Last checked at 24 Apr 2018 15:54
24 April 2018
Breedon Group plc
("Breedon Group" or the "Company")
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of Breedon Group plc (the "Meeting") was held on Tuesday 24 April 2018 at the St Pierre Park Hotel, Rohais, St Peter Port, Guernsey at 2.00pm.
All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed on a show of hands. The number of votes which were lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:
| Votes for | % of shares voted | Votes against | Votes total | Votes withheld | |
| Ordinary Resolutions |
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1 | To adopt the Financial Statements and the reports of the Directors and of the Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2017 | 1,263,364,614 | 99.98 | 44,000 | 1,263,408,614 | 9,500 |
2 | To reappoint the Auditor | 1,263,366,384 | 99.98 | 50,730 | 1,263,417,114 | 1,000 |
3 | To authorise the Directors to determine the fee payable to the Auditor | 1,263,383,811 | 99.98 | 30,803 | 1,263,414,614 | 1,000 |
4 | To reappoint Amit Bhatia as a director | 1,263,037,463 | 99.97 | 299,551 | 1,263,337,014 | 78,600 |
5 | To reappoint Susie Farnon as a director | 1,250,659,961 | 98.98 | 12,754,653 | 1,263,414,614 | 3,500 |
6 | To reappoint Peter Tom as a director | 1,250,433,488 | 98.96 | 12,981,976 | 1,263,415,464 | 500 |
7 | To reappoint Pat Ward as a director | 1,263,159,998 | 99.97 | 251,616 | 1,263,411,614 | 4,000 |
8 | To reappoint David Warr as a director | 1,246,376,801 | 98.98 | 12,709,853 | 1,259,086,654 | 4,328,960 |
9 | To reappoint David Williams as a director | 1,258,530,318 | 99.95 | 556,336 | 1,259,086,654 | 4,328,960 |
10 | To reappoint Rob Wood as a director | 1,263,155,770 | 99.97 | 256,344 | 1,263,412,114 | 3,500 |
11 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 1,263,328,083 | 99.98 | 83,414 | 1,263,411,497 | 4,117 |
| Special Resolutions |
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12 | To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the allotment of shares | 1,242,039,673 | 98.30 | 21,364,691 | 1,263,404,364 | 13,750 |
13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares issued for an acquisition without applying pre-emption rights | 1,253,971,373 | 99.24 | 9,435,991 | 1,263,407,364 | 10,750 |
14 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 1,218,870,747 | 99.02 | 11,971,131 | 1,230,841,878 | 32,572,986 |
Notes:
1 "Votes for" include those giving the Chairman discretion, and the percentages are rounded to two decimal places.
2 "Votes withheld" are not votes in law, and are not included in the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3 The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote was 1,668,936,659.
Enquiries:
Breedon Group plc www.breedongroup.com
Pat Ward, Group Chief Executive 01332 694010
Rob Wood, Group Finance Director
Stephen Jacobs, Head of Communications 07831 764592
Cenkos Securities plc (NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Max Hartley 020 7397 8900
Numis Securities (Joint Broker)
Heraclis Economides
Ben Stoop 020 7260 1000
More about Breedon Group
Breedon Group plc is a leading construction materials group in the UK and Ireland. It operates two cement plants and around 70 quarries, 40 asphalt plants, 200 ready-mixed concrete and mortar plants, nine concrete and clay products plants, four contract surfacing businesses, six import/export terminals and two slate production facilities.
The Group employs nearly 3,000 people and has around 870 million tonnes of mineral reserves and resources. The Group's strategy is to continue growing organically and through the acquisition of businesses in the heavyside construction materials market.