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Devro PLC
26 April 2017
 

Devro plc (the "Company")

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

VOTING RESULTS / AVAILABILITY OF CORRESPONDING

DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION / CONFIRMATION OF BOARD CHANGES

VOTING RESULTS

The Company announces that at its AGM held earlier today, 26 April 2017, all of the resolutions set out below were passed on a poll vote.  The votes recorded were as follows:

 

RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES AGAINST

% OF VOTES CAST

TOTAL VOTES CAST*

% OF TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS**

VOTES WITHHELD

1.     To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016, together with the Directors' Report, the Strategic Report and the Auditors' Report on those accounts

118,399,944

100.00

3,175

0.00

118,403,119

70.92

2,102

2.     To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2016

118,403,014

100.00

715

0.00

118,403,729

70.92

1,492

3.     To re-elect as a Director Mr Gerard Hoetmer

95,318,404

99.86

129,154

0.14

95,447,558

57.17

22,957,663

4.     To re-elect as a Director Mr Peter Page

118,381,419

99.99

14,166

0.01

118,395,585

70.92

9,636

5.     To re-elect as a Director Mr Rutger Helbing

118,381,462

99.99

13,588

0.01

118,395,050

70.92

10,171

6.     To re-elect as a Director Ms Jane Lodge

118,340,627

99.97

37,978

0.03

118,378,605

70.91

14,416

7.     To elect as a Director Mr Malcolm Swift

118,372,627

99.99

11,423

0.01

118,384,050

70.91

15,171

8.     To re-elect as a Director Mr Paul Withers

118,372,026

99.99

17,131

0.01

118,389,157

70.91

16,064

9.     To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the Company's Auditors

118,345,614

99.96

49,472

0.04

118,395,086

70.92

10,135

10.  To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration

118,371,152

99.98

26,846

0.02

118,397,998

70.92

7,223

11.  To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2016

118,289,320

99.94

75,408

0.06

118,364,728

70.90

38,893

12.  To approve the  Remuneration Policy

117,937,150

99.83

202,468

0.17

118,139,618

70.76

265,603

13.  To renew the Directors' authority to allot new shares

118,348,716

99.97

36,667

0.03

118,385,383

70.91

19,838

14.  To authorise the general disapplication of pre-emption rights

118,329,063

99.95

60,250

0.05

118,389,313

70.91

15,908

15.  To authorise the specific disapplication of pre-emption rights.

118,270,482

99.90

119,157

0.10

118,389,639

70.91

15,362

16.  To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

118,298,636

99.93

88,240

0.07

118,386,876

70.91

13,462

17.  To approve a 14 day notice period for General Meetings other than Annual General Meetings

116,883,432

98.72

1,516,022

1.28

118,399,454

70.92

5,767

 

*  Total votes cast excludes votes withheld as a vote withheld is not a vote in law. 

** The total number of voting rights in the Company today, 26 April 2017 is 166,949,022.

 

 

AVAILABILITY OF CORRESPONDING DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION

 

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6, the Company also confirms that a copy of all resolutions passed as special business at its AGM will shortly be made available for public inspection via the National Storage Mechanism.

 

CONFIRMATION OF BOARD CHANGES

 

We confirm the changes to the Board that we had previously announced, which have taken effect to coincide with today's AGM.  Mr Paul Neep ceased to be a director of the Company on his resignation from the Board and Mr Malcolm Swift has become a director of the Company, following his election at today's meeting.

 

 

 

26 April 2017

 

Enquiries:    John Meredith

                    Devro Company Secretary

                    Tel:  01236 872261

 


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