REG - Balfour Beatty PLC - Result of AGM

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16/05/2019 16:30

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Balfour Beatty PLC
16 May 2019
 


Balfour Beatty plc (the 'Company')
AGM Results
16 May 2019
 
Balfour Beatty plc announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 16 May 2019, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 4 April 2019 were passed following a poll on each resolution.
 
Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as Special Resolutions. The table below details votes cast on each resolution.
 



 


Votes For


%


Votes Against


%


Votes Total


% of ISC Voted


Votes Withheld




Resolution 1:
To adopt the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018
 


517,500,503


100


15,703


0


517,516,206


75.03


10,181,685




Resolution 2:
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018


488,810,486


92.85


37,630,213


7.15


526,440,699


76.32


1,257,192




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


527,681,693


100


3,340


0.00


527,685,033


76.50


12,858




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


444,196,634


90.90


44,449,140


9.10


488,645,774


70.84


39,049,975




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


496,016,984


94.00


31,638,820


6.00


527,655,804


76.50


39,945




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


522,851,092


99.09


4,799,207


0.91


527,650,299


76.50


45,450




Resolution 7:
To re-elect Mr P J Harrison as a Director


525,299,014


99.55


2,362,773


0.45


527,661,787


76.50


33,962




Resolution 8:
To re-elect Mr M A Lucki as a Director
 


525,628,248


99.62


2,022,904


0.38


527,651,152


76.50


44,597




Resolution 9:
To elect Ms B J Moorhouse as a Director
 


525,655,197


99.62


2,000,607


0.38


527,655,804


76.50


39,945




Resolution 10:
To elect Mr L M Quinn as a Director
 


516,007,796


97.80


11,633,814


2.20


527,641,610


76.50


56,281




Resolution 11:
To elect Miss Anne Drinkwater as a Director
 


525,640,859


99.62


2,012,372


0.38


527,653,231


76.50


42,518




Resolution 12:
To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor
 


527,588,374


99.99


77,644


0.01


527,666,018


76.50


31,873




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


527,625,780


99.99


44,590


0.01


527,670,370


76.50


27,521




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


518,185,628


98.20


9,482,057


1.80


527,667,685


76.50


30,206




Resolution 15:
To authorise the Directors to allot shares


509,718,650


96.60


17,952,097


3.40


527,670,747


76.50


27,144




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


515,199,226


97.64


12,441,680


2.36


527,640,906


76.50


56,985




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


495,990,660


94.59


28,363,883


5.41


524,354,543


76.02


3,343,348




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


508,217,021


96.32


19,432,354


3.68


527,649,375


76.50


48,516



 
* 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 14 May 2019 was 689,739,619, each carrying one vote.
 
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.
 
Balfour Beatty plc's Legal Entity Identifier is CT4UIJ3TUKGYYHMENQ17.




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