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RNS Number : 1678QCohort PLC07 September 20177 September 2017
COHORT PLC ("Cohort")
Result of AGM
Cohort, the AIM listed independent technology group, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today all the resolutions contained within the Notice of Meeting dated 1 August 2017 were duly passed by shareholders.
A summary of the votes received for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution
For1
% For
Against
% Against
Total
% Total2
Withheld3
Ordinary Resolutions
1: Accounts
20,453,197
88.47
2,665,631
11.53
23,118,828
56.44
2: Dividend
23,118,828
100
0
0
23,118,828
56.44
3: Re-elect Sir Robert Walmsley
20,448,002
88.46
2,667,884
11.54
23,115,886
56.44
2,942
4: Re-appointment of Auditor
23,113,936
99.98
4,892
0.02
23,118,828
56.44
5: Auditor's Remuneration
23,116,189
99.99
2,639
0.01
23,118,828
56.44
6: Allot shares
23,109,945
99.96
8,883
0.04
23,118,828
56.44
Special Resolutions
7: Disapply pre-emption rights
23,081,049
99.84
37,779
0.16
23,118,828
56.44
8: Purchase own shares
23,110,575
99.96
8,253
0.04
23,118,828
56.44
9: General meeting notice
23,117,198
99.99
1,630
0.01
23,118,828
56.44
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. The total number of shares in issue is 40,959,101.
3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.
4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
Ends
For further information, please contact:
Cohort plc
0118 909 0390
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive
Simon Walther, Finance Director
Investec Bank plc
020 7597 5970
Keith Anderson / Daniel Adams
MHP Communications Limited
020 3128 8100
Reg Hoare / Ollie Hoare
NOTES TO EDITORS
Cohort is an independent technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through five market-facing subsidiary companies:
MASS - a specialist systems house with a focus on electronic warfare operational support, cyber defence and secure information systems. Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;
MCL - an expert in sourcing, design and integration of surveillance and other electronic systems, as well as field support and training for the UK MOD and other government agencies. Based in Surrey, MCL has been part of the Group since July 2014;
SEA - an advanced systems and software business operating in the defence (naval systems, simulation, training and technology research), transport and offshore energy market sectors. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.
EID - a Portugal based supplier of advanced electronics, communications and command and control products and systems for the global defence market, in which Cohort acquired a majority stake in June 2016.
Cohort was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Berkshire and employs in total around 800 core staff there and at its other operating company sites in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, Somerset, Surrey, Scotland and Portugal.
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