REG - Severfield PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 9853XSeverfield PLC03 September 2020SEVERFIELD PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting 2020
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 12 noon today, 3 September, all of the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
Copies of all the resolutions passed have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for review at Financial Conduct Authority website (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
A summary of Proxies received in respect of each resolution is set out below (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 the resolution):
In Favour
Against
Total
Withheld
Resolution
No of votes
% of votes
No of votes
% of votes
No of votes
No of votes
1. To receive and adopt the annual accounts and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 together with the report of the auditors thereon.
252,370,227
99.99
37,428
0.01
252,407,655
1,544,286
2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report (other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy) for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2020.
253,671,011
99.90
242,584
0.10
253,913,595
38,347
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration policy as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2020.
239,038,916
94.71
13,347,225
5.29
252,386,141
1,565,800
4. To declare a final dividend of 1.8p per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2020 payable on 11th September 2020 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 14th August 2020.
253,953,841
100.00
4,643
0.00
253,958,484
3,458
5. To reappoint Ian Cochrane as a Director.
246,213,335
96.95
7,738,865
3.05
253,952,200
9,742
6. To reappoint Alan Dunsmore as a Director.
244,688,208
96.94
7,734,407
3.06
252,422,615
1,539,327
7. To reappoint Derek Randall as a Director.
246,214,661
96.95
7,733,407
3.05
253,948,068
13,874
8. To reappoint Adam Semple as a Director.
246,182,778
96.94
7,765,290
3.06
253,948,068
13,874
9. To reappoint Alun Griffiths as a Director.
253,881,404
99.97
67,338
0.03
253,948,742
13,200
10. To reappoint Tony Osbaldiston as a Director.
253,927,240
99.99
14,828
0.01
253,942,068
19,874
11. To reappoint Kevin Whiteman as a Director.
253,877,730
99.97
64,338
0.03
253,942,068
19,874
12. To appoint Louise Hardy as a Director
253,868,441
99.97
68,167
0.03
253,936,608
25,334
13. To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2021.
253,714,453
99.95
118,823
0.05
253,833,276
128,666
14. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.
253,920,652
99.99
17,457
0.01
253,938,109
23,833
15. To authorise the Directors to allot securities of the Company.
253,288,366
99.74
666,877
0.26
253,955,243
6,699
16. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of securities of the Company.
253,628,796
99.88
300,749
0.12
253,929,545
32,397
17. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.
252,119,401
99.29
1,807,810
0.71
253,927,211
34,730
18. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares.
252,196,697
99.31
1,743,286
0.69
253,939,983
21,958
19. That a general meeting of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
251,970,845
99.23
1,966,700
0.77
253,937,545
24,397
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