REG - Weir Group PLC - AGM Voting Results 2023

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RNS Number : 7645X  Weir Group PLC  27 April 2023

THE WEIR GROUP PLC
27 April 2023
 
AGM Voting Results 2023

 

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 27 April
2023 at 2.30 pm.

All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 17 to 20 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   216,110,112   99.99    13,856       0.01   216,123,968   83.25            3,878,782
                December 2022.
 Resolution 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors'      209,599,282   95.29    10,370,788   4.71   219,970,070   84.73            15,680
                Remuneration Policy).
 Resolution 3   To approve a final dividend of 19.3 pence per ordinary share of 12.5 pence   219,995,926   100.00   5,424        0.00   220,001,350   84.74            1,400
                each in the capital of the Company.
 Resolution 4   To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a Director of the Company.                   209,716,539   98.31    3,604,289    1.69   213,320,828   82.17            6,681,922
 Resolution 5   To re-elect Jon Stanton as a Director of the Company.                        212,913,064   99.81    407,781      0.19   213,320,845   82.17            6,681,905
 Resolution 6   To re-elect John Heasley as a Director of the Company.                       211,575,783   99.18    1,740,642    0.82   213,316,425   82.17            6,686,325
 Resolution 7   To elect Dame Nicola Brewer as a Director of the Company.                    213,179,937   99.94    130,206      0.06   213,310,143   82.16            6,691,977
 Resolution 8   To re-elect Clare Chapman as a Director of the Company.                      213,222,297   99.96    91,044       0.04   213,313,341   82.17            6,688,779
 Resolution 9   To elect Tracey Kerr as a Director of the Company.                           213,260,386   99.98    48,410       0.02   213,308,796   82.16            6,693,954
 Resolution 10  To re-elect Ben Magara as a Director of the Company.                         213,272,710   99.98    37,733       0.02   213,310,443   82.17            6,692,307
 Resolution 11  To re-elect Sir Jim McDonald as a Director of the Company.                   213,240,348   99.96    76,678       0.04   213,317,026   82.17            6,685,724
 Resolution 12  To re-elect Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as a Director of the Company.         211,954,829   99.36    1,359,574    0.64   213,314,403   82.17            6,688,347
 Resolution 13  To re-elect Stephen Young as a Director of the Company.                      213,279,666   99.99    27,935       0.01   213,307,601   82.16            6,695,149

 

 Resolution 14  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.             218,242,654   99.22    1,720,992    0.78    219,963,646   84.73   39,104
 Resolution 15  That the Company's Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration   219,964,346   100.00   9,001        0.00    219,973,347   84.73   29,403
                of the Auditors.
 Resolution 16  To renew the Directors' general power to allot shares.                           192,256,795   87.40    27,724,524   12.60   219,981,319   84.73   21,431
 Resolution 17  To  disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions.                               200,305,837   91.70    18,119,532   8.30    218,425,369   84.14   1,577,381
 Resolution 18  To disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions in connection with an           194,178,004   88.94    24,140,178   11.06   218,318,182   84.09   1,684,568
                acquisition or specified capital investment.
 Resolution 19  To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares.                     211,534,639   96.18    8,403,344    3.82    219,937,983   84.72   64,767
 Resolution 20  To reduce the notice period for general meetings.                                207,539,850   94.34    12,455,499   5.66    219,995,349   84.74   7,401

 

* 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 Chair have been included in the "For"
       total.
   b)  At close of business on Thursday, 27 April 2023 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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