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RNS Number : 3664O  Aptitude Software Group PLC  14 May 2024

 

            14 May 2024

APTITUDE SOFTWARE GROUP PLC

Result of AGM

The Board of Directors of Aptitude Software Group plc (the "Company")
announces that, at the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting held earlier
today, all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11 were
passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 were passed as special
resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at
the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

As at 10 May 2024, being the proxy voting deadline, there were 57,079,011
ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.

 

The following table shows the votes cast for and against each resolution and
the number of votes withheld:

 

 RESOLUTION                                                                               FOR                                   AGAINST                                                    WITHHELD

         VOTES                                                                            % OF VOTES CAST*             VOTES    % OF VOTES CAST*                                    VOTES

 1       Receive and adopt the Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year                 50,033,760              100.00%                         -                            0.00%                        -
         ended 31 December 2023 together with the Strategic Report and the reports of
         the Directors and Auditors thereon.
 2       Approve Part B of the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31       48,533,502                   97.00%             1,500,258                                 3.00%                        -
         December 2023.
 3       Declare a final dividend of 3.6 pence per ordinary share.                                 50,033,510          100.00%                         -                            0.00%  250
 4       Elect Mike Johns as a Director of the Company.                                            50,032,625          99.99%                    1,135                              0.01%                        -
 5       Elect Alex Curran as a Director of the Company.                                           50,033,760          100.00%                         -                            0.00%                        -
 6       Re-elect Ivan Martin as a Director of the Company.                                        48,936,596          97.81%             1,097,163                                 2.19%                         1
 7       Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse as a Director of the Company.                                  48,948,291          97.83%             1,085,468                                 2.17%                         1
 8       Re-elect Sara Dickinson as a Director of the Company.                                     49,698,415          99.33%                335,344                                0.67%                         1
 9       Re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditors of the Company.                                   50,033,626          100.00%                      134                             0.00%                        -
 10      Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration.                        50,033,760          100.00%                         -                            0.00%                        -
 11      Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the                49,279,703          98.49%                754,007                                1.51%                       50
         Companies Act 2006 (the "Act").
 12      Special Resolution:                                                                       49,250,528          98.43%                783,182                                1.57%                       50

         Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act within the stated
         limits.
 13      Special Resolution:                                                                       49,250,528          98.43%                783,182                                1.57%                       50

         Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited
         circumstances.
 14      Special Resolution:                                                                       50,033,456          99.99%                       254                             0.01%                       50

         Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section
         701 of the Act.
 15      Special Resolution:                                                                       50,027,369          99.99%                    6,340                              0.01%                       51

         Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less
         than 14 clear days' notice.

*Excludes votes withheld

 

Contact:

 Alex Campbell, Company Secretary  020-3687-3200

 

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