RNS Number : 7190W
RWS Holdings PLC
11 February 2025
 

11 February 2025

RWS Holdings plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

 

RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", the "Company"), a unique world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services, confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2025 Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held today. The poll results of each resolution are set out below. The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was 369,807,646. Each share carried one vote.

Resolution

Total votes

For

%

 

Total votes Against

 

%

% of Issued Share Capital voted

Votes withheld

1.

Receive the Annual Report and Accounts

289,398,086

100.00%

8,254

0.00%

78.26

325,341

2.

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

221,916,515

76.60%

67,774,458

23.40%

78.34

40,708

3.

Approve the Dividend

289,712,771

100.00%

8,058

0.00%

78.34

10,852

4.

Re-elect Paul Abbott

289,097,792

99.79%

595,447

0.21%

78.34

38,442

5.

Re-elect Andrew Brode

283,531,035

97.87%

6,166,624

2.13%

78.34

34,022

6.

Re-elect David Clayton

278,270,907

96.06%

11,426,752

3.94%

78.34

34,022

7.

Re-elect Graham Cooke

289,113,410

99.80%

583,708

0.20%

78.34

34,563

8.

Re-elect Candida Davies

289,448,524

99.91%

246,982

0.09%

78.34

36,175

9.

Re-elect Frances Earl

283,164,069

97.75%

6,517,397

2.25%

78.33

50,215

10.

Re-elect Julie Southern

286,400,810

98.86%

3,296,308

1.14%

78.34

34,563

11.

Re-elect Gordon Stuart

283,174,477

97.75%

6,512,638

2.25%

78.33

44,566

12.

Elect Benjamin Faes

289,659,274

99.99%

38,385

0.01%

78.34

34,022

13.

Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors

284,657,029

98.26%

5,046,849

1.74%

78.34

27,803

14.

Authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration

288,826,442

99.69%

886,834

0.31%

78.34

18,405

15.

Authorise the Directors to allot shares

287,874,337

99.37%

1,831,815

0.63%

78.34

25,529

16.

Authorise the Directors to issue shares for cash without pre-emptive  rights

280,293,829

96.75%

9,403,150

3.25%

78.34

34,702

17.

Authorise the Directors to issue shares for cash without pre-emptive rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment

268,332,822

92.76%

20,949,949

7.24%

78.23

448,910

18.

Authorise the Company to make on-market purchases of its own shares

284,522,447

98.26%

5,026,811

1.74%

78.30

182,423






 

Notes:

1. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

2.  Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

3.  The results of the AGM voting will also be made available on the Company's website at www.rws.com/about/investors/agm/

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