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RNS Number : 2125E Marshalls PLC 13 May 2026
13 May 2026
Marshalls plc
Company No. 5100353
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Marshalls plc (the "Company") announces the results of voting on the
resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 13 May
2026 at the offices of Walker Morris LLP, 33 Wellington Street, Leeds, West
Yorkshire, LS1 4DL. The full text of the resolutions, along with the
explanatory notes, is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 2
April 2026 (the "Notice").
The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the 19 resolutions
as stated in the Notice. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted
electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the
AGM. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote
per ordinary share of 25p held.
Resolution Votes for % of votes cast Votes against % of votes cast Votes withheld (see note 2) % of the share capital voted
1. Approve Annual Report 172,926,841 99.99% 17,829 0.01% 82,057 68.37%
2. Re-appoint auditor 171,485,507 99.12% 1,520,413 0.88% 20,807 68.39%
3. Remuneration of auditor 172,946,604 99.97% 45,551 0.03% 34,572 68.38%
4. Approve final dividend 172,861,882 99.91% 153,635 0.09% 11,210 68.39%
5. Re-elect 168,236,003 97.24% 4,767,057 2.76% 23,667 68.39%
Vanda Murray
6. Re-elect Simon Bourne 172,185,543 99.55% 776,177 0.45% 65,007 68.37%
7. Re-elect Diana Houghton 171,885,069 99.38% 1,072,968 0.62% 68,690 68.37%
8. Re-elect 169,908,575 98.24% 3,046,823 1.76% 71,329 68.37%
Angela Bromfield
9. Re-elect 171,175,994 98.96% 1,806,547 1.04% 44,186 68.38%
Avis Darzins
10. Re-elect Justin Lockwood 172,177,071 99.55% 780,681 0.45% 68,975 68.37%
11. Elect Paul Inman 172,169,912 99.56% 765,996 0.44% 90,819 68.36%
12. Approve Remuneration Policy 166,317,517 96.17% 6,628,872 3.83% 80,338 68.37%
13. Approve Remuneration Report 169,769,609 98.17% 3,169,245 1.83% 87,873 68.36%
14. Authority to allot shares 170,654,395 98.68% 2,284,652 1.32% 87,676 68.36%
15. Approve Long Term Incentive Plan 168,203,983 97.28% 4,698,623 2.72% 124,121 68.35%
16. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights 158,361,923 91.57% 14,581,532 8.43% 83,272 68.37%
17. Additional authority to disapply 145,927,462 84.38% 27,014,664 15.62% 84,601 68.37%
pre-emption rights
18. Authority to purchase own shares 171,800,551 99.33% 1,165,186 0.67% 60,990 68.37%
19. Authority to call general meetings 170,329,743 98.46% 2,672,089 1.54% 24,895 68.39%
on 14 clear days' notice
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments, which gave discretion to the Chair, have been included
in the "Votes for" total.
2. "Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes
counted for or against a resolution.
3. Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 173,015,517 shares
representing 68.39% of the issued share capital
4. In accordance with UKLR 6.4.1R and 6.4.2R, the full text of the special
business resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority
via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .
5. A copy of this announcement will shortly be available in the Investor
Relations section of the Company's website at www.marshalls.co.uk/investor
(http://www.marshalls.co.uk/investor)
6. As at 11 May 2026, Marshalls had 252,968,728 ordinary shares of 25
pence each in issue with voting rights. No shares are held in treasury.
7. Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 16 to 19 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.
Enquiries:
Shiv Sibal, Company Secretary +44 (0)1422 314767
Marshalls plc legal@marshalls.co.uk (mailto:legal@marshalls.co.uk)
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