Aptitude Software Group PLC Result of AGM (7505Z)

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RNS Number : 7505Z

Aptitude Software Group PLC

17 May 2023

17 May 2023

Aptitude Software Group plc

("Aptitude Software" or the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software announces that, at the Company's 2023 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

As at 15 May 2023, being the proxy voting deadline, there were 57,337,611 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The proxies received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting are shown below.

 
 
            RESOLUTION                       FOR                AGAINST         WITHHELD 
 
                                       VOTES       % OF      VOTES      % OF     VOTES 
                                                   VOTES                VOTES 
                                                   CAST*                CAST* 
                                    -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Receive and adopt 
       the Company's Annual 
       Report & Accounts 
       for the year ended 
       31 December 2022 together 
       with the reports of 
       the Directors and 
 1     auditors.                     50,143,346   99.99%         275    0.01%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Approve Part B of 
       the Directors' Remuneration 
       Report for the year 
       ended 31 December 
 2     2022.                         49,190,673   98.11%     946,769    1.89%      6,179 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      To approve and adopt 
       the Directors' Remuneration 
 3     Policy.                       48,458,132   96.65%   1,679,310    3.35%      6,179 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Declare a final dividend 
       of 3.6 pence per ordinary 
 4     share.                        50,143,146   99.99%         275    0.01%        200 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Ivan Martin 
       a Director of the 
 5     Company                       49,015,713   97.76%   1,122,908    2.24%      5,000 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse 
       a Director of the 
 6     Company                       49,033,307   97.79%   1,106,518    2.21%      3,796 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Philip Wood 
       a Director of the 
 7     Company                       50,124,418   99.97%      14,203    0.03%      5,000 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Jeremy Suddards 
       a Director of the 
 8     Company                       50,143,346   99.99%         275    0.01%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-elect Sara Dickinson 
       as a Director of the 
 9     Company                       49,783,431   99.29%     356,394    0.71%      3,796 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Re-appoint RSM UK 
       Audit LLP as auditors 
 10    of the Company.               50,143,212   99.99%         409    0.01%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Authorise the Audit 
       Committee to agree 
 11    the auditors' remuneration.   50,143,195   99.99%         426    0.01%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Authorise the Directors 
       to allot securities 
       pursuant to section 
       551 of the Companies 
 12    Act 2006.                     50,130,392   99.97%      13,229    0.03%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Special Resolution: 
       Disapply pre-emption 
       rights under section 
       561 of the Companies 
       Act within the stated 
 13    limits.                       49,088,021   97.89%   1,055,600    2.11%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Special Resolution: 
       Disapply pre-emption 
       rights under section 
       561 of the Act in 
       additional limited 
 14    circumstances.                47,412,128   94.55%   2,731,493    5.45%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Special Resolution: 
       Authorise the Company 
       to make purchases 
       of its own shares 
       pursuant to section 
 15    701 of the Act.               50,143,092   99.99%         529    0.01%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      Special Resolution: 
       Authorise the holding 
       of a general meeting 
       (other than an AGM) 
       on not less than 14 
 16    clear days' notice.           50,077,500   99.87%      66,121    0.13%          0 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
      To approve amendments 
       to the rules of the 
       Performance Share 
 17    Plan 2016.                    50,134,824   99.99%         426    0.01%      8,371 
     -----------------------------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------  --------- 
 

*Excludes votes withheld

Contact:

 
Georgina Sharley, Company Secretary   (0)20 3687 3200 
 

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