REG - Morgan Sindall Grp - Result of AGM

Morgan SindallAnnouncement

07/05/2020 13:30

RNS Number : 3099M
  
Morgan Sindall Group PLC
  
07 May 2020
  
 

Morgan Sindall Group plc
('the Company')
LEI: 2138008339ULDGZRB345
 
Result of AGM
 
7 May 2020
 
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 7 May 2020, as set out in the AGM notice.
 
A poll was held on each of the resolutions and all the resolutions were duly passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows: 
 




Ordinary Resolutions


Votes for


% 


Votes against


%


Total votes


% of issued share capital voted


Votes withheld




1.      To receive and accept the Company's audited financial statements, the strategic report and the directors' and corporate governance report and the auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2019


35,281,114


99.99


2,057


0.01


35,283,171


77.55%


72,573




2.      To re-elect Michael Findlay as a director


35,048,589


99.14


303,217


0.86


35,351,806


77.70%


3,938




3.      To re-elect John Morgan as a director


35,255,834


99.72


99,400


0.28


35,355,234


77.71%


510




4.      To re-elect Steve Crummett a director


35,136,569


99.39


216,037


0.61


35,352,606


77.71%


3,138




5.      To re-elect Malcolm Cooper as a director


35,123,401


99.35


229,205


0.65


35,352,606


77.71%


3,138




6.      To re-elect Tracey Killen as a director


35,236,874


99.67


115,427


0.33


35,352,301


77.71%


3,443




7.      To re-elect David Lowden as a director


32,409,249


91.68


2,942,557


8.32


35,351,806


77.70%


3,938




8.      To elect Jen Tippin as a director


35,350,723


100.00


978


0.00


35,351,701


77.70%


4,043




9.      To approve the directors' remuneration policy as set out on pages 72 to 80 inclusive of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2019


34,252,837


97.41


911,648


2.59


35,164,485


77.29%


191,258




10.    To approve the directors' remuneration report, (other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy), for the year ended 31 December 2019


35,219,777


99.63


130,691


0.37


35,350,468


77.70%


5,275




11.    To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor


34,519,047


97.64


834,815


2.36


35,353,862


77.71%


1,881




12.    To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration


35,313,776


99.88


41,382


0.12


35,355,158


77.71%


586




13.    To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure  


32,754,288


92.66


2,594,422


7.34


35,348,710


77.70%


6,284




14.    To authorise the directors to allot shares


35,082,728


99.24


268,439


0.76


35,351,167


77.70%


4,577




Special Resolutions


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




15.    General authority to disapply pre-emption rights


35,233,351


99.68


113,949


0.32


35,347,300


77.69%


5,372




16.    Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment


35,221,336


99.63


130,035


0.37


35,351,371


77.70%


4,372




17.    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares


35,290,698


99.91


30,774


0.09


35,321,472


77.64%


34,271




18.    To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days' notice


34,702,386


98.16


649,463


1.84


35,351,849


77.70%


3,895




Notes:
1.      Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
2.     Proxy votes which gave discretion to the Chair of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the 'For' total of the appropriate resolution.   
3.    A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of 'Total issued share capital instructed' for any resolution.
4.      Votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
5.      At the close of business on 6 May 2020 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 45,494,976 and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
6.      The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's Share Registrar.
7.      No questions were submitted to the Company by shareholders prior to the meeting.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection on the Company's website www.morgansindall.com.  In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed which are required to be made available for inspection has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
 
Enquiries:
 
Clare Sheridan  +44 (0) 20 7307 9200
Company Secretary


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