RWS Holdings PLC Result of AGM (7549Q)

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RNS Number : 7549Q

RWS Holdings PLC

22 February 2023

For immediate release 22 February 2023

RWS Holdings plc

Result of AGM

RWS Holdings plc ("the Company"), a unique world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services, confirms that the Resolutions (as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 26 January 2023) were duly passed at the AGM held today on a poll, in which every member in person or proxy had one vote for each ordinary share held.

The poll results on the Resolutions, on which Link Group (the Company's registrar) acted as scrutineer, are as follows and the poll results will also be made available on the Company's website - www.rws.com :

Poll voting figures

 
           Resolution                For                     Against                   Withheld 
                                                           ----------- 
                                  Number of    % of votes     Number     % of votes   Number of 
                                    votes         cast       of votes       cast         votes 
                                ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
         Receive the Annual 
 1.      Report and Accounts     318,931,431    100.00%       1,142        0.00%       197,843 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
       Approve the Directors' 
             Remuneration 
 2.             Report           309,223,354     96.91%     9,859,024      3.09%        48,038 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 3.     Approve the Dividend     319,100,414    100.00%         2          0.00%        30,000 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
           Re-elect Andrew 
 4.             Brode            286,136,689     97.03%     8,745,997      2.97%      24,247,479 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Re-elect Lara 
 5.              Boro            318,364,103     99.77%      718,133       0.23%        47,930 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
          Re-elect Frances 
 6.              Earl            318,363,003     99.77%      726,133       0.23%        41,030 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
           Re-elect David 
 7.            Clayton           318,371,147     99.77%      719,089       0.23%        39,930 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
           Re-elect Gordon 
 8.             Stuart           318,371,147     99.77%      723,089       0.23%        35,930 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Re-elect Ian 
 9.           El-Mokadem         318,281,527     99.75%      811,324       0.25%        37,315 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Elect Candida 
 10.            Davies           318,536,370     99.83%      553,866       0.17%        39,930 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 11.    Elect Julie Southern     318,551,602     99.89%      366,626       0.11%        39,930 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Appoint Ernst 
            & Young LLP as 
 12.           Auditors          318,684,897     99.93%      238,132       0.07%        35,129 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Authorise the 
             Directors to 
            determine the 
 13.    Auditor's remuneration   318,180,387     99.77%      747,162       0.23%        30,609 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Authorise the 
             Directors to 
 14.         allot shares        307,265,246     96.34%     11,661,964     3.66%        30,948 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Authorise the 
             Directors to 
             issue shares 
           for cash without 
 15.      pre-emptive rights     316,439,278     99.22%     2,487,927      0.78%        30,953 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Authorise the 
             Directors to 
             issue shares 
           for cash without 
          pre-emptive rights 
            in connection 
         with an acquisition 
           or other capital 
 16.          investment         310,131,197     97.24%     8,791,615      2.76%        35,346 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
            Authorise the 
           Company to make 
         on-market purchases 
 17.      of its own shares      300,842,658     99.91%      257,792       0.09%      17,857,708 
      ------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 
 

Notes:

1. The percentages voted 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast, which does not include votes withheld since for legal purposes a vote withheld is not a vote cast.

2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the meeting have been included in the "For" total.

3. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 389,480,519 ordinary shares.

For further information, please contact:

 
    RWS Holdings plc 
     Andrew Brode, Chairman 
     Ian El-Mokadem, Chief Executive Officer 
     C andy Davies , Chief Financial Officer                    01753 480200 
 
      MHP (Financial PR advisor)                               rws@mhpg roup 
      Katie Hunt / Simon Hockridge                                      .com 
                                                               020 3128 8100 
 
      Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker) 
      Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank / Will Baunton        020 7260 1000 
    Berenberg (Joint Broker) 
     Ben Wright / Toby Flaux / Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff      020 3207 7800 
 

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