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REG - Weir Group PLC - AGM Voting Results 2022

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RNS Number : 7616J  Weir Group PLC  28 April 2022

THE WEIR GROUP PLC
28 April 2022
 
AGM Voting Results 2022

 

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 28 April
2022 at 2.30 pm.

All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as
special resolutions.

 

The table below sets out the proxy voting results.

 

                                                                                                VOTES          %       VOTES                             %      VOTES                   % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD*
 Resolution 1   To receive and adopt the report and financial statements for year ended 31       215,345,579   100.00                3,201               0.00         215,348,780       82.95                 4,341,464

              December 2021.

 Resolution 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors'          208,732,643   95.03         10,926,108                  4.97         219,658,751       84.61                      28,623

              Remuneration Policy).

 Resolution 3   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.                                   193,938,328   90.47         20,430,745                  9.53         214,369,073       82.57                 5,321,171

 Resolution 4   To approve a final dividend of 12.30p pence per ordinary share of 12.5 pence     219,668,393   99.99                17,797               0.01         219,686,190       84.62                       4,054

              each in the capital of the Company.

 Resolution 5   To re-elect John Stanton as a Director of the Company.                           216,196,231   98.42           3,460,665                 1.58         219,656,896       84.61                      34,106

 Resolution 6   To re-elect John Heasley as a Director of the Company.                           218,003,026   99.25           1,652,225                 0.75         219,655,251       84.61                      35,751

 Resolution 7   To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a Director of the Company.                       208,875,283   95.59           9,635,762                 4.41         218,511,045       84.17                 1,179,957

 Resolution 8   To re-elect Clare Chapman as a Director of the Company.                          212,846,280   96.90           6,805,365                 3.10         219,651,645       84.61                      39,357

 Resolution 9   To re-elect Engelbert Haan as a Director of the Company.                         219,530,779   99.95              113,249                0.05         219,644,028       84.60                      46,974

 Resolution 10  To re-elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a Director of the Company.                         201,736,324   92.00         17,542,319                  8.00         219,278,643       84.46                    412,359

 Resolution 11  To re-elect Ben Magara as a Director of the Company.                             219,523,140   99.95              120,430                0.05         219,643,570       84.60                      47,432

 Resolution 12  To re-elect Sir Jim McDonald as a Director of the Company.                       203,178,245   95.24         10,146,678                  4.76         213,324,923       82.17                 6,365,321

 Resolution 13  To re-elect Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as a Director of the Company.             215,983,568   98.33           3,657,621                 1.67         219,641,189       84.60                      46,910

 Resolution 14  To re-elect Stephen Young as a Director of the Company.                          219,549,045   99.95              102,779                0.05         219,651,824       84.61                      36,275

 Resolution 15  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.             218,540,904   99.51           1,068,944                 0.49         219,609,848       84.59                      78,251

 Resolution 16  That the Company's Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration   219,643,216   99.99                28,428               0.01         219,671,644       84.62                      17,213

              of the Auditors.

 Resolution 17  To renew the Directors' general power to allot shares.                           199,197,278   90.69         20,449,716                  9.31         219,646,994       84.61                      41,863

 Resolution 18  To  disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions.                               218,641,639   99.61              861,117                0.39         219,502,756       84.55                    186,101

 Resolution 19  To disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions in connection with an           194,618,104   88.66         24,887,188                  11.34        219,505,292       84.55                    183,565

              acquisition or specified capital investment.

 Resolution 20  To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares.                     218,471,793   99.47           1,154,297                 0.53         219,626,090       84.60                      62,767

 Resolution 21  To reduce the notice period for general meetings.                                208,489,991   94.90         11,196,909                  5.10         219,686,900       84.62                          457

 

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of proportion of votes For and Against a resolution.

 

a)   Any votes that give discretion to the Chairman have been included in
the "For" total.

b)   At close of business on Thursday,28 April 2022 there were 259,612,052
Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been
submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage
Mechanism which is located at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 

Graham Vanhegan

Company Secretary

Telephone: 0141 308 3771

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