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RNS Number : 8959C

Inspecs Group PLC

15 June 2023

15 June 2023

Inspecs Group plc

("Inspecs" the "Company" or "the Group")

Result of AGM

Inspecs Group plc, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of eyewear frames, announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.

 
             Resolution                        For                  Against         Withheld      Total 
                                                                                                   votes 
                                                                                                   cast 
                                         Number        %        Number       %       Number 
                                           of                  of votes              of votes 
                                          votes 
                                      -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to receive and adopt 
        the Company's annual 
 1.     accounts and reports           77,826,788   100.00%       0        0.00%      1,057     77,826,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to approve the directors' 
 2.     remuneration report            61,776,882   81.89%    13,657,909   18.11%   2,393,054   75,434,791 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to re-elect Robin 
        Totterman as a director 
 3.     of the Company.                73,038,722   94.66%    4,119,643    5.34%     669,480    77,158,365 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to re-elect Richard 
        Peck as a director 
 4.     of the Company.                77,765,588   100.00%     1,200      0.00%     61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to re-elect Christopher 
        Kay as a director 
 5.     of the Company.                77,765,588   100.00%     1,200      0.00%     61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to re-elect Christopher 
        Hancock as a director 
 6.     of the Company.                73,274,288   97.13%    2,162,278    2.87%    2,391,279   75,436,566 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to re-elect Angela 
        Farrugia as a director 
 7.     of the Company.                72,702,533   93.49%    5,064,255    6.51%     61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to elect Shaun Smith 
        as a director of 
 8.     the Company.                   77,765,788   100.00%     1,000      0.00%     61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to elect Hugo Adams 
        as a director of 
 9.     the Company.                   77,765,788   100.00%     1,000      0.00%     61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to re-appoint Ernst 
        & Young LLP as the 
        Company's auditors 
        to hold office from 
        the conclusion of 
        this meeting until 
        the conclusion of 
        the next meeting, 
        in accordance with 
 10.    normal practice.               77,820,975   99.99%      5,410      0.01%      1,460     77,826,385 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to authorise the 
        directors to determine 
        the remuneration 
 11.    of the auditors                77,826,788   100.00%       0        0.00%      1,057     77,826,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to enable the Company 
        and each of its subsidiaries 
        to make political 
 12.    donations and expenditure.     71,979,083   92.56%    5,786,802    7.44%     61,960     77,765,885 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Ordinary resolution 
        to authorise the 
        directors to allot 
        ordinary shares in 
        the Company up to 
        a maximum nominal 
        amount of GBP338,905.08 
        and up to a further 
        maximum nominal amount 
        of GBP338,905.08 
        where the allotment 
        is in connection 
        with an offer by 
 13.    way of a rights issue.         77,762,885   100.00%     3,500      0.00%     61,460     77,766,385 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Special resolution 
        to enable the directors 
        to allot, grant options 
        over or otherwise 
        dispose of equity 
        securities for cash 
        or sell treasury 
        shares for cash up 
        to a maximum aggregate 
        nominal amount of 
        GBP101,671.52 as 
        if pre-emption rights 
        did not apply to 
 14.    such allotment.                66,032,162   84.91%    11,734,626   15.09%    61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Special Resolution 
        to further disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
        in relation to acquisitions 
        or other capital 
 15.    investments.                   66,032,162   84.91%    11,734,626   15.09%    61,057     77,766,788 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
       Special resolution 
        to authorise the 
        Company to make market 
        purchases of up to 
        10,167,153 ordinary 
        shares (which represents 
        approximately 10 
        per cent of the Company's 
        ordinary shares (excluding 
        treasury shares) 
        in issue on 31 December 
 16.    2022).                         77,825,606   100.00%      310       0.00%      1,929     77,825,916 
      ------------------------------  -----------  --------  -----------  -------  ----------  ----------- 
 

For further information please contact:

 
Inspecs Group plc                         via FTI Consulting 
 Richard Peck (CEO)                        Tel: +44 (0) 20 
 Chris Kay (CFO)                           3727 1000 
Peel Hunt (Nominated Adviser and Broker)  Tel: +44 (0) 20 
 Adrian Trimmings                          7418 8900 
 Andrew Clark 
 Lalit Bose 
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)             Tel: +44 (0) 20 
 Alex Beagley                              3727 1000 
 Harriet Jackson 
 Alice Newlyn 
 

About Inspecs Group plc

INSPECS is a Bath-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of eyewear frames and optically advanced spectacle lenses. The Group produces a broad range of frames and lenses, covering optical, sunglasses and safety, which are either "Branded" (either under licence or under the Group's own proprietary brands), or "OEM" (including private label on behalf of retail customers, as well as unbranded).

INSPECS aims to be the leader in eyewear solutions through its vertically-integrated business model and has adopted a three-pillar growth strategy to achieve this: (i) continue to grow organically; (ii) undertake further acquisitions (and drive value through leveraging the Group's internal capabilities); and (iii) extend the Group's manufacturing capacity.

INSPECS customers include global optical and non-optical retailers, global distributors and independent opticians, with its distribution network covering over 80 countries and reaching approximately 75,000 points of sale.

INSPECS has operations across the globe: with offices and subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Portugal, Scandinavia, the US and China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen), and manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, China, the UK and Italy.

More information is available at: https://inspecs.com

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