REG - Balfour Beatty PLC - Result of AGM

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25/05/2018 07:00

RNS Number : 2656P
Balfour Beatty PLC
24 May 2018
 


Balfour Beatty plc
 
LEI: CT4UIJ3TUKGYYHMENQ17
 
 
AGM Results
 
Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company") announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 24 May 2018, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 3 April 2018 were passed following a poll on each resolution.
 
The results of the polls were as follows:
 








For


Against


Votes Withheld




Resolution 1: To adopt the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017
 


523,539,365
(99.66%)


1,771,068
(0.34%)


10,099,673




Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017


399,105,828
(86.37%)


62,970,570
(13.63%)


73,333,706




Resolution 3: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares of the Company


535,386,876
(100.00%)


16,052
(0.00%)


7,178




Resolution 4: To re-elect Mr P S Aiken AM as a Director


472,383,165
(89.75%)


53,938,739
(10.25%)


9,080,877




Resolution 5: To re-elect Dr S R Billingham as a Director


518,090,766
(96.77%)


17,273,641
(3.23%)


38,376




Resolution 6: To re-elect Mr S J Doughty CMG as a Director


531,921,699
(99.36%)


3,441,270
(0.64%)


39,814




Resolution 7: To re-elect Mr I G T Ferguson CBE as a Director


482,250,576
(90.08%)


53,123,393
(9.92%)


28,813




Resolution 8: To re-elect Mr P J Harrison as a Director
 


532,439,145
(99.45%)


2,927,761
(0.55%)


35,282




Resolution 9: To elect Mr M A Lucki as a Director
 


532,497,898 (99.46%)


2,875,203
(0.54%)


29,682




Resolution 10: To elect Ms B J Moorhouse as a Director
 


532,608,334 (99.49%)


2,756,762
(0.51%)


37,687




Resolution 11: To re-elect Mr L M Quinn as a Director
 


526,502,909
(98.34%)


8,873,793
(1.66%)


26,081




Resolution 12: To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor
 


534,101,791 (99.77%)


1,222,481
(0.23%)


85,534




Resolution 13: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor


534,177,804 (99.78%)


1,202,517
(0.22%)


28,410




Resolution 14: To authorise the Company and its UK subsidiaries to incur political expenditure


492,800,474
(92.05%)


42,551,337
(7.95%)


56,919




Resolution 15: To authorise the Directors to allot shares


516,517,449
(96.48%)


18,867,018
(3.52%)


19,514




Resolution 16: To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis*


523,189,791
(97.72%)


12,186,276
(2.28%)


27,914




Resolution 17: To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own ordinary and preference shares*


500,908,689
(94.16%)


31,048,631
(5.84%)


3,446,659




Resolution 18: To authorise the Company to hold meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on 14 clear days' notice*


510,967,569 (95.44%)


24,407,200
(4.56%)


30,287




 
* Special Resolution
 
Notes:
 
1.       The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
 
2.       A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "For" and
 "Against" a resolution.
 
3.       The total number of Ordinary Shares of 50p each in the Company in issue at close of business on
22 May 2018 was 689,739,619, each carrying one vote. 
 
4.       Resolutions 16 to 18 were each passed as Special Resolutions.
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of each of Resolutions 14 to 18 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
 
24 May 2018




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