REG - SIG PLC - Result of AGM

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08/05/2019 14:00

RNS Number : 4005Y
SIG PLC
08 May 2019
 


8 May 2019
 
SIG plc
("SIG" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
 
LEI: 213800VDC1BKJEZ8PV53
 
SIG announces that Resolutions 1 to 17 contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 27 March 2019 previously circulated to shareholders were duly passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held earlier today.
 
A breakdown of the proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution is set out below:-
 





















Resolution


For


Against


Withheld




1.  To receive the financial statements


465,618,062


28,238,573


357,908




2.  To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Report on Remuneration


437,156,494


28,216,246


28,841,803




3.  To declare a final dividend


494,199,621


99


14,824




4.  To re-elect Mr A J Allner


396,661,363


91,458,397


6,094,783




5.  To re-elect Ms A Abt


463,974,912


30,238,188


1,343




6.  To re-elect Mr I B Duncan


488,706,930


5,506,271


1,343




7.  To elect Mr A C Lovell


493,514,903


697,869


1,772




8.  To re-elect Mr N W Maddock


493,100,436


1,110,484


3,624




9.  To re-elect Mr M Oldersma


491,891,702


2,321,499


1,343




10. To elect Mr C Ragoucy


493,516,058


693,674


4,812




11. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor


494,198,874


10,223


5,447




12. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration


494,204,372


6,725


3,447




13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company


471,638,099


22,559,921


16,524




14. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash


476,626,507


17,581,980


2,057




15. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash (further 5%)


446,434,939


47,777,547


2,057




16. To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares


465,887,860


28,251,033


75,650




17. To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice


478,205,815


16,006,029


2,700



                       
Notes
1.         Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2.         A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3.         In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
4.         A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com.
5.         Issued share capital as at 8 May 2019 is 591,556,982 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company.
 
 
Enquiries:
 













SIG plc








Meinie Oldersma, Chief Executive Officer


+44 (0) 114 285 6300




Nick Maddock, Chief Financial Officer
Katharine Baxter, Group Communications


+44 (0) 114 285 6300
+44 (0) 114 285 6300
 




 
  FTI Consulting








Richard Mountain / Susanne Yule


+ 44 (0) 20 3727 1340














 
Jefferies Hoare Govett








Ed Matthews / Will Soutar


+44 (0) 20 7029 8000














 
Peel Hunt LLP








Justin Jones / Charles Batten


+44 (0) 20 7418 8900













                     
 
 
 




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