Result of AGM

Macfarlane Group PLC

12 May 2026

 

12 May 2026

Macfarlane Group PLC

("Macfarlane", the "Company", or the "Group")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Macfarlane Group PLC confirms that shareholders passed all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held today.  The resolutions were as set out in the Notice of Meeting, as filed with the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and are also available on the company's website, www.macfarlanegroup.com.

Total number of shares in issue 156,175,491.  Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 83,702,648 shares (including votes withheld) amounting to 53.60% of the issued share capital.

All resolutions were passed on a poll with resolutions 1 to 12 passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 passed as special resolutions.

The following level of proxy appointments were lodged prior to the meeting:

Resolution and description	In Favour Votes		Against Votes		Withheld Votes
	No.	%	No.	%	No.
1.   Adoption of the accounts	83,526,068	99.91%	77,939	0.09%	98,641
2.   Approval of the Remuneration Report	81,163,088	97.13%	2,400,415	2.87%	139,145
3.   Approval of Final Dividend	83,566,895	99.97%	29,144	0.03%	106,609
4.   Re-elect Aleen Gulvanessian	79,906,332	95.65%	3,631,936	4.35%	164,380
5.   Re-elect Peter D. Atkinson	83,430,631	99.85%	129,447	0.15%	142,570
6.   Re-elect Ivor Gray	83,450,713	99.87%	107,555	0.13%	144,380
7.   Re-elect James W.F. Baird	82,484,197	98.72%	1,072,789	1.28%	145,662
8.   Re-elect Laura Whyte	82,735,270	99.01%	827,706	0.99%	139,672
9.   Re-elect David Stirling	82,756,839	99.04%	803,620	0.96%	142,189
10.  Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	83,161,966	99.77%	187,635	0.23%	353,047
11.   Authorise the Directors to determine Auditor's remuneration	83,450,065	99.83%	142,198	0.17%	110,385
12.   Authority to allot unissued shares under S. 551 of the Companies Act 2006	80,496,596	99.46%	434,995	0.54%	2,771,057
13.   Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 for 5% of the issued share capital	77,996,566	96.38%	2,930,149	3.62%	2,775,933
14.   Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 for an additional 5% of the issued share capital	78,007,112	96.40%	2,915,859	3.60%	2,779,677
15.    Authority to re-purchase its own shares, up to a maximum of 15,960,000 shares (10% of shares outstanding)	81,511,020	97.51%	2,085,508	2.49%	106,120

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the number or % of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

Further enquiries:	Macfarlane Group	Tel: [phone]
	Peter Atkinson                  Chief Executive
	Ivor Gray                            Finance Director
	Spreng Thomson
	Callum Spreng	Mob: [phone]

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):  213800LVRYDERSJAAZ73

Notes to Editors:

·    Macfarlane Group PLC has been listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MACF) since 1973 with over 75 years' experience in the UK packaging industry.

·    Through its two divisions, Macfarlane Group services a broad range of business customers, supplying them with high quality protective packaging products which help customers reduce supply chain costs, improve operational efficiencies and sustainability and enhance their brand presentation. The divisions are:

o  Packaging Distribution - Macfarlane Packaging Distribution is the leading UK distributor of a comprehensive range of protective packaging products; and

o  Manufacturing Operations - Macfarlane Design and Manufacture is a UK market leader in the design and production of protective packaging for high value and fragile products.

·    Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, Macfarlane Group employs over 1,200 people at 42 sites, principally in the UK, as well as in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands.

·    Macfarlane Group supplies more than 20,000 customers, principally in the UK and Europe.

·    In partnership with over 2,000 suppliers, Macfarlane Group distributes and manufactures to a wide range of sectors, including: logistics; electronics; defence; medical; automotive; aerospace; retail e-commerce; and food.

 

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