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in + Close RNS Number : 4938W Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc 23 April 2021 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC Voting Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting LONDON , 23 April 2021 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC ( LSE : HIK ) ( NASDAQ Dubai : HIK ) ( OTC : HKMPY ) ( LEI : 549300BNS685UXH4J175 ) announces its Annual General Meeting ( " AGM " ) , held at 1 New Burlington Place , W1S 2HR , London on 23 April 2021 commenced at 1:00 pm . All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll . Resolutions 1 to 15 and 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 and 18 to 22 were passed as special resolutions . Copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the AGM have been submitted to the to the FCA's Electronic Submission System and will be available from the National Storage Mechanism . The total number of votes cast on the poll for each resolution ( the full text of the resolutions is detailed in the notice of the AGM dated 24 February 2021 ) is set out below . The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 23 April 2021 was 243,604,637 . There were 12,833,233 Ordinary Shares held in treasury , which are not counted in the voting capital of the Company which , therefore , was 230,771,404 . Resolution Votes For % Votes Against % Total Cast Withheld 1. To receive the 2020 report and accounts 176,723,133 100.0 16,692 0 176,739,825 1,537,096 2. To approve a final dividend of 34 cents per share 178,275,824 100.0 152 0 178,275,976 945 3. To re - appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors 177,053,202 99.3 1,222,474 0.7 178,275,676 1,245 4.To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors ' remuneration 178,174,755 99.9 100,365 0.1 178,275,120 1,801 5. To elect Douglas Hurt as a director 174,859,594 98.1 3,414,131 1.9 178,273,725 3,196 6. To re - elect Said Darwazah as a director 171,553,543 97.2 4,923,908 2.8 176,477,451 1,799,470 7. To re - elect Siggi Olafsson as a director 176,112,071 98.8 2,163,336 1.2 178,275,407 1,514 8. To re - elect Mazen Darwazah as a director 171,246,066 96.1 6,949,669 3.9 178,195,735 81,186 9. To re - elect Patrick Butler as a director 172,831,258 97.0 5,434,621 3.1 178,265,879 11,041 10. To re - elect Ali Al - Husry 175,142,703 98.3 3,053,032 1.7 178,195,735 81,186 as a director 11. To re - elect Dr. Pamela 167,790,753 95.1 8,655,778 4.9 176,446,531 1,830,390 Kirby as a director 12. To re - elect John Castellani as a director 175,101,327 98.9 1,975,760 1.1 177,077,087 1,199,834