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Morgan Advanced MaterialsAnnouncement

29/06/2023 17:15

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RNS Number : 4461E  Morgan Advanced Materials PLC  29 June 2023

Morgan Advanced Materials plc (the "Company")

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Company confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2023
Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of
shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held on 29 June 2023.

 

The poll results of each resolution are set out below. The number of the
Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was
285,369,988.

Each share carried one vote.

 

 Resolution                                                                      Votes For                           Votes Against                       Votes Withheld  Total Votes Cast         % of total issued share capital voted (excl. withheld votes)

                                                                                 (see note 1)                        (see note 1)                        (see note 2)    (excl. withheld votes)
                                                                                 Number of shares  % of total voted  Number of shares  % of total voted
 1.    To receive the audited accounts and the Auditor's and Directors'          238,823,846       100.00%           4,475             0.00%             189,575         238,828,321              83.69
 Reports for the year ended 31 December 2022
 2.    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                             234,867,882       98.30%            4,064,024         1.70%             85,987          238,931,906              83.73
 3.   To approve the final dividend                                              238,997,000       100.00%           1,405             0.00%             19,491          238,998,405              83.75
 4.   To re-elect Jane Aikman as a Director                                      237,238,824       99.27%            1,755,660         0.73%             23,412          238,994,484              83.75
 5.   To elect Richard Armitage as a Director                                    238,195,449       99.67%            799,035           0.33%             23,412          238,994,484              83.75
 6.   To re-elect Helen Bunch as a Director                                      236,113,303       98.80%            2,871,181         1.20%             33,412          238,984,484              83.75
 7.   To elect Ian Marchant as a Director                                        238,812,844       99.92%            180,530           0.08%             24,522          238,993,374              83.75
 8.   To re-elect Laurence Mulliez as a Director                                 237,037,675       99.18%            1,956,809         0.82%             23,412          238,994,484              83.75
 9.   To re-elect Pete Raby as a Director                                        238,779,628       99.91%            214,856           0.09%             23,412          238,994,484              83.75
 10. To re-elect Clement Woon as a Director                                      237,093,268       99.20%            1,901,216         0.80%             23,412          238,994,484              83.75
 11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company                        238,688,437       99.94%            148,775           0.06%             180,684         238,837,212              83.69
 12. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to determine     238,977,572       99.99%            33,322            0.01%             7,002           239,010,894              83.75
 the Auditor's remuneration
 13.   To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political           235,999,781       98.75%            2,999,299         1.25%             18,816          238,999,080              83.75
 donations and incur political expenditure
 14.   To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                231,272,013       96.76%            7,737,059         3.24%             8,824           239,009,072              83.75
 15.* To empower the Directors to generally disapply pre-emption rights up to a  238,333,803       99.72%            674,517           0.28%             9,576           239,008,320              83.75
 specified limit
 16.* To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection      236,048,066       98.76%            2,966,199         1.24%             3,631           239,014,265              83.76
 with acquisitions or capital investments up to a specified limit
 17.* To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary shares up to the     237,993,450       99.58%            1,000,506         0.42%             23,940          238,993,956              83.75
 specified limit
 18.* To enable the Company to convene a general meeting (other than AGMs) on    233,447,438       97.67%            5,567,937         2.33%             2,521           239,015,375              83.76
 at least 14 days' notice

 

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed by
Morgan Advanced Materials plc shareholders concerning items other than
ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstorage
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstorage)

 

Board Changes

Further to the announcement on 18 January 2023, the Company confirms that
Douglas Caster has retired as Chair and Non-executive Director and that Ian
Marchant has taken over as Chair following the conclusion of the AGM today.

 

Notes:

 

1.     Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes
received. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

2.     Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been
included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a
resolution.

*     Indicates special resolution.

 

 

Enquiries:  Win Chime, Company Secretary

 

Email: Company.Secretariat@morganplc.com
(mailto:Company.Secretariat@morganplc.com)

 

 

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