Oxford Instruments Plc - Annual General Meeting 2023 Results
September 19 2023 - 7:41AM
PR Newswire (US)
19 September 2023
Oxford
Instruments plc
Annual
General Meeting 2023 results
The Annual
General Meeting (the "AGM") of Oxford Instruments plc (the
"Company") was held at Tubney Woods, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13
5QX, on 19 September 2023 at
11am.
All
resolutions were voted upon by a poll and the resolutions proposed
at the AGM were all passed by shareholders with the necessary
majorities. The full text of each resolution is contained in the
Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the
Company's website (oxinst.com).
The number
of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the AGM
and the number of votes withheld were as set out in the table
below.
|
Resolution
|
Votes
for
|
%
|
Votes
against
|
%
|
Total
votes cast (excluding withheld)
|
%
of issued share capital voted
|
Votes
withheld
|
|
1. To
receive the 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements
|
43,645,341
|
99.76
|
104,974
|
0.24
|
43,750,315
|
75.66
|
245,377
|
|
2. To
approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
|
41,577,906
|
98.41
|
670,985
|
1.59
|
42,248,891
|
73.07
|
1,746,801
|
|
3. To
approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
|
43,129,297
|
98.04
|
862,318
|
1.96
|
43,991,615
|
76.08
|
4,077
|
|
4. To
declare a final dividend
|
43,777,376
|
99.50
|
218,032
|
0.50
|
43,995,408
|
76.09
|
284
|
|
5. To
re-elect Neil Carson as a Director of the Company
|
42,193,549
|
95.91
|
1,799,886
|
4.09
|
43,993,435
|
76.08
|
2,257
|
|
6. To
re-elect Ian Barkshire as a Director of the Company
|
43,934,496
|
99.87
|
58,939
|
0.13
|
43,993,435
|
76.08
|
2,257
|
|
7. To
re-elect Gavin Hill as a Director of the Company
|
43,918,915
|
99.83
|
74,520
|
0.17
|
43,993,435
|
76.08
|
2,257
|
|
8. To
elect Reshma Ramachandran as a Director of the Company
|
42,684,338
|
97.02
|
1,309,097
|
2.98
|
43,993,435
|
76.08
|
2,257
|
|
9. To
re-elect Nigel Sheinwald as a Director of the Company
|
42,409,658
|
96.78
|
1,412,947
|
3.22
|
43,822,605
|
75.79
|
173,087
|
|
10. To
re-elect Mary Waldner as a Director of the Company
|
42,685,023
|
97.03
|
1,308,362
|
2.97
|
43,993,385
|
76.08
|
2,307
|
|
11. To
re-elect Alison Wood as a Director of the Company
|
42,580,459
|
96.79
|
1,410,706
|
3.21
|
43,991,165
|
76.08
|
4,527
|
|
12. To
re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company
|
43,989,246
|
99.99
|
4,755
|
0.01
|
43,994,001
|
76.08
|
1,691
|
|
13. To
authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the auditor's
remuneration
|
43,993,990
|
100.00
|
436
|
0.01
|
43,994,426
|
76.08
|
1,266
|
|
14. To
authorise political donations and expenditure
|
43,568,385
|
99.03
|
425,585
|
0.97
|
43,993,970
|
76.08
|
1,722
|
|
15. To
authorise the Board to allot shares
|
43,463,863
|
98.79
|
530,348
|
1.21
|
43,994,211
|
76.08
|
1,481
|
|
16. To
authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights *
|
43,988,011
|
99.99
|
5,433
|
0.01
|
43,993,444
|
76.08
|
2,248
|
|
17. To
authorise the additional disapplication of pre-emption rights
*
|
43,689,668
|
99.31
|
303,763
|
0.69
|
43,993,431
|
76.08
|
2,261
|
|
18. To
authorise the purchase of own shares *
|
43,700,536
|
99.36
|
279,943
|
0.64
|
43,980,479
|
76.06
|
15,213
|
|
19. To
approve the rules of the Oxford Instruments plc Long Term Incentive
Plan and authorise the directors to adopt the Plan
|
43,239,876
|
98.85
|
503,291
|
1.15
|
43,743,167
|
75.65
|
252,525
|
|
20. To
authorise the calling of a general meeting of the Company on not
less than 14 days' notice *
|
43,560,943
|
99.02
|
432,648
|
0.98
|
43,993,591
|
76.08
|
2,101
|
*
Indicates a special resolution.
For all
resolutions, as at close of business on 15
September 2023, being the time at which shareholders who
wanted to attend, speak and vote at the meeting were required to
have their details entered in the register of members, the issued
share capital of the Company with voting rights consisted of
57,822,737 ordinary shares of 5 pence
each. The Company did not hold any shares in treasury. Ordinary
shareholders have one vote for each ordinary share held.
Please
note a "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not
counted in the calculation of votes "for" or "against" a
resolution. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage
of votes received, rounded to two decimal places. Votes "for"
include those at the Chairman's discretion.
In
accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of all the
resolutions passed have been submitted to the Financial Conduct
Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will
be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
This
notification is made in accordance with UK Listing Rule
9.6.3R.
LEI number
of Oxford Instruments plc: 213800J364EZD6UCE231
Enquiries:
Sarah Harvey
Company
Secretary
+44 (0)
1865 393448
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