Volex PLC Result of AGM (4798H)

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RNS Number : 4798H

Volex PLC

27 July 2023

27 July 2023

Volex plc

("Volex" or "the Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Volex plc (AIM: VLX), the global supplier of integrated manufacturing services and power products, is pleased to announce the results of its AGM, held earlier today, at which all resolutions were duly passed on a poll.

The total number of votes received on each resolution put to the AGM is as follows:

 
             Resolution          Percentage    Votes For      Votes     Total Votes     % of     Votes Withheld* 
                                  in Favour                  Against        Cast       issued 
                                                                                        share 
                                                                                       capital 
                                                                                        voted 
       To receive 
        the audited 
        accounts 
        of the Company 
        for the financial 
        year ended 
 1.     2 April 2023               99.98%     107,231,818    22,663     107,254,481    59.28%        73,569 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To approve 
        the Remuneration 
        Committee 
 2.     Report                     95.72%     102,705,873   4,597,213   107,303,086    59.31%        24,964 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To declare 
        a final dividend 
        of 2.6 pence 
        per ordinary 
        share for 
        the financial 
        year ended 
 3.     2 April 2023               99.99%     107,322,754     3,567     107,326,321    59.32%         1,729 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To re-elect 
        Dean Moore 
 4.     as a Director              92.84%     99,617,479    7,684,408   107,301,887    59.31%        26,163 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To re-appoint 
        PricewaterhouseCoopers 
        LLP as auditors 
 5.     of the Company             98.47%     105,678,991   1,637,789   107,316,780    59.32%        11,270 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to determine 
        the remuneration 
 6.     of the auditors            99.89%     107,132,446    121,184    107,253,630    59.28%        74,420 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to allot 
        shares in 
        the Company 
        pursuant 
        to section 
        551 of the 
        Companies 
        Act 2006 
 7.     ("2006 Act")               99.67%     106,973,727    349,291    107,323,018    59.32%         5,032 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To authorise 
        the disapplication 
        of statutory 
        pre-emption 
        rights under 
        section 570 
        of the Companies 
 8.     Act 2006                   98.55%     105,766,306   1,557,217   107,323,523    59.32%         4,527 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To authorise 
        the further 
        disapplication 
        of statutory 
        pre-emption 
        rights under 
        section 570 
        of the Companies 
        Act 2006 
        in connection 
        with an acquisition 
        or specified 
 9.     capital investment         96.61%     103,675,355   3,641,119   107,316,474    59.32%        11,576 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to make purchases 
        of its own 
        shares in 
        accordance 
        with section 
        701 of the 
 10.    2006 Act                   99.96%     107,174,452    42,509     107,216,961    59.26%        111,089 
      ------------------------  -----------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ---------------- 
 

Notes

*A vote withheld is not treated as a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast for or against a resolution.

Resolutions 1 to 7 were ordinary resolutions, requiring a simple majority of votes cast to pass, while resolutions 8 to 10 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% support to pass.

The total number of Volex shares in issue at 6.00 p.m. on 25 July 2023, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 180,925,266 .

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM, which is available on the Volex website ( www.volex.com ) on the "Shareholder Information" page in the Investor Relations section.

For further information please contact:

 
                                                     [phone] 
 Volex plc                                            431 
 Nat Rothschild, Executive Chairman 
 Jon Boaden, Chief Financial Officer 
 Chris Bedford, Group General Counsel and Company 
  Secretary 
 
 Peel Hunt LLP - Nominated Adviser & Joint 
  Broker 
  Ed Allsopp 
  Tom Ballard                                        [phone] 
  Ben Harrington                                      8900 
 
 HSBC Bank plc - Joint Broker 
  Simon Alexander                                    [phone] 
  Joe Weaving                                         8888 
 

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