Aptitude Software Group PLC Result of AGM (7393Z)

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RNS Number : 7393Z

Aptitude Software Group PLC

21 May 2019

21 May 2019

APTITUDE SOFTWARE GROUP plc ('Company')

Result of AGM

The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software Group plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Company's 2019 Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

As at the date of the meeting, there were 61,703,009 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The following proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting:

 
 
               RESOLUTION                           FOR                  AGAINST         WITHHELD 
 
                                            VOTES      % OF VOTES     VOTES      % OF     VOTES 
                                                          CAST*                  VOTES 
                                                                                 CAST* 
                                         -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Receive and adopt the 
       Company's Annual Report 
       & Accounts for the 
       year ended 31 December 
       2018 together with 
       the reports of the 
 1     Directors and auditors.            48,189,577      100.00%           0    0.00%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Approve Part B of the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
       Report for the year 
 2     ended 31 December 2018.            47,293,925       98.18%     876,116    1.82%     22,536 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Declare a final dividend 
       of 4.40 pence per ordinary 
 3     shares.                            48,192,577      100.00%           0    0.00%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Ivan Martin 
 4     a Director the Company             48,189,577       99.99%       3,000    0.01%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Tom Crawford 
 5     a Director the Company             48,146,575       99.90%      46,002    0.10%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse 
 6     a Director the Company             48,189,189      100.00%         388    0.01%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Peter Whiting 
 7     a Director the Company             44,525,420       92.39%   3,667,157    7.61%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Philip Wood 
 8     a Director the Company             48,146,575       99.90%      46,002    0.10%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as auditors of 
 9     the Company.                       45,623,478       94.67%   2,566,098    5.33%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Authorise the Audit 
       Committee to agree 
 10    the auditors' remuneration.        47,332,292       98.22%     857,285    1.78%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Authorise the Directors 
       to allot securities 
       pursuant to section 
       551 of the Companies 
 11    Act 2006 (the "Act").              48,189,577      100.00%           0    0.00%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 12   Special Resolution:                 48,189,577       100.00           0    0.00%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Disapply pre-emption 
       rights under section 
       561 of the Act within 
       the stated limits. 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 13   Special Resolution:                 48,189,577       100.00           0    0.00%      3,000 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Disapply pre-emption 
       rights under section 
       561 of the Act in additional 
       limited circumstances. 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 14   Special Resolution:                 48,192,577       100.00           0    0.00%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Authorise the Company 
       to make purchases of 
       its own shares pursuant 
       to section 701 of the 
       Act. 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 15   Special Resolution:                 47,969,722        99.54     222,855    0.46%          0 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Authorise the holding 
       of a general meeting 
       (other than an AGM) 
       on not less than 14 
       clear days' notice. 
     ----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 

*Excludes votes withheld

Contact:

 
Georgina Sharley, Company Secretary   020-3880-7100 
 

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