Results of Annual General Meeting

Macfarlane Group PLC

07 May 2024

 

7 May 2024

Macfarlane Group PLC

("Macfarlane", the "Company", or the "Group")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Macfarlane Group PLC confirms that shareholders passed all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held today.  The resolutions were as set out in the Notice of Meeting, as filed with the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and are also available on the company's website, www.macfarlanegroup.com.

Total number of shares in issue 159,600,000.  Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 94,623,113 shares (including votes withheld) amounting to 59.29% of the issued share capital.

All resolutions were passed on a poll with resolutions 1 to 11 passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 14 passed as special resolutions.

The following level of proxy appointments were lodged prior to the meeting:

Resolution and description	In Favour Votes		Against Votes		Withheld Votes
	No.	%	No.	%	No.
1.   Adoption of the accounts	94,590,207	100.00%	0	0.00%	32,906
2.   Approval of the Remuneration Report	83,985,172	88.80%	10,589,145	11.20%	48,796
3.   Approval of Final Dividend	94,598,708	100.00%	1,861	0.00%	22,544
4.   Re-elect Aleen Gulvanessian	94,494,904	99.96%	35,872	0.04%	92,337
5.   Re-elect Peter D. Atkinson	94,517,418	99.91%	81,289	0.09%	24,406
6.   Re-elect Ivor Gray	94,483,562	99.92%	80,145	0.08%	59,406
7.   Re-elect James W.F. Baird	94,552,366	99.97%	23,725	0.03%	47,022
8.   Re-elect Laura Whyte	94,540,793	99.98%	21,235	0.02%	61,085
9.   Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	94,505,882	99.90%	92,825	0.10%	24,406
10.  Authorise the Directors to determine Auditor's remuneration	94,538,009	99.93%	61,519	0.07%	23,585
11.  Authority to allot unissued shares under S. 551 of the Companies Act 2006	94,384,389	99.78%	205,203	0.22%	33,521
12.  Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 for 5% of the issued share capital	94,439,831	99.84%	147,561	0.16%	35,721
13.  Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 for an additional 5% of the issued share capital	91,342,606	96.57%	3,244,786	3.43%	35,721
14.  Authority to re-purchase its own shares, up to a maximum of 15,960,000 shares (10% of shares outstanding)	94,427,006	99.91%	82,592	0.09%	113,515
15.  Authority to amend the existing Articles of Association, to modernise the untraced shareholder provision	94,492,131	99.96%	36,757	0.04%	94,225

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the number or % of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

Further enquiries:	Macfarlane Group	Tel: [phone]
	Peter Atkinson                  Chief Executive
	Ivor Gray                             Finance Director
	Spreng Thomson
	Callum Spreng	Mob: [phone]

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):  213800LVRYDERSJAAZ73

Notes to Editors:

·           Macfarlane Group PLC has been listed on the Premium segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MACF) since 1973 with over 70 years' experience in the UK packaging industry.

·           Through its two divisions, Macfarlane Group services a broad range of business customers, supplying them with high quality protective packaging products which help customers reduce supply chain costs, improve operational efficiencies and sustainability and enhance their brand presentation. The divisions are:

o   Packaging Distribution - Macfarlane Packaging Distribution is the leading UK distributor of a comprehensive range of protective packaging products; and

o   Manufacturing Operations - Macfarlane Design and Manufacture is a UK market leader in the design and production of protective packaging for high value and fragile products.

·           Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, Macfarlane Group employs over 1,000 people at 40 sites, principally in the UK, as well as in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands.

·           Macfarlane Group supplies more than 20,000 customers, principally in the UK and Europe.

·           In partnership with 1,700 suppliers, Macfarlane Group distributes and manufactures 600,000+ lines supplying to a wide range of sectors, including: retail e-commerce; consumer goods; food; logistics; mail order; electronics; defence; medical; automotive; and aerospace.

 

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