2009 annual general meeting
The 2009 annual general meeting of Spectris plc took place on Tuesday 19 May 2009 at the company’s offices at Station Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 9NP. All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. The table below shows the number of proxy votes cast.
Spectris plc
| Meeting Date: | 19/05/2009 |
| Number of shareholders at meeting date: | 1,916 |
| Issued share capital at meeting date: | 125,005,123 |
| Number of votes per share: | one |
| Meeting type AGM/EGM: | AGM |
Resolution
(No. as noted on proxy form) | Shares
For | Shares
Discretionary | Shares
Against | Shares Marked As Votes Withheld/Abstentions | Poll
Yes/No |
|---|
| 1. To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2008 | 83,119,369 | 27,377 | 105,013 | 787,074 | No |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2008 | 81,994,954 | 31,577 | 178,027 | 1,834,275 | No |
| 3. To declare a final dividend of 17.0p | 84,011,505 | 27,003 | 213 | 112 | No |
| 4. To re-elect Mr J E O’Higgins as a director | 80,378,482 | 34,972 | 1,968,895 | 1,656,484 | No |
| 5. To re-elect Mr J A Warren as a director | 79,103,392 | 34,972 | 4,897,175 | 3,294 | No |
| 6. To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors | 83,776,980 | 28,403 | 228,784 | 4,666 | No |
| 7. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 83,897,761 | 31,669 | 106,342 | 3,061 | No |
| 8. To authorise the directors to allot shares, as shown in the notice of meeting | 83,370,504 | 29,803 | 636,398 | 2,128 | No |
| 9. To empower the directors to allot equity securities for cash, as shown in the notice of meeting | 83,977,277 | 27,937 | 31,025 | 2,594 | No |
| 10. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares, as shown in the notice of meeting | 83,987,266 | 30,259 | 18,668 | 2,640 | No |
| 11. To adopt new Articles of Association | 81,808,316 | 30,594 | 2,190,241 | 9,682 | No |
| 12. To allow the period of notice for general meetings of the Company (other than annual general meetings) to be not less than 14 clear days’ notice | 81,798,020 | 29,203 | 2,207,621 | 3,989 | No |
To view the Notice of Annual General Meeting click here.
To view the proposed new Articles of Association click here.
To view the Dividend Reinvestment Plan click here.
To view a location map of how to find the company’s offices click here.
To view the results from the 2008 Annual General Meeting click here.
