Results of AGM

Synthomer PLC

09 May 2024

 

Synthomer plc
Results of AGM

Synthomer plc (the 'Company') announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today were duly passed on a poll. The results of the poll are shown in the table below.

The Board appreciates the support shown by the majority of shareholders for the resolutions at today's AGM and notes the outcome of the voting on resolution 2 relating to the remuneration report. The Board takes seriously its responsibility to understand shareholders' views and perspectives and is committed to continuing a constructive and open dialogue on this and all other matters with shareholders as part of our ongoing programme of engagement.

		For + discretion		Against		Withheld
		Number of votes	% of vote	Number of votes	% of vote	Number of votes
1	To receive the annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023	118,567,901	99.98	26,744	0.02	10,725,664
2	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration	71,624,948	55.40	57,668,772	44.60	26,588
3	To re-elect Ms CA Johnstone as a Director	118,493,641	91.65	10,796,198	8.35	30,469
4	To re-elect Mr M Willome as a Director	129,242,563	99.97	42,376	0.03	35,369
5	To re-elect Ms L Liu as a Director	129,150,494	99.89	138,649	0.11	31,165
6	To re-elect the Hon AG Catto as a Director	110,804,731	85.69	18,497,578	14.31	17,999
7	To re-elect Mr RC Gualdoni as a Director	125,320,621	96.93	3,967,821	3.07	31,866
8	To re-elect Dato' Lee Hau Hian as a Director	111,088,433	85.92	18,199,108	14.08	32,767
9	To elect Mr I Tyler as a Director	125,330,571	96.94	3,955,663	3.06	34,074
10	To re-elect Ms HA Van Deursen as a Director	109,812,561	84.93	19,482,548	15.07	25,199
11	To elect Ms M Flöel as a Director	127,843,477	98.88	1,443,104	1.12	33,727
12	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	118,034,776	91.30	11,245,101	8.70	40,431
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	128,881,537	99.68	418,831	0.32	19,941
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares*	128,190,939	99.14	1,112,866	0.86	16,503
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights*	116,543,439	90.13	12,761,756	9.87	15,113
16	To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments*	117,010,619	90.49	12,294,704	9.51	14,985
17	To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares*	118,540,358	91.67	10,776,417	8.33	3,533
18	To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice*	128,822,269	99.62	497,675	0.38	364

*Special Resolutions

Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received. A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution. Votes were cast for a total of 129,320,308 ordinary shares of 1 pence per share, representing 79.06% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at close of business on 7 May 2024, which was the voting record date for the meeting, was 163,567,621 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. None of the Company's ordinary shares are held in treasury.

In compliance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, copies of resolutions relating to the special business passed at the Meeting will be submitted for filing at the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection on their  website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800EHT3TI1KPQQJ56. Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.5, 3.1.

 

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