REG - Weir Group PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 1255XWeir Group PLC29 April 2021THE WEIR GROUP PLC
29 April 2021
AGM Voting Results 2021
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 29 April 2021 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
FOR%
VOTES
AGAINST%
VOTES
TOTAL% of ISC VOTED
VOTES
WITHHELD*Resolution 1
To receive and adopt the report and financial statements.
205,876,584
99.99%
12,875
0.01%
205,889,459
79.31%
4,475,602
Resolution 2
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy).
204,051,550
97.01%
6,299,796
2.99%
210,351,346
81.03%
13,715
Resolution 3
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
202,157,431
96.11%
8,185,797
3.89%
210,343,228
81.02%
21,833
Resolution 4
To elect Ben Magara as a Director of the Company.
209,983,411
99.82%
368,469
0.18%
210,351,880
81.03%
13,181
Resolution 5
To elect Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as a Director of the Company.
209,985,042
99.83%
367,309
0.17%
210,352,351
81.03%
12,710
Resolution 6
To re-elect Charles Berry as a Director of the Company.
192,634,798
95.28%
9,551,715
4.72%
202,186,513
77.88%
8,178,548
Resolution 7
To re-elect Jon Stanton as a Director of the Company.
207,282,417
98.54%
3,074,105
1.46%
210,356,522
81.03%
8,539
Resolution 8
To re-elect John Heasley as a Director of the Company.
208,191,532
98.97%
2,164,774
1.03%
210,356,306
81.03%
8,755
Resolution 9
To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a Director of the Company.
209,798,721
99.74%
554,523
0.26%
210,353,244
81.03%
11,817
Resolution 10
To re-elect Clare Chapman as a Director of the Company.
198,310,423
94.28%
12,041,477
5.72%
210,351,900
81.03%
13,161
Resolution 11
To re-elect Engelbert Haan as a Director of the Company.
210,272,150
99.96%
79,169
0.04%
210,351,319
81.03%
13,742
Resolution 12
To re-elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a Director of the Company.
209,783,829
99.73%
568,059
0.27%
210,351,888
81.03%
13,173
Resolution 13
To re-elect Sir Jim McDonald as a Director of the Company.
207,472,636
98.63%
2,883,260
1.37%
210,355,896
81.03%
9,165
Resolution 14
To re-elect Stephen Young as a Director of the Company.
210,296,442
99.97%
59,710
0.03%
210,356,152
81.03%
8,909
Resolution 15
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.
207,866,831
98.82%
2,473,784
1.18%
210,340,615
81.02%
24,446
Resolution 16
That the Company's Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration of the Auditors.
209,414,563
99.30%
1,476,035
0.70%
210,890,598
81.23%
15,183
Resolution 17
To renew the Directors' general power to allot shares.
182,919,492
86.96%
27,441,292
13.04%
210,360,784
81.03%
2,777
Resolution 18
To partially disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions.
193,999,924
92.30%
16,191,284
7.70%
210,191,208
80.96%
173,853
Resolution 19
To partially disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.
186,235,481
88.55%
24,091,115
11.45%
210,326,596
81.02%
38,465
Resolution 20
To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares.
207,459,787
98.71%
2,713,752
1.29%
210,173,539
80.96%
191,522
Resolution 21
To reduce the notice period for general meetings.
195,973,071
93.16%
14,380,421
6.84%
210,353,492
81.03%
8,848
* 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 28 April 2021 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.
For further information, please contact:
Graham Vanhegan
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 308 3771
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