Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3099M
Morgan Sindall Group PLC
07 May 2020
 

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

LEI: 2138008339ULDGZRB345

 

Result of AGM

 

7 May 2020

 

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 7 May 2020, as set out in the AGM notice.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and all the resolutions were duly passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:

 

Ordinary Resolutions

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

Total votes

% of issued share capital voted

Votes withheld

1.  To receive and accept the Company's audited financial statements, the strategic report and the directors' and corporate governance report and the auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2019

35,281,114

99.99

2,057

0.01

35,283,171

77.55%

72,573

2.  To re-elect Michael Findlay as a director

35,048,589

99.14

303,217

0.86

35,351,806

77.70%

3,938

3.  To re-elect John Morgan as a director

35,255,834

99.72

99,400

0.28

35,355,234

77.71%

510

4.  To re-elect Steve Crummett a director

35,136,569

99.39

216,037

0.61

35,352,606

77.71%

3,138

5.  To re-elect Malcolm Cooper as a director

35,123,401

99.35

229,205

0.65

35,352,606

77.71%

3,138

6.  To re-elect Tracey Killen as a director

35,236,874

99.67

115,427

0.33

35,352,301

77.71%

3,443

7.  To re-elect David Lowden as a director

32,409,249

91.68

2,942,557

8.32

35,351,806

77.70%

3,938

8.  To elect Jen Tippin as a director

35,350,723

100.00

978

0.00

35,351,701

77.70%

4,043

9.  To approve the directors' remuneration policy as set out on pages 72 to 80 inclusive of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2019

34,252,837

97.41

911,648

2.59

35,164,485

77.29%

191,258

10.  To approve the directors' remuneration report, (other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy), for the year ended 31 December 2019

35,219,777

99.63

130,691

0.37

35,350,468

77.70%

5,275

11.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor

34,519,047

97.64

834,815

2.36

35,353,862

77.71%

1,881

12.  To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration

35,313,776

99.88

41,382

0.12

35,355,158

77.71%

586

13.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure 

32,754,288

92.66

2,594,422

7.34

35,348,710

77.70%

6,284

14.  To authorise the directors to allot shares

35,082,728

99.24

268,439

0.76

35,351,167

77.70%

4,577

Special Resolutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.  General authority to disapply pre-emption rights

35,233,351

99.68

113,949

0.32

35,347,300

77.69%

5,372

16.  Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

35,221,336

99.63

130,035

0.37

35,351,371

77.70%

4,372

17.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

35,290,698

99.91

30,774

0.09

35,321,472

77.64%

34,271

18.  To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days' notice

34,702,386

98.16

649,463

1.84

35,351,849

77.70%

3,895

Notes:

1.  Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.

2. Proxy votes which gave discretion to the Chair of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the 'For' total of the appropriate resolution. 

3. A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of 'Total issued share capital instructed' for any resolution.

4.  Votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

5.  At the close of business on 6 May 2020 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 45,494,976 and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.

6.  The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's Share Registrar.

7.  No questions were submitted to the Company by shareholders prior to the meeting.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection on the Company's website www.morgansindall.com .  In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed which are required to be made available for inspection has been   submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

 

Enquiries:

 

Clare Sheridan  +44 (0) 20 7307 9200

Company Secretary


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