30 May 2024

 

Bodycote plc -   Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Bodycote plc hereby confirms that all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting for its Annual General Meeting held on 30 May 2024 were passed by shareholders on a poll.

 

The total number of votes cast for each resolution is as follows:

 

                         VOTES                         VOTES            VOTES
Resolution                                     %*                 %*
                         FOR AND DISCRETIONARY         AGAINST          WITHHELD

Ordinary Resolutions

1. To receive the annual 163,770,223           100.00% 0          0.00% 198,465
report

2. To declare a final    163,968,671           100.00% 17         0.00% 0
dividend

3. To re-elect Mr D.     156,342,088           95.37%  7,593,740  4.63% 32,860
Dayan

4. To re-elect Mr. P.    162,696,352           99.23%  1,269,097  0.77% 3,239
Larmon

5. To re-elect Ms. L.    162,685,970           99.22%  1,279,267  0.78% 3,451
Chahbazi

6. To re-elect Mr. K.    162,693,766           99.23%  1,269,097  0.77% 5,825
Boyd

7. To re-elect Ms. C.    160,875,673           98.12%  3,089,840  1.88% 3,175
Gordon

8. To elect  Mr. B.      163,910,397           99.97%  55,118     0.03% 3,173
Fidler

9. To elect Ms. B        163,912,759           99.97%  49,230     0.03% 6,699
García-Cos Muntañola

10. To elect Mr J.       163,515,758           99.75%  415,333    0.25% 37,597
Fairbairn

11. To re-appoint the    162,694,842           99.22%  1,272,602  0.78% 1,244
auditors

12. To authorise the
Audit Committee to fix   163,963,538           100.00% 3,105      0.00% 2,045
auditor's remuneration

13. To approve the
Annual Report on         157,710,901           96.19%  6,252,455  3.81% 5,332
Remuneration

14. To renew authority   163,290,002           99.59%  675,454    0.41% 3,232
to allot shares

Special Resolutions

15. To renew general
authority for
disapplication of
pre-emption rights for   157,009,373           95.76%  6,958,355  4.24% 960
acquisitions or
specified capital
investments

16. To renew authority
for disapplication of
pre-emption rights for   151,443,822           92.36%  12,524,264 7.64% 602
an additional 5% of
issued share capital

17. To renew authority   162,647,905           99.21%  1,294,588  0.79% 26,195
to buy own shares

18.To authorise general  162,078,336           98.85%  1,890,347  1.15% 5
meetings 14 days' notice

 

*   percentage of   votes cast excludes   withheld votes.

 

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the meeting was 188,807,270 and each share attracted one vote. Votes `For' included votes at the discretion of the Chairman.     All valid proxy votes and voting instructions (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.     The total number of votes cast was 163,968,688 (86.84% of the share register).  

 

The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website,   www.bodycote.com .     A copy of the poll results for the AGM will also be made available on the Company's website.  

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of Resolutions 14 to 17 (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting), will be submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority's national storage mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

 

 

A. Broughton

Group Company Secretary

Bodycote plc

 

Tel:   +44 (0)1625 505300