Results of Annual General Meeting 2023

Severfield PLC

06 September 2023

 

SEVERFIELD PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting 2023

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 10 am today, 6 September, all of the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

Copies of all the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for review at Financial Conduct Authority website (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).

A summary of Proxies received in respect of each resolution is set out below (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 the resolution):

	In Favour		Against		Total	Withheld
Resolution	No of   votes	% of votes	No of votes	% of votes	No of   votes	No of votes
1.   To receive and adopt the annual accounts and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 25 March 2023 together with the report of the auditor thereon.	235,922,578	99.99	15,639	0.01	235,938,217	0
2.   To approve the Directors' remuneration report (other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy) for the financial year ended 25 March 2023 as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2023.	233,706,876	99.08	2,177,930	0.92	235,884,806	53,411
3.   To approve the Directors' remuneration policy, the full text of which is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2023.	232,598,556	98.61	3,272,944	1.39	235,871,500	66,717
4.   To approve certain amendments to the rules of the Severfield Performance Share Plan 2017.	233,034,222	98.82	2,784,699	1.18	235,818,921	119,296
5.   To declare a final dividend of 2.1p per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 25 March 2023 payable on 13th October 2023 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 8 September 2023.	235,938,217	100	0	0	235,938,217	0
6.   To reappoint Alan Dunsmore as a Director.	235,556,610	99.89	270,607	0.11	235,827,217	111,000
7.   To reappoint Derek Randall as a Director.	235,515,944	99.88	272,700	0.12	235,788,644	124,573
8.   To reappoint Adam Semple as a Director.	235,640,370	99.88	272,274	0.12	235,912,644	25,573
9.   To reappoint Kevin Whiteman as a Director.	227,104,652	96.27	8,798,991	3.73	235,903,643	34,574
10.  To reappoint Louise Hardy as a Director	231,598,721	98.18	4,304,923	1.82	235,903,644	34,573
11.  To reappoint Rosie Toogood as a Director	231,681,405	98.21	4,222,239	1.79	235,903,644	34,573
12.  To reappoint Alun Griffiths as a Director	230,016,499	97.50	5,887,145	2.50	235,903,644	34,573
13.  To appoint Mark Pegler as a Director	235,825,129	99.97	75,515	0.03	235,900,644	37,573
14.  To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2024.	234,148,245	99.29	1,675,399	0.71	235,823,644	114,573
15.  To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.	235,857,961	99.99	34,457	0.01	235,892,418	45,799
16.  To authorise the Directors to allot securities of the Company.	235,585,308	99.87	316,848	0.13	235,902,156	36,061
17.  To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of securities of the Company.	234,103,821	99.24	1,794,126	0.76	235,897,947	40,270
18.  To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.	232,616,908	98.61	3,275,569	1.39	235,892,477	45,740
19.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares.	234,236,175	99.31	1,638,361	0.69	235,874,536	63,681
20.  That a general meeting of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	234,070,678	99.21	1,867,539	0.79	235,938,217	0

Mark Sanderson

Company Secretary 6^th September 2023

 

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