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Annual
General Meeting
2003 - Summary
06th June 2003
The
Fourth Annual General Meeting of IQE plc was held at The Hilton Hotel, Kingsway,
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff on Friday 06 June 2003 at 10:00am
The
following resolutions were put to the members:
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Resolution 1
To receive, consider and adopt the Directors’ Report and Audited Financial
statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2002 and the Auditors’
report thereon.
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Resolution 2
To receive, consider and approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the
financial year ended 31 December 2002 and the Auditors’ Report on the auditable
part of that Remuneration Report.
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Resolution 3
To re-appoint Dr Michael Scott who retires pursuant to Article 109 of the
Company’s Articles of Association and offers himself for re-election.
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Resolution 4
To re-appoint Mr Martin Lamb who retires pursuant to Article 109 of the
Company’s Articles of Association and offers himself for re-election.
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Resolution 5
To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche as Auditors of the Company to hold office
from the conclusion of the Meeting to the conclusion of the next Meeting at
which the Accounts are laid before the Company, and authorize the Directors to
fix their remuneration.
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Resolution 6
To generally and unconditionally authorize the Directors, in substitution
for all existing authorities to the extent unused, to exercise all the powers of
the Company to allot relevant securities of the Company in accordance with
Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 (“the Act”) up to an aggregate number of
72,204,136 shares, PROVIDED that this authority shall expire on the earlier of
15 months after the date of passing of this Resolution and the conclusion of the
Annual General Meeting of the Company next following the passing of this
Resolution, save that the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or
agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after
such expiry and the Directors may allot relevant securities pursuant to such
offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
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Resolution 7
Subject to the passing of the previous Resolution, to empower the Directors
pursuant to Section 95 of the Act to allot securities (within the meaning of
Section 94 of the Act) of the Company pursuant to the general authority
conferred by the previous Resolution as if Section 89 (1) of that Act did not
apply to any such allotment, PROVIDED that this power shall be limited to :
(a) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) below) of equity
securities which are, or are to be, wholly paid up in cash to an aggregate
number of 9,353,494 shares; and
(b) the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue or any
other pre-emptive offer in favour of the holders of ordinary shares and other
persons entitled to participate therein in proportion (as nearly as may be) to
their respective holdings of ordinary shares (or, as appropriate, the number of
ordinary shares which they are deemed to hold for such purpose), subject only to
such exclusions or arrangements as the Directors may consider appropriate to
deal with fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws
of the territory or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any
stock exchange and shall expire on the earlier of 15 months after the date of
passing of this Resolution and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of
the Company next following the passing of this Resolution, save that the Company
may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement which would or might require
the allotment of equity shares pursuant to such offer or agreement as if the
power conferred hereby had not expired.
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All resolutions were unanimously passed on a show of hands. The proxy votes
received prior to the meeting were:
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IN FAVOUR |
DISCRETION |
AGAINST |
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1 |
74,812,138
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99.28%
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544,265
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0.72%
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500
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0.00%
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2
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73,917,437
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99.28%
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500,361
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0.67%
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37,413
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0.05%
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3
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74,855,301
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99.33%
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496,592
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0.66%
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5,010
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0.01%
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4
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74,872,748
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99.36%
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483,655
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0.64%
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500
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0.00%
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5
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74,826,019
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99.30%
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496,361
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0.65%
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34,523
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0.05%
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6
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74,812,425
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99.28%
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482,361
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0.64%
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62,117
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0.08%
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7
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74,813,215
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99.28%
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496,361
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0.66%
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47,327
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0.06%
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For further information please contact :
IQE plc [tel: +44 (0) 2920 839400]
Drew Nelson
Tim Hawkes
Chris Meadows
Leslie Coventry
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