REG - Forterra plc - Result of AGM

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14/05/2020 13:50

RNS Number : 9525M
  
Forterra plc
  
14 May 2020
  
 

Forterra plc
 
Annual General Meeting 2020 Results
 
The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the head office, 5 Grange Park Court, Roman Way, Northampton NN4 5EA on Thursday 14th May 2020 at 12:00pm.
 
All of the resolutions were voted upon by a show of hands and were passed by the requisite majority by shareholders.  
 
The full text of each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.forterraplc.co.uk (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the notice).
 
The number of Proxy votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows. The total number of Ordinary shares in issue was 200,442,068 shares.
 




Resolution


Votes for


Votes Against


Total Votes Cast (excluding withheld)


Votes Withheld*




No of Shares


% of shares voted


No of Shares


% of shares voted


 


No of shares




Resolution 1 
To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts to 31 December 2019.
 


171,029,928


99.99%


2,000


0.01%


171,031,928


4,015,204




Resolution 2 
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor. 
 


171,164,305


99.99%


2,181


0.01%


171,166,486


25,108,206




Resolution 3
To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor 
 


171,165,305


99.99%


2,181


0.01%


171,167,486


793,543




Resolution 4
To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director 
 


154,910,756


90.78%


15,731,681


9.22%


170,642,437


16,213




Resolution 5
To re-elect Stephen Harrison as a Director 
 


171,007,750


99.91%


161,250


0.09%


171,169,000


23,881




Resolution 6
To elect Ben Guyatt as a Director
 


170,784,801


99.78%


384,199


0.22%


171,169,000


1,419,476




Resolution 7 
To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director 
 


154,146,924


90.06%


17,022,076


9.94%


171,169,000


23,821




Resolution 8
To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director
 


171,025,418


99.92%


143,582


0.08%


171,169,000


25,267




Resolution 9 
To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director
 


171,026,004


99.92%


142,996


0.08%


171,169,000


22,867




Resolution 10
To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director
 


171,026,004


99.92%


142,996


0.08%


171,169,000


25,305




Resolution 11
To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy (the full text of which can be found on pages 64 to 71 of the 2019 Annual Report)


163,767,520


95.68%


7,398,365


4.32%


171,165,885


25,244




Resolution 12
To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages 59-65 of the Annual Report)
 


168,900,783


98.67%


2,268,217


1.33%


171,169,000


23,790




Resolution 13
To authorise the Company to make political donations 
 


168,711,572


98.57%


2,453,313


1.43%


171,164,885


25,458




Resolution 14
To authorise the Directors to allot share capital 
 


169,412,920


98.98%


1,753,266


1.02%


171,166,186


25,044




Resolution 15 **
To disapply statutory exemption rights 
 


169,905,020


99.26%


1,261,166


0.74%


171,166,186


1,402,271




Resolution 16 **
To disapply statutory exemption rights 
 


168,912,686


98.68%


2,254,500


1.32%


171,167,186


14,823




Resolution 17 **
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 
 


170,148,523


99.41%


1,011,166


0.59%


171,159,689


14,402




Resolution 18 **
To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice
 


167,622,804


97.93%


3,546,196


2.07%


171,169,000


34,381




 
 
In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 14-18 will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
 
 
Notes:
 
*Votes 'withheld' are not votes under English law and so have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried.  Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.
 
** Special resolution.
 
 
For further information contact:
 




Forterra plc


+44 (0)1604 707600




Ashley Thompson, Company Secretary


 




 


 




FTI Consulting:


+44 (0)20 3727 1340




Richard Mountain


 




Nick Hasell


 




 


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