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Exova Group PLC

19 May 2016

Exova Group plc

(the 'Company')

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at The Cavendish Hotel, 81 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6JF at 11.00 a.m. on 19 May 2016.

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority on a poll.

The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 
 RESOLUTIONS              VOTES       % of votes      VOTES       % of votes     TOTAL VOTES    % ISSUED       VOTES 
                           FOR         cast FOR       AGAINST     cast AGAINST     VALIDLY        SHARE       WITHHELD 
                                          (1)                         (1)         CAST FOR     CAPITAL(1),      (3) 
                                                                                 AND AGAINST 
 
   Ordinary Resolutions 
       To receive 
       the accounts 
       of the 
       Company for 
       the 
       year ended 31 
       December 
       2015 and the 
       report of 
       the Directors 
       and auditors 
 1.    thereon.         236,682,615      100.00          0            0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To receive 
       and approve 
       the 
       Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report 
       contained 
       within 
       the Annual 
       Report & 
       Accounts 
       for the 
       financial 
       year 
       ended 31 
       December 
 2.    2015.            195,589,657      82.64       41,092,958       17.36      236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To declare a 
       final 
       dividend 
       of 2.2 pence 
       per ordinary 
 3.    share.           236,682,615      100.00          0            0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Allister 
       Langlands 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 4.    Company.         236,671,679      100.00        10,936         0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Ian 
       El-Mokadem 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 5.    Company.         236,637,731      99.98         44,884         0.02       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To elect 
       Philip 
       Marshall 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 6.    Company.         236,637,731      99.98         44,884         0.02       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Bill Spencer 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 7.    Company.         236,682,615      100.00          0            0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Helmut 
       Eschwey 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 8.    Company.         236,682,615      100.00          0            0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Fred Kindle 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 9.    Company.         234,247,704      98.97       2,434,911        1.03       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Vanda Murray 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 10.   Company.         236,682,615      100.00          0            0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Christian 
       Rochat as a 
       Director of 
 11.   the Company.     236,637,731      99.98         44,884         0.02       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-elect 
       Andrew Simon 
       as a Director 
       of the 
 12.   Company.         236,682,615      100.00          0            0.00       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint 
       Ernst & 
       Young LLP as 
       the Company's 
       auditors 
       until the 
       conclusion 
       of the next 
       general 
       meeting 
       of the 
       Company at 
       which 
       accounts are 
 13.   laid.            234,229,333      98.96       2,452,757        1.04       236,682,090      94.51         525 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to determine 
       the auditors' 
 14.   remuneration.    234,247,704      98.97       2,434,911        1.03       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
 15.   shares.          235,113,761      99.34       1,568,854        0.66       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
       political 
 16.   donations.       235,223,462      99.38       1,459,153        0.62       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 Special Resolutions 
       To disapply 
       statutory 
       pre-emption 
 17.   rights.          230,956,343      97.58       5,726,272        2.42       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To authorise 
       the Company 
       to purchase 
       its ordinary 
 18.   shares.          236,657,364      99.99         25,251         0.01       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
       To approve 
       the notice 
       period for 
       calling 
       general 
 19.   meetings.        236,411,291      99.89        271,324         0.11       236,682,615      94.51          0 
      --------------  --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 
 
 VOTES OF INDEPENT SHAREHOLDERS (EXCLUDING THE VOTING INTEREST OF BANKAMERICA 
  NOMINEES LIMITED IN RESPECT OF THE SHARES HELD ON BEHALF OF TABASCO B.V. AS 
  CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER HOLDING 53.93% OF THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL) 
  ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE ELECTION OF THE INDEPENT NON-EXECUTIVE 
  DIRECTORS 
                             VOTES      % of votes    VOTES      % of votes     TOTAL VOTES    % ISSUED      VOTES 
                              FOR        cast FOR     AGAINST    cast AGAINST      VALIDLY       SHARE     WITHHELD(3) 
                                            (1)                      (1)          CAST FOR      CAPITAL 
                                                                                 AND AGAINST     (1), 
                                                                                                   5 
                         ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ---------  ------------- 
 
   Ordinary Resolutions 
                                                                                              ---------  ------------- 
       To re-elect 
       Allister 
       Langlands as a 
       Director 
 4.    of the Company.    101,625,721     99.99       10,936        0.01        101,636,657     88.00          0 
      -----------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To re-elect Bill 
       Spencer 
       as a Director of 
       the 
 7.    Company.           101,636,657     100.00        0           0.00        101,636,657     88.00          0 
      -----------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To re-elect 
       Helmut 
       Eschwey as a 
       Director 
 8.    of the Company.    101,636,657     100.00        0           0.00        101,636,657     88.00          0 
      -----------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To re-elect 
       Vanda 
       Murray as a 
       Director 
 10.   of the Company.    101,636,657     100.00        0           0.00        101,636,657     88.00          0 
      -----------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ---------  ------------- 
       To re-elect 
       Andrew 
       Simon as a 
       Director 
 12.   of the Company.    101,636,657     100.00        0           0.00        101,636,657     88.00          0 
      -----------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------  -------------  ---------  ------------- 
 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the Company has submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism a copy of the resolutions (other than those relating to ordinary business) passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 19 May 2016 and will shortly be available to view at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Notes:

(1) The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

(2) The votes "for" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

(3) A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.

(4) The total number of shares in issue at 11.00 a.m. on 17 May 2016 was 250,431,550, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 250,431,550.

(5) The percentage of issued share capital excludes 135,045,958 shares held on behalf of TABASCO B.V.

For and on behalf of Exova Group plc

Neil MacLennan

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Telephone: 0131 333 8053

About Exova

Exova is one of the world's leading laboratory-based testing groups, trusted by organisations to test and advise on the safety, quality and performance of their products and operations. Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, Exova operates 145 laboratories and offices in 32 countries and employs around 4,500 people throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia/Asia Pacific.

Exova's capabilities help to extend asset life, bring predictability to applications, and shorten the time to market for customers' products, processes and materials. With over 90 years' experience, Exova specialises in testing across a number of key sectors from health sciences to aerospace, transportation, oil and gas, fire and construction.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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