Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Mar 27, 2024
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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I/We
Spectris plc 2024 Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 23 May 2024 at 3:00 p.m. Please read the notes overleaf before completing this form.
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being registered holder(s) of ordinary shares of Spectris plc (the 'Company') hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting/the
following person* as my/our proxy to exercise all of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote for me/us and on my/our behalf at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held at Melbourne House, 5th Floor, 44-46 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LL on Thursday 23 May 2024 at 3:00 p.m. and at any adjournment thereof on the resolutions set out below.
* You may appoint one or more proxies of your own choice if you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to vote. If another person is to be your proxy, delete "the Chairman of the meeting" and insert the name of the person to be appointed. If you require additional forms of proxy, please contact the registrars of the Company, Equiniti, on +44 (0)371 384 2586. Please use the country code when calling from outside the UK. Lines are open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
If applicable, please mark this box to indicate that this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made (see note 2). The proxy will vote on the under-mentioned resolutions as indicated. The proxy will vote at his or her discretion, or abstain from voting on any resolution listed below, if no instruction is given regarding that resolution and on any other business transacted at the meeting.
If this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments, please enter the number of shares in relation to which this proxy appointment is authorised to act. For the full wording of the resolutions below, please refer to the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
Please indicate with ticks in the spaces below how you wish your votes to be cast.
| Ordinary resolutions: | For | Against | Vote Withheld |
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| 1. | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended |
11. | To re-elect Kjersti Wiklund as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
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| 2. | 31 December 2023 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report set out on |
12. | To re-elect Mark Williamson as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
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| pages 102 to 123 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year |
13. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company |
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| 3. | ended 31 December 2023 To declare a final dividend of 53.9p per Ordinary Share for the financial |
14. 15. |
To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration To authorise the Directors to allot |
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| year ended 31 December 2023 to be paid on 28 June 2024 to those Shareholders on the register at the |
ordinary shares | ||||||||
| close of business on 17 May 2024 | Special resolutions: | ||||||||
| 4. | To elect Mandy Gradden as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
16. | To empower the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to 10% of the |
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| 5. | To re-elect Ravi Gopinath as a Non executive Director of the Company |
17. | issued share capital of the Company To empower the Directors to allot |
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| 6. | To re-elect Derek Harding as an Executive Director of the Company |
ordinary shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis for purposes of |
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| 7. | To re-elect Andrew Heath as an Executive Director of the Company |
acquisitions or specified capital investments of up to 10% of the issued |
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| 8. | To re-elect Alison Henwood as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
18. | share capital of the Company To authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares |
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| 9. | To re-elect Ulf Quellmann as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
19. | To allow the period of notice for general meetings of the Company (other than annual general |
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| 10. | To re-elect Cathy Turner as a Non-executive Director of the Company |
meetings) to be not less than 14 clear days' notice |
Signature(s) Date
This form should be returned by 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 21 May 2024.
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