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RNS Number : 2469N

Exova Group PLC

14 May 2015

Exova Group plc

(the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at The Cavendish Hotel, 81 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6JF at 10.00 a.m. on 14 May 2015.

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a poll.

The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 
 Resolutions                VOTES       % of votes      VOTES      % of votes     TOTAL VOTES   % ISSUED      VOTES 
                             FOR         cast FOR      AGAINST     cast AGAINST     VALIDLY       SHARE    WITHHELD(3) 
                                            (1)                        (1)            CAST       CAPITAL 
                                                                                                   (1) 
----------------------  ------------  -------------  ----------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
 
   Ordinary Resolutions 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       To receive the 
       accounts 
       of the Company 
       for the 
       year ended 31 
       December 
       2014 and the 
       report of 
       the Directors 
 1.    and auditors.      212,008,614      100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To receive and 
       approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report (other 
       than the 
       part containing 
       the Directors' 
       remuneration 
       policy referred 
       to in 
       Resolution 3 
       below) 
       contained 
       within the 
       Annual 
       Report & 
       Accounts for 
       the financial 
       year ended 
       31 December 
 2.    2014.             210,960,459       99.51       1,048,155       0.49       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To receive and 
       approve 
       the Directors' 
       remuneration 
 3.    policy.            211,008,264      99.53       1,000,350       0.47       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To declare a 
       final dividend 
       of 2.0 pence 
       per ordinary 
 4.    share              209,900,538      99.01       2,108,082       0.99       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Fred 
       Kindle as 
       a Director of 
 5.    the Company.       211,662,824      99.84        345,790        0.16       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Ian 
       El-Mokadem 
       as a Director 
 6.    of the Company.    212,008,614      100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Anne 
       Thorburn 
       as a Director 
 7.    of the Company.    212,008,614      100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect 
       Allister 
       Langlands 
       as a Director 
 8.    of the Company.    212,008,614      100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Helmut 
       Eschwey 
       as a Director 
 9.    of the Company.    212,008,614      100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Vanda 
       Murray 
       as a Director 
 10.   of the Company.   212,008,614       100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect 
       Christian 
       Rochat 
       as a Director 
 11.   of the Company.   212,008,614       100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Andrew 
       Simon 
       as a Director 
 12.   of the Company.   212,008,614       100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To elect Bill 
       Spencer 
       as a Director 
 13.   of the Company.   212,008,614       100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To re--appoint 
       Ernst & 
       Young LLP as 
       the Company's 
       auditors until 
       the conclusion 
       of the next 
       general meeting 
       of the Company 
       at which 
       accounts are 
 14.   laid.             211,984,010       99.99        24,604         0.01       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to determine 
       the auditors' 
 15.   remuneration.     211,940,962       99.97        67,652         0.03       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
 16.   shares.           208,081,538       98.53       3,100,434       1.47       211,181,972    84.35       826,642 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
       political 
 17.   donations.        212,008,614       100.00          0             0        212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
 
   Special Resolutions 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       To disapply 
       statutory 
       pre-emption 
 18.   rights.            209,900,532      99.01       2,108,082       0.99       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
       the Company 
       to purchase its 
       ordinary 
 19.   shares.            211,940,962      100.00          0             0        211,940,962    84.65       67,652 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
       To approve the 
       notice 
       period for 
       calling general 
 20.   meeting.           211,763,581      99.88        245,033        0.12       212,008,614    84.67          0 
----  ----------------  --------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------  ------------ 
 
 
 
 VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS 
  (EXCLUDING THE VOTING INTEREST OF TABASCO BV AS CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER HOLDING 
  53.94% OF THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL) ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE 
  ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                              VOTES      % of votes    VOTES      % of votes     TOTAL VOTES   % ISSUED      VOTES 
                                FOR       cast FOR     AGAINST    cast AGAINST     VALIDLY       SHARE     WITHHELD(3) 
                                             (1)                      (1)            CAST       CAPITAL 
                                                                                                 (1), 
                                                                                                   5 
-------------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------- 
 
   Ordinary Resolutions 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To elect Allister 
       Langlands as a 
       Director 
 8.    of the Company.      76,962,656     100.00        0           0.00        76,962,656     66.73          0 
----  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To elect Helmut 
       Eschwey 
       as a Director of 
       the 
 9.    Company.             76,962,656     100.00        0           0.00        76,962,656     66.73          0 
----  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To elect Vanda 
       Murray 
       as a Director of 
       the 
 10.   Company.             76,962,656     100.00        0           0.00        76,962,656     66.73          0 
----  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To elect Andrew 
       Simon 
       as a Director of 
       the 
 12.   Company.             76,962,656     100.00        0           0.00        76,962,656     66.73          0 
----  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To elect Bill 
       Spencer 
       as a Director of 
       the 
 13.   Company.             76,962,656     100.00        0           0.00        76,962,656     66.73          0 
----  -------------------  -----------  -----------  ---------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ------------- 
 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the Special Resolutions passed at the meeting in respect of resolutions 18, 19 and 20 have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available to view at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Notes:

(1) The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

(2) The votes "for" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

(3) A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.

(4) The total number of shares in issue at 10.00 a.m. on 14 May 2015 was 250,372,727, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 250,372,727.

(5) The percentage of issued share capital excludes 135,045,958 shares held by TABASCO B.V.

For and on behalf of Exova Group plc

Neil MacLennan

Company Secretary

Telephone: 0131 333 8053

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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