AEA Technology Group PLC Result of AGM (6508M)

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RNS Number : 6508M

AEA Technology Group PLC

19 September 2012

19 September 2012

AEA Technology Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company was held at 09:00 on Wednesday 19 September 2012 at the offices of Hogan Lovells International LLP, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG.

All of the resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll. A summary of the forms of proxy for each resolution, received up to 48 hours before the time of the AGM, is set out below.

 
          Resolution                           % of      VOTES       % of       VOTES       % of      VOTES 
                                    VOTES      Votes     AGAINST     Votes      TOTAL        ISC     WITHHELD* 
                                     FOR                                                    VOTED 
-----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To receive & 
       adopt Annual 
 1.    Report and Accounts      135,640,208   99.98      33,537      0.02    135,673,745    9.33    2,896,135 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To approve the 
       report on Directors' 
 2.    Remuneration             38,761,116    28.68    96,410,842   71.32    135,171,958    9.30    3,397,922 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To elect John 
 3.    Lowry as a director      135,365,253   99.79     283,907      0.21    135,649,160    9.33    2,920,720 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To re-appoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 4.    LLP as auditors          134,812,013   99.36     875,146      0.64    135,687,159    9.33    2,882,721 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the directors 
       to determine 
       the remuneration 
 5.    of the auditors          134,877,562   99.95      63,310      0.05    134,940,872    9.28    3,629,008 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To grant the 
       directors authority 
 6.    to allot shares          133,067,027   99.43     757,569      0.57    133,824,596    9.21    4,745,284 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To grant the 
       directors authority 
       to disapply 
 7.    pre-emption rights       133,605,415   99.84     214,804      0.16    133,820,219    9.21    4,749,661 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company to 
       make market purchases 
 8.    of its own shares        134,995,241   99.87     174,288      0.13    135,169,529    9.3     3,400,351 
---  ------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------  -------  ----------- 
 

Where shareholders have appointed the Chairman of the AGM as their proxy with discretion as to voting, these votes have been cast in favour of all the resolutions.

* Abstentions are not votes and are not included in the % calculations

   Issued Share Capital at meeting date: 1,453,648,231     Number of votes per share: 1 

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM on the Company's website (www.aeat.com).

The Company confirms that a copy of all the special business resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do"

For further information, please contact:

IR Focus

Neville Harris [e-mail]

This information is provided by RNS

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