Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8106X

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

06 May 2021

 

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

LEI: 2138008339ULDGZRB345

Result of AGM

6 May 2021

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 6 May 2021, 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 19 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 2020	34,204,047	100.00	0	0.00	34,204,047	73.78	80,373
2.  To approve the directors' remuneration report, (other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy), for the year ended 31 December 2020	33,718,309	98.36	560,488	1.64	34,278,797	73.94	5,623
3.  To approve the final dividend of 40 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2020	34,282,991	100.00	193	0.00	34,283,184	73.95	1,236
4.  To re-elect Michael Findlay as a director	30,723,408	98.76	385,016	1.24	31,108,424	67.10	3,175,996
5.  To re-elect John Morgan as a director	33,805,390	98.61	477,284	1.39	34,282,674	73.95	1,746
6.  To re-elect Steve Crummett a director	34,152,034	99.62	131,876	0.38	34,283,910	73.95	510
7.  To re-elect Malcolm Cooper as a director	34,220,492	99.82	63,418	0.18	34,283,910	73.95	510
8.  To re-elect Tracey Killen as a director	34,227,454	99.84	56,456	0.16	34,283,910	73.95	510
9.  To re-elect David Lowden as a director	34,225,283	99.83	58,627	0.17	34,283,910	73.95	510
10.  To re-elect Jen Tippin as a director	34,227,454	99.84	56,456	0.16	34,283,910	73.95	510
11.  To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company	34,194,289	99.74	88,455	0.26	34,282,744	73.95	1,276
12.  To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	34,248,462	99.90	35,480	0.10	34,283,942	73.95	478
13.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure	33,129,398	96.65	1,149,088	3.35	34,278,486	73.94	5,934
14.  To authorise the directors to allot shares	33,514,395	97.77	765,828	2.23	34,280,223	73.94	4,197
Special Resolutions
15.  General authority to disapply pre-emption rights	33,691,875	98.29	587,475	1.71	34,279,350	73.94	5,070
16.  Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	33,415,614	97.48	864,486	2.52	34,280,100	73.94	4,320
17.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	33,773,569	98.62	473,224	1.38	34,246,793	73.87	37,627
18.  To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days' notice	33,936,940	99.00	343,063	1.00	34,280,003	73.94	4,417
19.  To adopt the amended Articles of Association	34,276,406	100.00	1,353	0.00	34,277,759	73.94	6,661

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 5 May 2021 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 46,359,856 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 at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Enquiries:

Clare Sheridan  [phone]

Company Secretary

 

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