Results of AGM
14th Apr 2026 16:29
For immediate release 14 April 2026
Porvair plc
("Porvair" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
Porvair plc, the specialist filtration, laboratory and environmental technology group, announces that its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11.00am on 14 April 2026 at the offices of Peel Hunt LLP, 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2AT, was successfully concluded.
The results of the poll show that all ordinary resolutions proposed at the AGM were duly passed. Special resolutions 13 to 16 were not passed, and accordingly, the authorities and matters contemplated by those resolutions will not be implemented.
In addition, the Board notes that while resolutions 8 and 12 were passed with the requisite majority, each of these resolutions received less than 80% of the votes in favour. Porvair will continue an open and transparent dialogue with those shareholders who voted against resolutions 8 and 12 to 16 to understand their specific concerns. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Company will publish a further statement detailing the outcome of its shareholder engagement in relation to these resolutions, including any actions taken as a result, within six months of the AGM. It will also publish a final summary, together with any further steps, in its next Annual Report & Accounts.
An analysis of the voting will also be available in the AGM section of the Porvair website.
Votes For | % of votes cast for | Votes Against | % of votes cast against | Total votes | % of issued share capital voted | Votes Withheld | ||
1. | To receive the Company's annual accounts and the Directors' and Auditors' reports | 36,402,578 | 99.98% | 5,475 | 0.02% | 36,408,053 | 78.29% | 18,785 |
2. | To approve the Remuneration Report | 35,996,728 | 98.91% | 395,891 | 1.09% | 36,392,619 | 78.26% | 34,219 |
3. | To declare a final dividend of 4.5 pence per ordinary share | 36,386,676 | 99.99% | 164 | 0.01% | 36,386,840 | 78.24% | 39,998 |
4. | To elect Lisa Anson as a Director | 27,288,440 | 99.23% | 213,049 | 0.77% | 27,501,489 | 59.14% | 8,925,349 |
5. | To re-elect Hooman Caman Javvi as a Director | 36,209,809 | 99.41% | 213,591 | 0.59% | 36,423,400 | 78.32% | 3,438 |
6. | To re-elect Sheena Mackay as a Director | 26,923,914 | 97.90% | 577,575 | 2.10% | 27,501,489 | 59.14% | 8,925,349 |
7. | To re-elect James Mills as a Director | 36,209,701 | 99.41% | 213,699 | 0.59% | 36,423,400 | 78.32% | 3,438 |
8. | To re-elect John Nicholas as a Director | 25,369,247 | 76.25% | 7,901,677 | 23.75% | 33,270,924 | 71.54% | 3,155,914 |
9. | To re-elect Ami Sharma as a Director | 27,081,213 | 98.47% | 420,318 | 1.53% | 27,501,531 | 59.14% | 8,925,307 |
10. | To re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditors to the Company | 36,366,659 | 99.95% | 19,183 | 0.05% | 36,385,842 | 78.24% | 40,996 |
11. | To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration | 36,384,887 | 99.99% | 955 | 0.01% | 36,385,842 | 78.24% | 40,996 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares under section 551 Companies Act 2006 | 22,716,629 | 62.40% | 13,690,941 | 37.60% | 36,407,570 | 78.29% | 19,268 |
13. | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (special resolution) | 21,618,140 | 59.42% | 14,764,518 | 40.58% | 36,382,658 | 78.24% | 44,180 |
14. | To authorise the further disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment (special resolution) | 19,397,909 | 53.33% | 16,976,749 | 46.67% | 36,374,658 | 78.22% | 52,180 |
15. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special resolution) | 23,634,745 | 64.90% | 12,783,801 | 35.10% | 36,418,546 | 78.31% | 8,292 |
16. | To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice (special resolution) | 22,740,843 | 62.44% | 13,681,680 | 37.56% | 36,422,523 | 78.32% | 4,315 |
Notes:
(1) Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 14 April 2026 (which is available on the Company's website at: Notice of AGM)
(2) Resolutions 1 to 12 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 13 to 16 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.
(3) Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.
(4) As at close of business on 10 April 2026, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 46,503,918 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.
(5) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
(6) Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please contact:
Porvair plc | +44 (0)1553 765 500 | |
Andrew Douglass, Group Company Secretary
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Alma Strategic Communications | +44 (0)20 3405 0205 | |
Andrew Jaques / Josh Royston / Hannah Campbell / Rose Docherty | ||
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Porvair plc
Porvair is a group of specialist filtration, laboratory and environmental technology companies. Our businesses design and manufacture bespoke consumable filtration products that are used in a range of niche markets. It operates in three divisions: Aerospace & Industrial; Laboratory; and Metal Melt Quality.