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discoverIE Group plc

19 August 2020

19 August 2020

discoverIE Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

discoverIE Group plc (LSE: DSCV, "discoverIE" or "The Group"), a leading international designer, manufacturer and supplier of customised electronics to industry, announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were approved. The following levels of proxy votes were received:

 
      Resolution                              Votes For           Votes Against      Withheld 
      Receipt and Adoption 
       of 
 1     Financial Statements              70,682,791    99.99%       8,463   0.01%     162,160 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Approval of Directors' 
 2     Remuneration Report               68,046,592    97.16%   1,991,774   2.84%     815,048 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Re-election of Malcolm 
 3     Diamond                           66,798,204    97.08%   2,006,601   2.92%   2,048,609 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
 4    Re-election of Nick Jefferies      70,490,028    99.49%     358,667   0.51%       4,719 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Re-election of Simon 
 5     Gibbins                           70,835,426    99.98%      13,270   0.02%       4,719 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Re-election of Bruce 
 6     Thompson                          70,753,419    99.87%      95,277   0.13%       4,719 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Re-election of Tracey 
 7     Graham                            70,753,804    99.87%      95,451   0.13%       4,160 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
 8    Election of Clive Watson           70,845,695   100.00%       3,001   0.00%       4,719 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
 9    Re-appointment of Auditor          70,840,780    99.99%       4,475   0.01%       8,160 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Authority to fix Auditor's 
 10    Remuneration                      70,846,255   100.00%       3,000   0.00%       4,160 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
 11   Authority to Allot Shares          70,714,906    99.81%     132,325   0.19%       6,184 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Additional Authority 
       to Allot Shares (rights 
 12    issue)                            70,716,163    99.81%     131,627   0.19%       5,625 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Authority to Disapply 
       Statutory 
 13    Pre-Emption Rights                70,836,174    99.99%       7,003   0.01%      10,238 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Additional Authority 
       to Disapply Statutory 
       Pre-Emption Rights (acquisition 
       or specified capital 
 14    investment)                       70,675,319    99.76%     172,416   0.24%       5,679 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Additional Authority 
 15    to Allot Shares                   65,375,813    92.28%   5,471,922   7.72%       5,679 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      Authority to Purchase 
 16    Company's Own Shares              70,677,107    99.76%     170,682   0.24%       5,625 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
 17   To authorise scrip dividends       70,847,616   100.00%         174   0.00%       5,625 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
 18   Notice of General Meetings         69,613,278    98.26%   1,234,953   1.74%       5,184 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      To authorise political 
 19    donations                         68,184,230    96.46%   2,504,450   3.54%     164,734 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 
      To approve the 2020 Company 
 20    Share Option Plan                 70,832,223    99.98%      12,612   0.02%       8,579 
     ---------------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  ------  ---------- 
 

As at today's date discoverIE Group plc has 89,455,715 ordinary shares in issue.

A copy of the resolutions approved by Shareholders will be placed on the National Storage Mechanism.

 
 For further information, please contact: 
 discoverIE Group plc 
  Greg Davidson                              01483 544 
  Group Company Secretary                     500 
 Instinctif 
  Mark Garraway                              020 7457 
  Rosie Driscoll                              2020 
 

Notes to Editors:

About discoverIE Group plc

discoverIE Group plc is an international group of businesses that designs, manufactures and supplies innovative components for electronic applications.

The Group provides application-specific components to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") internationally. By designing components that meet customers' unique requirements, which are then manufactured and supplied throughout the life of their production, a high level of repeating revenue is generated with long term customer relationships.

With a focus on key markets driven by structural growth and increasing electronic content, namely renewable energy, transportation, medical and industrial & connectivity, the Group aims to achieve organic growth that is well ahead of GDP and to supplement that with targeted complementary acquisitions.

The Group employs c.4,400 people and its principal operating units are located in Continental Europe, the UK, China, Sri Lanka, India and North America.

The Group is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is in the top quartile of the FTSE Small Cap Index, classified within the Electrical Components and Equipment subsector, and has revenues of over GBP450m. Over the last five years, underlying earnings per share has almost doubled.

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