21 May 2025

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 21 May 2025 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       154,030,952           100.00% 6,226      0.00% 113,196
annual report

2. To declare a final   154,144,622           100.00% 5,588      0.00% 164
dividend

3. To re-elect Mr D.    144,381,842           94.39%  8,575,659  5.61% 1,192,873
Dayan

4. To re-elect Mr. P.   152,888,916           99.18%  1,258,263  0.82% 3,195
Larmon

5. To re-elect Ms. L.   152,879,657           99.18%  1,267,522  0.82% 3,195
Chahbazi

6. To re-elect Mr. K.   152,902,732           99.19%  1,244,447  0.81% 3,195
Boyd

7. To re-elect Ms. C.   149,835,458           97.20%  4,311,721  2.80% 3,195
Gordon

8. To re-elect Ms. B    152,880,530           99.18%  1,266,649  0.82% 3,195
García-Cos Muntañola

9. To re-elect Mr J.    153,715,782           99.72%  431,397    0.28% 3,195
Fairbairn

10. To re-elect  Mr. B. 154,120,941           99.98%  26,238     0.02% 3,195
Fidler

11. To re-appoint the   152,948,802           100.00% 7,553      0.00% 1,194,019
auditors

12. To authorise the
Audit Committee to fix  154,140,203           100.00% 7,376      0.00% 2,795
auditor's remuneration

13. To approve the
Directors’ Remuneration 148,490,332           96.33%  5,658,674  3.67% 1,368
Policy

14. To approve the
Annual Report on        151,328,235           98.93%  1,630,062  1.07% 1,192,077
Remuneration

15. To renew authority  153,446,865           99.54%  703,409    0.46% 100
to allot shares

Special Resolutions

16. To renew general
authority for
disapplication of
pre-emption rights for  147,104,346           95.43%  7,045,828  4.57% 200
acquisitions or
specified capital
investments

17. To renew authority
for disapplication of
pre-emption rights for  141,579,960           91.85%  12,569,550 8.15% 864
an additional 5% of
issued share capital

18. To renew authority  154,103,776           99.98%  23,218     0.02% 23,380
to buy own shares

19.To authorise general
meetings 14 days'       152,091,268           98.66%  2,058,906  1.34% 200
notice

 

*   percentage of   votes cast excludes   withheld votes.

 

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the date of the meeting was 178,633,187  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 154,150,374 (86.29% 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 6.4.2, a copy of Resolutions 15 to 19 (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