20 Jul 2023 11:37
KINGSPAN GROUP PLC
("Kingspan" or the "Company")
Result of Extraordinary General Meeting held on 20 July 2023
Kingspan announces that at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting held today, the special resolution to cancel the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities (the "Delisting Resolution") was voted on by way of a poll and was duly passed by the requisite majority of the Company's shareholders. The results of the poll, including the proxy votes received, are set out below.
The full text of the resolution was included in the Circular (including notice of EGM) sent to shareholders on 26 June 2023 and was made available on the Company's website, www.kingspan.com/egm2023.
The results of the poll vote are set out below:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | TOTAL VOTES |
| VOTES WITHHELD | ||||
NUMBER | % | NUMBER | % | NUMBER | % OF TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS |
| |||
To authorise the Directors to delist the Ordinary Shares of the Company from the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to remove such Ordinary Shares from trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's Main Market | 147,966,100 | 98.43 | 2,360,424 | 1.57 | 150,326,524 |
82.63
| 92,236 | ||
Notes:
1. The "Vote Withheld" option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution. It should be noted that a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" or in the Total Votes shown.
2. The total number of ordinary shares eligible to vote was 181,937,534.
In accordance with the Listing Rules, copies of the resolution passed at the EGM have been submitted to Euronext Dublin and to the UK National Storage Mechanism where they will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://direct.euronext.com/#/oamfiling
and at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Delisting
Following the passing of the Delisting Resolution, the Company today expects to make applications to the FCA to cancel the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market for listed securities. It is anticipated that the last day of dealings of the Shares on the Main Market will be Thursday, 17 August 2023. Cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List of the FCA is expected to take effect at 8:00 am on Friday, 18 August 2023, being not less than 20 Business Days from the passing of the Delisting Resolution as required by the Listing Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Lorcan Dowd
Group Company Secretary
+ 353 (0)42 9698000
Ends