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Ibstock plc
Annual General Meeting 2020 Results
The 2020 Annual General Meeting of Ibstock plc (the "Company") was held at the registered office of Ibstock plc at Leicester Road, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6HS on Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 11:00am
All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue was 409,559,785 shares.
The full text of each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.ibstockplc.com/investors (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the Notice).
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Total Votes cast (excluding Withheld) | Votes Withheld* | |||
No of shares | % of shares voted | No of shares | % of shares voted | No of shares | |||
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019. | 334,742,687 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 334,742,687 | 589,459 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2019. | 331,749,727 | 99.67% | 1,095,305 | 0.33% | 332,845,032 | 2,487,114 |
3 | To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a Director. | 332,508,954 | 99.16% | 2,811,735 | 0.84% | 335,320,689 | 11,457 |
4 | To elect Louis Eperjesi as a Director. | 333,640,401 | 99.50% | 1,680,288 | 0.50% | 335,320,689 | 11,457 |
5 | To re-elect Tracey Graham as a Director. | 333,645,520 | 99.50% | 1,679,788 | 0.50% | 335,325,308 | 6,838 |
6 | To elect Claire Hawkings as a Director. | 333,648,460 | 99.50% | 1,676,848 | 0.50% | 335,325,308 | 6,838 |
7 | To re-elect Joe Hudson as a Director. | 328,201,491 | 97.88% | 7,121,275 | 2.12% | 335,322,766 | 9,380 |
8 | To elect Chris McLeish as a Director | 328,202,432 | 97.88% | 7,118,698 | 2.12% | 335,321,130 | 11,016 |
9 | To re-elect Justin Read as a Director. | 333,640,401 | 99.50% | 1,680,288 | 0.50% | 335,320,689 | 11,457 |
10 | To elect Kate Tinsley as a Director. | 328,203,347 | 97.88% | 7,120,777 | 2.12% | 335,324,124 | 8,022 |
11 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor. | 335,321,865 | 99.99% | 8,781 | 0.01% | 335,330,646 | 1,500 |
12 | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 335,317,826 | 99.99% | 12,320 | 0.01% | 335,330,146 | 2,000 |
13 | To authorise the Company to make political donations. | 331,683,413 | 98.91% | 3,642,386 | 1.09% | 335,325,799 | 6,347 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 328,945,510 | 98.10% | 6,378,857 | 1.90% | 335,324,367 | 7,779 |
Special Business | |||||||
15 | General authority to disapply pre-emption rights.** | 335,291,909 | 99.99% | 35,453 | 0.01% | 335,327,362 | 4,784 |
16 | Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital investments)** | 332,826,306 | 99.25% | 2,501,056 | 0.75% | 335,327,362 | 4,784 |
17 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.** | 332,136,693 | 99.22% | 2,608,370 | 0.78% | 334,745,063 | 587,083 |
18 | That a general meeting (other than an Annual General Meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.** | 327,167,281 | 97.57% | 8,162,854 | 2.43% | 335,330,135 | 2,011 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
Notes:
* Votes 'withheld' are not votes under English law and so have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.
** Special resolution.
For further information contact:
Ibstock plc
Nick Giles, Company Secretary | + 44 (0)1530 257 211 |
Citigate Dewe Rogerson | + 44 (0)20 7638 9571 |
Kevin Smith | |
Nick Hayns |