Spirent Communications plc - Annual General Meeting held on 1 May 2024

The results of the poll votes on resolutions proposed at the Spirent Communications plc 2024 Annual General Meeting are set out below:

Resolution

For1

Against

Votes

Withheld2

No.

Item of business

No. of

%

No. of

%

No. of

shares

shares

shares

1

To receive the Company's financial statements

for the year to 31 December 2024, together

343,941,243

99.99

40,384

0.01

2,318,923

with the reports of the directors and auditor

2

To approve the Report on directors'

remuneration as set out on pages 83 to 109 of

the Annual Report for the year to 31 December

322,326,471

93.30

23,140,897

6.70

833,182

2023

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

as set out on pages 101 to 109 of the Annual

194,438,134

56.81

147,826,608

43.19

4,035,808

report for the year to 31 December 2023

4

To re-elect Paula Bell as a director

345,601,212

99.81

674,292

0.19

25,046

5

To re-elect Maggie Buggie as a director

338,852,712

97.86

7,425,859

2.14

21,979

6

To re-elect Gary Bullard as a director

289,479,790

83.60

56,796,107

16.40

24,653

7

To re-elect Wendy Koh as a director

337,198,730

97.84

7,453,347

2.16

1,648,473

8

To re-elect Edgar Masri as a director

338,892,271

97.87

7,378,615

2.13

29,664

9

To re-elect Jonathan Silver as a director

334,423,057

96.58

11,852,960

3.42

24,533

10

To re-elect Sir Bill Thomas as a director

330,923,456

96.02

13,729,587

3.98

1,647,507

11

To re-elect Eric Updyke as a director

345,722,414

99.84

549,603

0.16

28,533

12

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor

346,216,553

99.99

47,974

0.01

36,023

13

To authorise the directors to determine the

346,231,652

99.99

37,669

0.01

31,229

remuneration of the auditor

14

Re-adoption of Long Term Incentive Plan

202,138,794

59.06

140,122,720

40.94

4,039,036

("LTIP")

15

To authorise the directors to allot securities

339,104,709

97.93

7,153,129

2.07

42,712

16

To authorise the directors to dis-apply pre-

345,701,253

99.91

309,927

0.09

289,370

emption rights

17

To authorise the Company to make market

344,225,755

99.51

1,698,054

0.49

376,741

purchases of its own shares

18

To authorise a 14 day notice period for general

325,115,131

93.89

21,154,386

6.11

31,033

meetings

Number of votes per Ordinary share: one

Number of Ordinary shares in issue (total voting rights) and entitled to vote3: 578,646,363

Percentage of share capital voted: 59.84%

Notes:

  1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
  2. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
  3. Entitlement to attend and vote at the 2024 AGM, and the number of votes which may be cast at the 2024 AGM, have been determined by reference to the Company's register of members at 6.30pm on 29 April 2024. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they see fit.

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