Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8460N

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

11 May 2018

 

Morgan Advanced Materials plc

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Morgan Advanced Materials plc confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2018 Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held on 11 May 2018. 

The poll results of each resolution are set out below. The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was 285,369,988. Each share carried one vote.

Resolution	Votes For (see note 1)		Votes Against (see note 1)		Votes Withheld (see note 2)	Total Votes Cast (excl. withheld votes)	% of total issued share capital voted (excl. withheld votes)
	Number of shares	% of total voted	Number of shares	% of total voted
1.   To receive the audited accounts and the Auditor's and Directors' Reports for the year ended 31 December 2017	239,048,258	99.94	149,606	0.06	16,604	239,197,864	83.82
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2017	224,372,773	94.16	13,919,875	5.84	921,819	238,292,648	83.50
3.   To declare a final dividend of 7.0 pence per Ordinary share	239,200,061	100.00	7,718	0.00	6,689	239,207,779	83.82
4.   To elect Jane Aikman as a Director	237,991,146	99.50	1,192,870	0.50	30,452	239,184,016	83.82
5.   To re-elect Helen Bunch as a Director	237,820,804	99.43	1,359,444	0.57	34,220	239,180,248	83.81
6.   To re-elect Douglas Caster as a Director	237,828,331	99.43	1,351,632	0.57	34,505	239,179,963	83.81
7.   To re-elect Laurence Mulliez as a Director	215,979,093	99.32	1,471,389	0.68	21,763,986	217,450,482	76.20
8.   To re-elect Pete Raby as a Director	237,844,229	99.44	1,340,176	0.56	30,063	239,184,405	83.82
9.   To re-elect Andrew Shilston as a Director	237,720,621	99.39	1,461,682	0.61	32,165	239,182,303	83.81
10. To elect Peter Turner as a Director	237,825,778	99.43	1,355,525	0.57	33,165	239,181,303	83.81
11. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company	229,386,629	95.96	9,655,373	4.04	172,465	239,042,002	83.77
12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration	239,164,425	99.99	30,521	0.01	19,521	239,194,946	83.82
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations	235,710,294	98.56	3,443,923	1.44	60,251	239,154,217	83.80
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares	234,250,814	97.93	4,944,566	2.07	19,088	83.82	239,195,380
15.* To empower the Directors to generally disapply pre-emption rights	238,937,595	99.90	249,053	0.10	27,820	83.82	239,186,648
16. * To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or capital investments	209,403,847	87.55	29,785,641	12.45	24,979	83.82	239,189,488
17. * To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary shares	231,715,624	96.89	7,448,207	3.11	50,636	83.81	239,163,831
18.* To enable the Company to convene a general meeting (other than AGMs) on at least 14 days' notice	230,974,837	96.56	8,235,733	3.44	3,898	83.82	239,210,570

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed by Morgan Advanced Materials plc shareholders concerning items other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Notes:

1.     Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

2.     Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

*     Indicates special resolution.

Enquiries:  Stephanie Mackie, Company Secretary

Telephone:  [phone]

Notes:

Legal Entity Identifier: I4K14LL95N2PHDL7EG85

 

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