Result of AGM

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Marshalls plc held its Annual General Meeting on May 13, 2026, where all 19 resolutions were passed with significant shareholder support, indicating strong confidence in the company's management and operations. Key resolutions, including the approval of the annual report (99.99% for), re-appointment of auditors (99.12% for), and the final dividend (99.91% for), received overwhelming approval. Director re-elections also saw high percentages, with Vanda Murray receiving 97.24% of votes for. The company also secured approval for its remuneration policy (96.17% for) and long-term incentive plan (97.28% for), alongside authorities for share allotment and purchase. A total of 173,015,517 shares, representing 68.39% of the issued share capital, were represented by proxy votes.

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Marshalls PLC
13 May 2026
 

13 May 2026

 

Marshalls plc

Company No. 5100353

 

RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

Marshalls plc (the "Company") announces the results of  voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Wednesday 13 May 2026 at the offices of Walker Morris LLP, 33 Wellington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4DL. The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes, is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 2 April 2026 (the "Notice").

 

The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the 19 resolutions as stated in the Notice. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the AGM. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per ordinary share of 25p held.

 

Resolution

Votes for

% of votes cast

Votes against

% of votes cast

Votes withheld (see note 2)

% of the share capital voted

1.         

Approve Annual Report

172,926,841

99.99%

17,829

0.01%

82,057

68.37%

2.         

Re-appoint auditor

171,485,507

99.12%

1,520,413

0.88%

20,807

68.39%

3.         

Remuneration of auditor

172,946,604

99.97%

45,551

0.03%

34,572

68.38%

4.         

Approve final dividend

172,861,882

99.91%

153,635

0.09%

11,210

68.39%

5.         

Re-elect

Vanda Murray

168,236,003

97.24%

4,767,057

2.76%

23,667

68.39%

6.         

Re-elect Simon Bourne

172,185,543

99.55%

776,177

0.45%

65,007

68.37%

7.         

Re-elect Diana Houghton

171,885,069

99.38%

1,072,968

0.62%

68,690

68.37%

8.         

Re-elect

Angela Bromfield

169,908,575

98.24%

3,046,823

1.76%

71,329

68.37%

9.         

Re-elect

Avis Darzins

171,175,994

98.96%

1,806,547

1.04%

44,186

68.38%

10.       

Re-elect Justin Lockwood

172,177,071

99.55%

780,681

0.45%

68,975

68.37%

11.       

Elect Paul Inman

172,169,912

99.56%

765,996

0.44%

90,819

68.36%

12.       

Approve Remuneration Policy

166,317,517

96.17%

6,628,872

3.83%

80,338

68.37%

13.       

Approve Remuneration Report

169,769,609

98.17%

3,169,245

1.83%

87,873

68.36%

14.       

Authority to allot shares

170,654,395

98.68%

2,284,652

1.32%

87,676

68.36%

15.       

Approve Long Term Incentive Plan

168,203,983

97.28%

4,698,623

2.72%

124,121

68.35%

16.       

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights 

158,361,923

91.57%

14,581,532

8.43%

83,272

68.37%

17.       

Additional authority to disapply

pre-emption rights 

145,927,462

84.38%

27,014,664

15.62%

84,601

68.37%

18.       

Authority to purchase own shares

171,800,551

99.33%

1,165,186

0.67%

60,990

68.37%

19.       

Authority to call general meetings

on 14 clear days' notice

170,329,743

98.46%

2,672,089

1.54%

24,895

68.39%

 

 

Notes:

 

1.

Any proxy appointments, which gave discretion to the Chair, have been included in the "Votes for" total.

2.

"Votes withheld" are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution. 

3.

Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 173,015,517 shares representing 68.39% of the issued share capital

4.

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.1R and 6.4.2R, the full text of the special business resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

5.

A copy of this announcement will shortly be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.marshalls.co.uk/investor   

6.

As at 11 May 2026, Marshalls had 252,968,728 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue with voting rights. No shares are held in treasury.

7.

Resolutions 1 to 15 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. 

 

Enquiries:

 

Shiv Sibal, Company Secretary

Marshalls plc

 

+44 (0)1422 314767

legal@marshalls.co.uk 



 

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