Cobham PLC AGM Statement (5598D)

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RNS Number : 5598D

Cobham PLC

27 April 2017

Cobham plc

Annual General Meeting held on 27 April 2017

Cobham plc is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today Thursday 27 April 2017, at 10am, each resolution was passed on a poll.

The votes cast were as follows:

 
 Resolution                         Total          %     Total         %     Total        Votes 
                                     Votes               Votes                Votes      WITHHELD 
                                      FOR               AGAINST               Cast 
-------------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 1    Report & Accounts           34,295,300   99.99       2,402    0.01   34,297,702     221,952 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
 2    Remuneration Policy         32,316,198   93.62   2,200,906    6.38   34,517,104       2,542 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
 3    Remuneration Report         34,099,321   98.79     417,666    1.21   34,516,987       2,661 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Appointment - 
 4     David Lockwood             34,471,138   99.86      47,926    0.14   34,519,064         588 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Appointment - 
 5     David Mellors              34,432,606   99.75      86,257    0.25   34,518,863         790 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-election of 
 6     Jonathan Flint             34,474,225   99.87      44,430    0.13   34,518,655         997 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-election of 
 7     Mike Hagee                 34,353,549   99.65     121,655    0.35   34,475,204      44,447 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-election of 
 8     Birgit Nørgaard       30,206,819   96.63   1,052,917    3.37   31,259,736   3,259,911 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-election of 
 9     Alan Semple                34,439,687   99.78      77,257    0.22   34,516,944       2,707 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-election of 
 10    Mike Wareing               34,461,795   99.84      56,746    0.16   34,518,541       1,160 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-election of 
 11    Alison Wood                34,433,543   99.76      83,492    0.24   34,517,035       2,613 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Re-appointment 
 12    of Auditors                33,271,963   96.40   1,241,486    3.60   34,513,449       6,198 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Remuneration of 
 13    Auditors                   34,414,889   99.70     103,646    0.30   34,518,535       1,116 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Approval of the 
 14    Cobham LTIP                32,123,866   93.07   2,391,875    6.93   34,515,741       3,904 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Approval of the 
       Cobham Deferred 
 15    Bonus Share Plan           34,463,970   99.85      50,366    0.15   34,514,336       5,313 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Authority to purchase 
 16    own shares                 33,411,130   97.06   1,013,725    2.94   34,424,855      94,793 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Authority to allot 
 17    shares                     31,344,716   90.81   3,172,530    9.19   34,517,246       2,403 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Authority to allot 
       equity securities 
 18    for cash                   33,206,791   96.21   1,308,961    3.79   34,515,752       3,896 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Authority to allot 
       equity securities 
 19    for cash re acquisitions   30,537,372   88.48   3,977,605   11.52   34,514,977       4,669 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
      Authority to call 
       general meetings 
 20    on 14 days' notice         33,046,999   96.11   1,336,894    3.89   34,383,893     135,749 
---  --------------------------  -----------  ------  ----------  ------  -----------  ---------- 
 

Notes:

(1) Where shareholders appointed the chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, these votes have been cast in favour of all resolutions.

(2) A vote 'WITHHELD' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'FOR' or 'AGAINST' a resolution.

   (3)      Resolutions 16, 18 and 20 are Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority. 

The following table provides further relevant information:

 
                                       Cobham plc's         Cobham plc's 
                                        One Hundred          One Hundred 
                                     and Twenty-Seventh    and Twenty-Sixth 
                                            AGM                  AGM 
                                           (2017)               (2016) 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Issued share capital (excluding 
  Treasury Shares)                     1,707,863,851        1,138,575,901 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Total number of possible 
  votes                                 42,716,296           28,484,098 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Proxy appointments lodged              34,515,859           23,759,786 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Representing % of possible 
  vote                                     80.8                 83.41 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Number of AGM attendees                    11                   10 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Total vote % on the poll                  80.8                 83.41 
---------------------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 

A copy of a document setting out the resolutions passed dealing with special business at the meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The Voting results will be placed on our website (www.cobhaminvestors.com).

Mrs Lyn Colloff

Company Secretary

Cobham plc

27 April 2017

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Julian Wais

Director of Investor Relations

Tel: [phone]

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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