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Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC
29 April 2016
 

 

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc

("Ultra" or the "Company")

 

Result of AGM

 

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc held its Annual General Meeting in Greenford, Middlesex today at 10.00 a.m. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

 

The proxy voting for the resolutions tabled at the Meeting was as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes For/ Discretionary

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes

% of Issued Share Capital Voted

Votes Withheld*

1. Adoption of the 2015 Annual Report & Accounts

63,683,497

99.68%

206,705

0.32%

63,890,202

90.88%

360,131

2. Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report

59,758,222

99.60%

242,295

0.40%

60,000,517

85.34%

4,249,816

3. Declaration of the final dividend of 32.3p

63,984,943

99.69%

197,841

0.31%

64,182,784

91.29%

67,549

4. Re-election of Mr. D. Caster

56,952,567

88.74%

7,229,356

11.26%

64,181,923

91.29%

68,409

5. Re-election of Mr. M. Broadhurst

64,116,929

99.90%

64,461

0.10%

64,181,390

91.29%

68,943

6. Re-election of Mr. J. Hirst

64,015,569

99.74%

165,764

0.26%

64,181,333

91.29%

69,000

7. Re-election of Sir Robert Walmsley

64,118,457

99.90%

63,226

0.10%

64,181,683

91.29%

68,650

8. Re-election of Mr. R. Sharma

62,411,874

97.24%

1,769,200

2.76%

64,181,074

91.29%

69,259

9. Re-election of Mr. M. Anderson

62,413,505

97.25%

1,768,145

2.75%

64,181,650

91.29%

68,683

10. Re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors

62,768,715

97.80%

1,414,975

2.20%

64,183,690

91.29%

66,643

11. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditors' remuneration

63,954,693

99.65%

225,647

0.35%

64,180,340

91.29%

69,993

12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares

59,550,720

93.23%

4,326,961

6.77%

63,877,681

90.86%

372,652

13. To disapply pre-emption rights**

60,197,157

94.39%

3,577,878

5.61%

63,775,035

90.71%

475,298

14. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares**

63,246,242

98.59%

901,820

1.41%

64,148,062

91.24%

102,271

15. To permit General Meetings, other than AGM's, to be held on 14 days' notice**

59,540,469

92.76%

4,644,113

7.24%

64,184,582

91.30%

65,750

 

 

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 4 - 7 inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

 

The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 70,294,521.

 

The results will also be made available on the Company's website: http://www.ultra-electronics.com/investors 

 

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a document setting out the resolutions passed at the AGM, concerning special business has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM  

 

Payment of the final dividend will be made on 05 May 2016 to shareholders who were on the shareholder register on 8 April 2016.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc                                                                          +44 (0)208 813 4321

Sharon Harris, Company Secretary                                                              www.ultra-electronics.com     


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