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RNS Number : 6534J Dowlais Group PLC 21 May 2025
21 May 2025
DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting
Dowlais Group plc (the "Company") announces that at the Company's 2025 Annual
General Meeting held earlier today at the office of Investec Bank plc, 30
Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7QP, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of
Annual General Meeting 2025 were passed by way of a poll.
A summary of the poll results in respect of each resolution is set out below.
Resolution Votes for % for Votes against % against Total votes validly cast % voted Votes withheld
1 To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 774,337,947 99.98 122,144 0.02 774,460,091 57.60% 3,773,870
December 2024.
2 To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 749,405,442 96.37 28,259,651 3.63 777,665,093 57.84% 568,868
December 2024.
3 To declare a final dividend of 2.8 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 777,726,734 99.99 50,844 0.01 777,777,578 57.85% 456,383
31 December 2024.
4 To re-elect Liam Butterworth as a Director. 731,203,006 94.64 41,427,029 5.36 772,630,035 57.46% 5,603,926
5 To re-elect Roberto Fioroni as a Director. 729,605,258 94.43 43,036,840 5.57 772,642,098 57.47% 5,591,863
6 To re-elect Simon Mackenzie Smith as a Director. 652,695,804 84.76 117,347,779 15.24 770,043,583 57.27% 8,190,378
7 To re-elect Celia Baxter as a Director. 717,253,126 92.83 55,373,583 7.17 772,626,709 57.46% 5,607,252
8 To re-elect Philip Harrison as a Director 718,862,015 93.04 53,781,562 6.96 772,643,577 57.47% 5,590,384
9 To re-elect Fiona MacAulay as a Director. 719,546,596 93.13 53,068,962 6.87 772,615,558 57.46% 5,618,403
10 To re-elect Shali Vasudeva as a Director. 721,427,369 93.37 51,196,578 6.63 772,623,947 57.46% 5,610,014
11 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company. 774,842,640 99.63 2,891,700 0.37 777,734,340 57.84% 499,621
12 To authorise the Audit Committee, acting for an on behalf of the Board, to 777,606,492 99.98 139,513 0.02 777,746,005 57.85% 487,956
determine the Auditors' remuneration.
13 To give the Company limited authority to make political donations and 771,615,663 99.86 1,079,446 0.14 772,695,109 57.47% 5,538,852
expenditure.
14 To renew the authority given to Directors to allot shares. 766,829,088 98.60 10,919,284 1.40 777,748,372 57.85% 485,589
15 To give the Directors authority to allot equity securities without application 767,773,532 98.90 8,519,006 1.10 776,292,538 57.74% 1,941,423
of pre-emption rights.
16 To give the Directors authority to allot equity securities for the purpose of 733,946,891 94.37 43,802,427 5.63 777,749,318 57.85% 484,643
financing an acquisition or other capital investment without application of
pre-emption rights.
17 To authorise market purchases of shares. 777,197,011 99.95 371,386 0.05 777,568,397 57.83% 665,564
28 To approve the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General 761,247,492 97.88 16,489,930 2.12 777,737,422 57.84% 496,539
Meeting
on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Notes:
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
As at close of business on 19 May 2025 the number of ordinary shares of 1
penny each in issue was 1,344,524,115.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2R, a copy of all resolutions passed,
other than those concerning ordinary business, will today be submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .
Enquiries:
John Nicholson
General Counsel and Company Secretary
+44 (0)204 551 3383
LEI Number: 213800XM8WOFLY6VPC92
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