Avon Rubber PLC Result of AGM (6929D)

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RNS Number : 6929D

Avon Rubber PLC

01 February 2018

1 February 2018

Avon Rubber p.l.c.

(the 'Company')

Result of AGM

Avon Rubber p.l.c. is pleased to announce that, at its Annual General Meeting held today, all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed.

A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the meeting for each resolution is set out below and will also be made available on the Company's website: www.avon-rubber.com

 
                                                    FOR         %     AGAINST    %     WITHHELD 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To receive the Report 
 1     and Accounts                              21,459,970    100       0       0       1,823 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To approve the Directors' 
 2     Remuneration Report                       19,134,112   96.97   598,550   3.03   1,729,130 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
 3    To declare a final dividend                21,460,593    100       0       0       1,200 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To re-appoint David 
 4     Evans as a Director                       21,455,723   99.98    5,269    0.02      800 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To re-appoint Paul McDonald 
 5     as a Director                             21,455,754   99.98    5,239    0.02      800 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To re-appoint Nick Keveth 
 6     as a Director                             21,451,934   99.96    9,059    0.04      800 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as auditors of the 
 7     Company                                   21,184,834   98.74   269,577   1.26     7,381 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To authorise the Directors 
       to determine the auditors' 
 8     remuneration                              21,452,731   99.99    3,062    0.01     6,000 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To authorise the Directors 
 9     to allot shares                           21,405,825   99.75   54,587    0.25     1,381 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To disapply pre-emption 
 10    rights*                                   21,405,056   99.76   51,025    0.24     5,712 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To disapply pre-emption 
       rights limited to acquisition/specified 
 11    capital investment*                       20,966,816   97.72   488,964   2.28     6,012 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To authorise the Company 
       to purchase its own 
 12    shares*                                   21,180,303   98.71   276,618   1.29     4,871 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
      To authorise short notice 
 13    general meetings*                         21,252,690   99.04   206,252   0.96     2,851 
---  -----------------------------------------  -----------  ------  --------  -----  ---------- 
 

Notes

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

3. Discretionary proxy votes lodged in favour of a third party have not been included in the "for", "against" or "total" figures.

   4.    At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 31,023,292 ordinary shares. 

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Miles Ingrey-Counter

Company Secretary

LEI: 213800JM1AN62REBWA71

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