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Avast PLC - Result of AGM

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Avast PLC
21 May 2020
 

Avast plc

(the "Company")

 

Avast plc - Results of AGM

 

Following the annual general meeting of the Company held today (the "AGM"), the Company announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution (as set out in full in the notice of AGM (the "Notice of AGM")). Resolutions 1 - 18 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions, whereas resolutions 19 - 22 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions:

 

NO.

RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES WITHELD

1.    

To receive the annual accounts, the report of the directors, together with the reports of the auditors thereon

852,345,555

99.76%

2,043,869

0.24%

854,389,424

83.54

610,214

2.    

To approve the directors' remuneration report

829,132,963

97.05%

25,202,203

2.95%

854,335,166

83.54

664,472

3.    

To declare a final dividend of 10.3 US cents per ordinary share

854,815,828

99.98%

173,317

0.02%

854,989,145

83.60

10,493

4.    

To re-elect John Schwarz as a director of the Company

830,338,628

97.12%

24,661,010

2.88%

854,999,638

83.60

0

5.    

To re-elect Ondrej Vlcek as a director of the Company

839,159,676

98.51%

12,660,723

1.49%

851,820,399

83.29

3,179,239

6.    

To re-elect Philip Marshall as a director of the Company

835,275,237

97.69%

19,724,401

2.31%

854,999,638

83.60

0

7.    

To re-elect Pavel Baudiš as a director of the Company

842,662,623

98.63%

11,684,036

1.37%

854,346,659

83.54

652,979

8.    

To re-elect Eduard Kučera as a director of the Company

842,662,623

98.63%

11,684,036

1.37%

854,346,659

83.54

652,979

9.    

To re-elect Warren Finegold as a director of the Company

840,754,670

98.35%

14,109,395

1.65%

854,864,065

83.59

135,573

10. 

To re-elect Maggie Chan Jones as a director of the Company

850,601,587

99.50%

4,261,478

0.50%

854,863,065

83.59

136,573

11. 

To re-elect Ulf Claesson as a director of the Company

839,564,577

98.41%

13,589,390

1.59%

853,153,967

83.42

1,845,671

12. 

To re-elect Erwin Gunst as a director of the Company

842,300,729

98.52%

12,696,247

1.48%

854,996,976

83.60

2,662

13. 

To re-elect Tamara Minick-Scokalo as a director of the Company

853,529,033

99.84%

1,335,032

0.16%

854,864,065

83.59

135,573

14. 

To re-elect Belinda Richards as a director of the Company

789,815,964

92.40%

65,005,023

7.60%

854,820,987

83.58

178,651

15. 

To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor

854,976,165

100.00%

22,501

0.00%

854,998,666

83.60

972

16. 

To authorise the directors to set the auditor's remuneration

854,996,187

100.00%

3,451

0.00%

854,999,638

83.60

0

17. 

To authorise the Company to make "political donations" and incur "political expenditure

848,402,558

99.25%

6,430,953

0.75%

854,833,511

83.59

166,127

18. 

To authorise the directors to allot shares

802,169,434

93.82%

52,829,204

6.18%

854,998,638

83.60

1,000

19. 

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights without restriction as to use

844,229,676

99.85%

1,277,028

0.15%

845,506,704

82.67

9,492,934

20. 

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or capital investment

845,427,222

99.99%

80,482

0.01%

845,507,704

82.67

9,491,934

21. 

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

851,222,044

99.59%

3,488,953

0.41%

854,710,997

83.57

288,641

22. 

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

835,825,289

97.76%

19,174,349

2.24%

854,999,638

83.60

0

 

As set out in the Notice of AGM, the Company also announces, in respect of resolutions 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, the result of the vote of the independent shareholders as follows:

 

NO.

RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES TOTAL

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES WITHELD

4.

To re-elect John Schwarz as a director of the Company

472,586,565

95.04%

24,661,010

4.96%

497,247,575

74.78

0

9.

To re-elect Warren Finegold as a director of the Company

483,002,607

97.16%

14,109,395

2.84%

497,112,002

74.76

135,573

10.

To re-elect Maggie Chan Jones as a director of the Company

492,849,524

99.14%

4,261,478

0.86%

497,111,002

74.76

136,573

11.

To re-elect Ulf Claesson as a director of the Company

481,812,514

97.26%

13,589,390

2.74%

495,401,904

74.50

1,845,671

12.

To re-elect Erwin Gunst as a director of the Company

484,548,666

97.45%

12,696,247

2.55%

497,244,913

74.78

2,662

13.

 

To re-elect Tamara Minick-Scokalo as a director of the Company

495,776,970

99.73%

1,335,032

0.27%

497,112,002

74.76

135,573

14.

To re-elect Belinda Richards as a director of the Company

432,063,901

86.92%

65,005,023

13.08%

497,068,924

74.75

178,651

 

Votes "for" include proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM. A "vote withheld" is not a vote under English law and is therefore not included in the calculation of votes "for"

and "against" a resolution.

 

As at 6.30 p.m. on 19 May 2020, being the time at which a person had to be registered in the Company's register of members in order to attend and vote at the AGM, the number of ordinary shares of the Company in issue was 1,022,697,394. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://investors.avast.com/

 

Following the declaration of the final dividend by shareholders at the AGM today, a dividend of 10.3 US cents per ordinary share in the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2019 will be paid on 24 June 2020 to those shareholders registered at the close of business on 22 May 2020.

 

Alan Rassaby              E: secretariat@avast.com
Company Secretary
Avast plc
LEI Number: 213800IR8G8LC2H4BO27


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