Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5660R
SIG PLC
30 June 2020
 

30 June   2020

 

SIG plc

("SIG" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 30 June 2020

 

LEI: 213800VDC1BKJEZ8PV53

 

SIG plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities.  Resolutions 1 -12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13 - 16 were passed as special resolutions.  The results of the polls are as follows:









RESOLUTION

FOR

 

 

 

%

AGAINST

 

 

 

%

TOTAL

% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

 

 

WITHHELD

ORDINARY RESOLUTION








1.  To receive the financial statements and the Report of the Directors and Auditor

325,703,735

100.00

8,479

0.00

325,712,214

55.06%

28,391,076

2.  To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Report on Remuneration

326,158,888

99.98

51,589

0.02

326,210,477

55.14%

27,892,813

3.  To re-elect Mr A J Allner

326,170,264

99.99

44,600

0.01

326,214,864

55.15%

27,888,426

4.  To elect Mr S Francis

354,054,549

99.99

24,340

0.01

354,078,889

59.86%

24,401

5.  To elect Mr K H M Kearney-Croft

353,323,304

99.79

759,168

0.21

354,082,472

59.86%

20,818

6.  To elect Ms H C Allum

352,532,016

99.56

1,546,246

0.44

354,078,262

59.86%

25,028

7.  To re-elect Mr I B Duncan

348,710,482

98.48

5,370,061

1.52

354,080,543

59.86%

22,747

8.  To elect Ms G D C Kent

339,175,526

95.79

14,899,736

4.21

354,075,262

59.85%

25,028

9.  To re-elect Mr A C Lovell

354,053,455

99.99

27,088

0.01

354,080,543

59.86%

22,747

10. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor

354,033,487

99.99

36,639

0.01

354,070,126

59.85%

33,164

11. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration

354,035,638

99.99

29,767

0.01

354,065,405

59.85%

37,885

12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company

324,710,370

99.54

1,485,954

0.46

326,196,324

55.14%

27,906,966

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash

354,036,255

99.99

25,748

0.01

354,062,003

59.85%

41,287

14. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash (further 5%)

326,155,109

92.12

27,906,894

7.88

354,062,003

59.85%

41,287

15. To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

321,673,375

90.93

32,085,640

9.07

353,759,015

59.80%

344,275

16. To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice

346,359,171

97.82

7,715,161

2.18

354,074,332

59.85%

28,958

 

Notes

1.  Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

2.  A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

3.  In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

4.  A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com .

5.  Issued share capital as at 30 June 2020 is 591,556,982 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company.

 

Enquiries:



SIG plc


Steve Francis, Chief Executive Officer

+44 (0) 114 285 6300

Kath Kearney-Croft, Chief Financial Officer

Katharine Baxter, Group Communications

+44 (0) 114 285 6300

+44 (0) 114 285 6300

 

  FTI Consulting


Richard Mountain / Susanne Yule

+ 44 (0) 20 3727 1340



Jefferies Hoare Govett


Ed Matthews / Will Soutar

+44 (0) 20 7029 8000



Peel Hunt LLP


Justin Jones / Charles Batten

+44 (0) 20 7418 8900

 


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