Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9843L

Breedon Group PLC

24 April 2018

 

24 April 2018

Breedon Group plc

("Breedon Group" or the "Company")

Result of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of Breedon Group plc (the "Meeting") was held on Tuesday 24 April 2018 at the St Pierre Park Hotel, Rohais, St Peter Port, Guernsey at 2.00pm.

All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed on a show of hands.  The number of votes which were lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:

		Votes for	% of shares voted	Votes against	Votes total	Votes withheld
	Ordinary Resolutions
1	To adopt the Financial Statements and the reports of the Directors and of the Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2017	1,263,364,614	99.98	44,000	1,263,408,614	9,500
2	To reappoint the Auditor	1,263,366,384	99.98	50,730	1,263,417,114	1,000
3	To authorise the Directors to determine the fee payable to the Auditor	1,263,383,811	99.98	30,803	1,263,414,614	1,000
4	To reappoint Amit Bhatia as a director	1,263,037,463	99.97	299,551	1,263,337,014	78,600
5	To reappoint Susie Farnon as a director	1,250,659,961	98.98	12,754,653	1,263,414,614	3,500
6	To reappoint Peter Tom as a director	1,250,433,488	98.96	12,981,976	1,263,415,464	500
7	To reappoint Pat Ward as a director	1,263,159,998	99.97	251,616	1,263,411,614	4,000
8	To reappoint David Warr as a director	1,246,376,801	98.98	12,709,853	1,259,086,654	4,328,960
9	To reappoint David Williams as a director	1,258,530,318	99.95	556,336	1,259,086,654	4,328,960
10	To reappoint Rob Wood as a director	1,263,155,770	99.97	256,344	1,263,412,114	3,500
11	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,263,328,083	99.98	83,414	1,263,411,497	4,117

	Special Resolutions
12	To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares	1,242,039,673	98.30	21,364,691	1,263,404,364	13,750
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares issued for an acquisition without applying pre-emption rights	1,253,971,373	99.24	9,435,991	1,263,407,364	10,750
14	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	1,218,870,747	99.02	11,971,131	1,230,841,878	32,572,986

Notes:

1    "Votes for" include those giving the Chairman discretion, and the percentages are rounded to two decimal places.

2    "Votes withheld" are not votes in law, and are not included in the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

3    The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote was 1,668,936,659.

Enquiries:

Breedon Group plc                                                        www.breedongroup.com 

Pat Ward, Group Chief Executive                                    01332 694010

Rob Wood, Group Finance Director

Stephen Jacobs, Head of Communications                    07831 764592  

Cenkos Securities plc (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Max Hartley                                                                       020 7397 8900

Numis Securities (Joint Broker)

Heraclis Economides

Ben Stoop                                                                         020 7260 1000

More about Breedon Group

Breedon Group plc is a leading construction materials group in the UK and Ireland. It operates two cement plants and around 70 quarries, 40 asphalt plants, 200 ready-mixed concrete and mortar plants, nine concrete and clay products plants, four contract surfacing businesses, six import/export terminals and two slate production facilities.

The Group employs nearly 3,000 people and has around 870 million tonnes of mineral reserves and resources.  The Group's strategy is to continue growing organically and through the acquisition of businesses in the heavyside construction materials market.

 

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