REG - Morgan Sindall Grp - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 0533N  Morgan Sindall Group PLC  02 May 2024

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

 

Result of AGM

 

2 May 2024

 

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual
General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 2 May 2024, as set out in the AGM
notice.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and all the resolutions were duly
passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary
resolutions, and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. The
results of the poll were as follows:

 

 Ordinary Resolutions                                                            Votes for   %        Votes against  %      Total votes  % of issued share capital voted  Votes withheld
 1.      To receive and accept the Company's audited financial statements,       36,327,913  100.00%  0              0.00%  36,327,913   76.70%                           136,623
 the strategic report and the directors' and corporate governance report and
 the auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2023
 2.      To approve the final dividend of 78 pence per ordinary share for        36,464,343  100.00%  193            0.00%  36,464,536   76.99%                           0
 the year ended 31 December 2023
 3.      To approve the remuneration report, (other than the part                32,557,310  90.45%   3,436,814      9.55%  35,994,124   76.00%                           470,412
 containing the remuneration policy), as set out on pages 135 to 162 of the
 Company's Annual Report
 4.      To reappoint Michael Findlay as a director                              34,899,295  95.71%   1,563,541      4.29%  36,462,836   76.99%                           1,700
 5.      To reappoint John Morgan as a director                                  36,436,420  99.93%   27,075         0.07%  36,463,495   76.99%                           1,041
 6.      To reappoint Steve Crummett a director                                  36,364,825  99.74%   94,199         0.26%  36,459,024   76.98%                           5,512
 7.      To reappoint Malcolm Cooper as a director                               35,621,405  97.69%   841,338        2.31%  36,462,743   76.99%                           1,793
 8.      To reappoint David Lowden as a director                                 33,098,335  90.77%   3,364,440      9.23%  36,462,775   76.99%                           1,761
 9.      To reappoint Jen Tippin as a director                                   35,978,061  98.67%   485,122        1.33%  36,463,183   76.99%                           1,353
 10.    To reappoint Kathy Quashie as a director                                 36,149,855  99.14%   313,218        0.86%  36,463,073   76.99%                           1,463
 11.    To appoint Sharon Fennessy as a director                                 36,459,223  100.00%  1,795          0.00%  36,461,018   76.98%                           3,518
 12.    To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company                36,456,212  99.98%   6,144          0.02%  36,462,356   76.99%                           2,180
 13.    To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration       36,459,243  99.99%   3,892          0.01%  36,463,135   76.99%                           1,401
 14.    To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to       36,334,362  99.66%   123,015        0.34%  36,457,377   76.98%                           7,159
 political organisations and incur political expenditure
 15.    To authorise the directors to allot shares                               35,995,809  98.72%   466,721        1.28%  36,462,530   76.99%                           2,006
 Special Resolutions
 16.    General authority to disapply pre-emption rights                         36,364,830  99.75%   92,550         0.25%  36,457,380   76.98%                           7,156
 17.    Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with     36,363,361  99.74%   95,629         0.26%  36,458,990   76.98%                           5,546
 an acquisition or specified capital investment
 18.    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                      36,390,041  99.98%   6,732          0.02%  36,396,773   76.85%                           65,193
 19.    To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days'          36,046,201  98.85%   418,081        1.15%  36,464,282   76.99%                           254
 notice

Notes:

1.      Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to
one vote per share held.

2.      Proxy votes which gave discretion to the Chair of the Annual
General Meeting have been included in the 'For' total of the appropriate
resolution.

3.      A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution
nor in the calculation of the proportion of 'Total issued share capital
instructed' for any resolution.

4.      Votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution are expressed as a
percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

5.      At the close of business on 1 May 2024 the total number of
ordinary shares in issue was 47,362,190 and at that time, the Company did not
hold any shares in treasury.

6.      The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services
PLC, the Company's Share Registrar.

7.      Questions received from shareholders relating to the Annual
General Meeting have been published on the Company's website
www.morgansindall.com (http://www.morgansindall.com) .

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting which is available for inspection on the Company's website
www.morgansindall.com (http://www.morgansindall.com) .  In accordance with LR
9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed which are required to be made
available for inspection has been submitted to the Financial Conduct
Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

Enquiries:

 

Clare Sheridan

Company Secretary

+44 (0) 20 7307 9200

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