Bell as a director | 345,601,212 | 99.81 | 674,292 | 0.19 | 25,046 | |
5 | To re-elect Maggie Buggie as a director | 338,852,712 | 97.86 | 7,425,859 | 2.14 | 21,979 | |
6 | To re-elect Gary Bullard as a director | 289,479,790 | 83.60 | 56,796,107 | 16.40 | 24,653 | |
7 | To re-elect Wendy Koh as a director | 337,198,730 | 97.84 | 7,453,347 | 2.16 | 1,648,473 | |
8 | To re-elect Edgar Masri as a director | 338,892,271 | 97.87 | 7,378,615 | 2.13 | 29,664 | |
9 | To re-elect Jonathan Silver as a director | 334,423,057 | 96.58 | 11,852,960 | 3.42 | 24,533 | |
10 | To re-elect Sir Bill Thomas as a director | 330,923,456 | 96.02 | 13,729,587 | 3.98 | 1,647,507 | |
11 | To re-elect Eric Updyke as a director | 345,722,414 | 99.84 | 549,603 | 0.16 | 28,533 | |
12 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 346,216,553 | 99.99 | 47,974 | 0.01 | 36,023 | |
13 | To authorise the directors to determine the | 346,231,652 | 99.99 | 37,669 | 0.01 | 31,229 | |
remuneration of the auditor | |||||||
14 | Re-adoption of Long Term Incentive Plan | 202,138,794 | 59.06 | 140,122,720 | 40.94 | 4,039,036 | |
("LTIP") | |||||||
15 | To authorise the directors to allot securities | 339,104,709 | 97.93 | 7,153,129 | 2.07 | 42,712 | |
16 | To authorise the directors to dis-apply pre- | 345,701,253 | 99.91 | 309,927 | 0.09 | 289,370 | |
emption rights | |||||||
17 | To authorise the Company to make market | 344,225,755 | 99.51 | 1,698,054 | 0.49 | 376,741 | |
purchases of its own shares | |||||||
18 | To authorise a 14 day notice period for general | 325,115,131 | 93.89 | 21,154,386 | 6.11 | 31,033 | |
meetings |
Number of votes per Ordinary share: one
Number of Ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) and entitled to vote3: 578,646,363
Percentage of share capital voted: 59.84%
Notes:
- Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
- A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
- Entitlement to attend and vote at the 2024 AGM, and the number of votes which may be cast at the 2024 AGM, have been determined by reference to the Company's register of members at 6.30pm on 29 April 2024. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they see fit.
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