REG - SIG PLC - Result of AGM

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30/06/2020 14:00

RNS Number : 5660R
  
SIG PLC
  
30 June 2020
  
 

30 June 2020
 
SIG plc 
("SIG" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 30 June 2020
 
LEI: 213800VDC1BKJEZ8PV53
 
SIG plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities.  Resolutions 1 -12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13 - 16 were passed as special resolutions.  The results of the polls are as follows:





































RESOLUTION


FOR


 
 
 
%


AGAINST


 
 
 
%


TOTAL


% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL


 
 
 
WITHHELD




ORDINARY RESOLUTION
































1.  To receive the financial statements and the Report of the Directors and Auditor


325,703,735


100.00


8,479


0.00


325,712,214


55.06%


28,391,076




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


326,158,888


99.98


51,589


0.02


326,210,477


55.14%


27,892,813




3.  To re-elect Mr A J Allner


326,170,264


99.99


44,600


0.01


326,214,864


55.15%


27,888,426




4.  To elect Mr S Francis


354,054,549


99.99


24,340


0.01


354,078,889


59.86%


24,401




5.  To elect Mr K H M Kearney-Croft


353,323,304


99.79


759,168


0.21


354,082,472


59.86%


20,818




6.  To elect Ms H C Allum


352,532,016


99.56


1,546,246


0.44


354,078,262


59.86%


25,028




7.  To re-elect Mr I B Duncan


348,710,482


98.48


5,370,061


1.52


354,080,543


59.86%


22,747




8.  To elect Ms G D C Kent


339,175,526


95.79


14,899,736


4.21


354,075,262


59.85%


25,028




9.  To re-elect Mr A C Lovell


354,053,455


99.99


27,088


0.01


354,080,543


59.86%


22,747




10. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor


354,033,487


99.99


36,639


0.01


354,070,126


59.85%


33,164




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


354,035,638


99.99


29,767


0.01


354,065,405


59.85%


37,885




12. 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


324,710,370


99.54


1,485,954


0.46


326,196,324


55.14%


27,906,966




SPECIAL RESOLUTION


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




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


354,036,255


99.99


25,748


0.01


354,062,003


59.85%


41,287




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


326,155,109


92.12


27,906,894


7.88


354,062,003


59.85%


41,287




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


321,673,375


90.93


32,085,640


9.07


353,759,015


59.80%


344,275




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


346,359,171


97.82


7,715,161


2.18


354,074,332


59.85%


28,958



                        
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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 
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 30 June 2020 is 591,556,982 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company.
 
Enquiries:













SIG plc








Steve Francis, Chief Executive Officer


+44 (0) 114 285 6300




Kath Kearney-Croft, 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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