QINETIQ GROUP PLC
21 July 2021
QINETIQ GROUP PLC
(i) Results of Annual General Meeting held on 21 July 2021
Poll Results of Annual General Meeting
QinetiQ Group plc ('QinetiQ') announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 21 July 2021 were duly passed with the requisite majorities and the results of the poll are as follows:
| | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST | % OF SHARE CAPITAL WITH VOTING RIGHTS | VOTES WITHHELD |
1 | To receive the Report and Accounts | 470,683,579
| 99.96%
| 175,353
| 0.04%
| 470,858,932
| 81.36
| 5,473,203
|
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 436,288,423
| 93.63%
| 29,698,657
| 6.37%
| 465,987,080
| 80.52
| 10,345,055
|
3 | To declare a final dividend for the year | 476,235,238
| 99.99%
| 69,435
| 0.01%
| 476,304,673
| 82.30
| 27,462
|
4 | To re-elect Lynn Brubaker | 475,227,548
| 99.80%
| 940,151
| 0.20%
| 476,167,699
| 82.27
| 158,111
|
5 | To re-elect Michael Harper | 470,448,759
| 98.80%
| 5,709,279
| 1.20%
| 476,158,038
| 82.27
| 167,772
|
6 | To re-elect Shonaid Jemmett-Page | 445,852,986
| 93.63%
| 30,313,442
| 6.37%
| 476,166,428
| 82.27
| 159,382
|
7 | To re-elect Neil Johnson | 471,192,923
| 99.58%
| 1,974,100
| 0.42%
| 473,167,023
| 81.76
| 3,158,787
|
8 | To elect Gordon Messenger | 476,049,576
| 99.98%
| 118,462
| 0.02%
| 476,168,038
| 82.27
| 156,511
|
9 | To re-elect Susan Searle | 427,424,942
| 89.77%
| 48,732,756
| 10.23%
| 476,157,698
| 82.27
| 168,112
|
10 | To re-elect David Smith | 474,674,527
| 99.69%
| 1,498,237
| 0.31%
| 476,172,764
| 82.28
| 153,046
|
11 | To re-elect Steve Wadey | 475,721,055
| 99.90%
| 473,279
| 0.10%
| 476,194,334
| 82.28
| 131,476
|
12 | To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP as auditor | 473,018,176
| 99.32%
| 3,256,296
| 0.68%
| 476,274,472
| 82.29
| 51,338
|
13 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 476,029,465
| 99.95%
| 250,416
| 0.05%
| 476,279,881
| 82.29
| 45,929
|
14 | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations | 448,079,541
| 94.08%
| 28,179,177
| 5.92%
| 476,258,718
| 82.29
| 73,417
|
15 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 471,255,039
| 98.97%
| 4,926,561
| 1.03%
| 476,181,600
| 82.28
| 144,210
|
16 | To disapply pre-emption rights (standard)* | 475,519,130
| 99.87%
| 628,683
| 0.13%
| 476,147,813
| 82.27
| 177,997
|
17 | To disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions)* | 460,002,564
| 96.61%
| 16,161,255
| 3.39%
| 476,163,819
| 82.27
| 161,991
|
18 | To purchase own shares* | 471,371,306
| 99.32%
| 3,231,946
| 0.68%
| 474,603,252
| 82.00
| 1,722,558
|
19 | To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice* | 467,450,796
| 98.14%
| 8,841,904
| 1.86%
| 476,292,700
| 82.30
| 32,080
|
*Special Resolution
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. Votes "for" include discretionary votes.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
4. The number of ordinary shares in issue at 10.00 am on 19 July 2021 was 578,757,121 of which none are held in treasury. Therefore the number of ordinary shares with voting rights at 10:00am on 21 July 2021 was 578,757,121.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the AGM held on 21 July 2021, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Company Secretary: | Jon Messent, QinetiQ | +44 (0)1252 392000 |
Investor Relations: | David Smith, QinetiQ | +44 (0)1252 392000 |
| John Haworth, QinetiQ | +44 (0)1252 392000 |
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