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RNS Number : 3879A  Forterra plc  23 May 2023

Forterra plc

 

Annual General Meeting 2023 Results

 

The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the
offices of Forterra plc, Atherstone Road, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
DE12 7EL on Tuesday 23rd May 2023 at 12:00pm.

 

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by
shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue was 212,803,389
shares.

 

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
(http://www.forterraplc.co.uk) (with each resolution number below
corresponding to the resolution number in the notice).

 

The total number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before
the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows.

 

 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                                                                  146,294,014   99.99              101           0.01               146,294,115                            116,053

 To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts to 31 December 2022

 Resolution 2                                                                  145,395,837   99.31              1,010,032     0.6%               146,405,869                            4,299

 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.

 Resolution 3                                                                  146,396,920   99.99              7,229         0.01               146,404,149                            6,019

 To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor

 Resolution 4                                                                  146,406,400   99.99              101           0.01               146,406,501                            3,667

 To declare the final dividend of 10.1 pence per Ordinary Share for the year
 ended 31 December 2022

 Resolution 5                                                                  144,938,621   99.00              1,466,214     1.00               146,404,835                            5,333

 To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director

 Resolution 6                                                                  146,389,965   99.99              5,120         0.01               146,395,085                            15,083

 To elect Neil Ash as a

 Director

 Resolution 7                                                                  144,805,319   98.91              1,591,206     1.09               146,396,525                            13,643

 To re-elect Ben Guyatt as a Director

 Resolution 8                                                                  143,502,675   98.02              2,892,410     1.98               146,395,085                            15,083

 To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director

 Resolution 9                                                                  145,031,074   99.07              1,364,011     0.93               146,395,085                            15,083

 To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director

 Resolution 10                                                                 145,032,159   99.07              1,362,926     0.93               146,395,085                            15,083

 To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director

 Resolution 11                                                                 145,027,206   99.07              1,368,793     0.93               146,395,999                            14,169

 To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director

 Resolution 12                                                                 146,372,084   99.98              23,915        0.02               146,395,999                            14,169

 To elect Gina Jardine as a

 Director

 Resolution 13                                                                 143,683,761   98.14              2,721,345     1.86               146,405,106                            5,062

 To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy set out on pages 124 to 134 of
 the Annual Report
 Resolution 14                                                                 143,216,609   97.83              3,183,645     2.17               146,400,254                            9,914

 To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the
 Remuneration Policy set out on pages 124-134 of the Annual Report)

 Resolution 15                                                                 145,316,756   99.95              67,101        0.05               145,383,857                            1,026,311

 To authorise the Company to make political donations

 Resolution 16                                                                 143,568,048   98.06              2,837,451     1.94               146,405,499                            4,669

 To authorise the Directors to allot share capital

 Resolution 17 **                                                              143,907,212   98.30              2,494,937     1.70               146,402,149                            8,019

 To disapply statutory exemption rights

 Resolution 18 **                                                              142,896,608   97.60              3,508,291     2.40               146,404,899                            5,269

 To disapply statutory exemption rights

 Resolution 19 **                                                              145,300,367   99.31              1,015,162     0.69               146,315,529                            94,639

 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 Resolution 20 **                                                              144,507,753   98.70              1,896,261     1.30               146,404,014                            6,154

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

 

 

 

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of
Resolutions 16-20 will shortly be available for inspection on the National
Storage Mechanism which is located at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(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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