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Gattaca plc announced that at its Annual General Meeting held on 6 December 2023, all thirteen resolutions put to shareholders were passed. These resolutions included the approval of a final dividend of 2.5 pence per ordinary share and a special dividend of 2.5 pence per ordinary share. Shareholders also re-elected four Directors and appointed Mazars LLP as auditors, with all resolutions passing with a "For" vote percentage of 99.92% or higher.
| Date | 6 Dec 2023 |
| Time | 16:51:12 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 9280V |
6 December 2023
Gattaca plc
("Gattaca" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
Gattaca plc, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today, 6 December 2023, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 10 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 11 to 13 were passed as special resolutions.
The full text of the resolutions considered at the AGM is set out in the Notice of AGM published on 13 November, available on the Company's website at www.gattacaplc.com
Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution (all of which were passed on a show of hands) are shown in the table below. Any proxy votes which were at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
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No. |
Resolutions
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For |
Against |
Vote Withheld |
% Vote Cast For1 |
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Ordinary Resolutions |
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1. |
To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 July 2023, together with the reports of the Directors and auditors |
19,321,785 |
1,100 |
0 |
99.99% |
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2. |
To approve the final dividend of 2.5 pence per ordinary share |
19,321,785 |
1,100 |
0 |
99.99% |
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3. |
To approve the special dividend of 2.5 pence per ordinary share |
19,321,995 |
890 |
0 |
99.99% |
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4. |
To re-elect Tracey James as a Director of the Company |
19,319,757 |
1,628 |
1,500 |
99.99% |
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5. |
To re-elect David Lawther as a Director of the Company |
19,318,867 |
2,518 |
1,500 |
99.99% |
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6. |
To re-elect Matthew Wragg as a Director of the Company |
19,320,367 |
2,518 |
0 |
99.99% |
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7. |
To re-elect Oliver Whittaker as a Director of the Company |
19,321,257 |
1,628 |
0 |
99.99% |
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8. |
To appoint Mazars LLP as auditors of the Company |
19,319,768 |
1,617 |
1,500 |
99.99% |
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9. |
To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration |
19,319,768 |
1,407 |
1,710 |
99.99% |
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10. |
To renew the Directors authority to allot shares generally |
19,318,157 |
2,419 |
2,309 |
99.99% |
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Special Resolutions |
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11. |
To renew the Directors' authority to waive shareholders' rights of pre-emption |
19,304,004 |
3,407 |
15,474 |
99.98% |
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12. |
To waive shareholders' rights of pre-emption in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investments |
19,304,340 |
16,236 |
2,309 |
99.92% |
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13. |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares |
19,321,178 |
1,707 |
0 |
99.99% |
[1] Discounting votes withheld
For further information please contact:
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Gattaca plc |
+44 (0) 1489 898989 |
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Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
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Liberum Capital Limited (Nomad and Broker) |
+44 (0) 20 3100 2000 |
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Lauren Kettle Richard Lindley
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IFC Advisory |
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Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Chandler
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+44 (0) 20 3934 6630 |
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