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RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 2016
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 (www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM) and are also available on the company's website, www.macfarlanegroup.com.
Total number of shares in issue 124,611,360. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 61,124,718 shares (including votes withheld) amounting to 49.05% of the issued share capital.
All resolutions were passed on a show of hands with resolutions 1 to 11 passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 12 passed as a special resolution. The following level of proxy appointments were received up to 2 working days before the time of the meeting:
Resolution | For/Discretion (cast in Favour) | Against | Total proxy votes cast | ||
| No. | % of total | No. | % of total | No |
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1. Adoption of accounts | 61,123,459 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.00% | 61,123,459 |
2. Approval of Macfarlane Group 2016 Performance Share Plan | 60,910,327 | 99.75% | 152,979 | 0.25% | 61,063,306 |
3. Approval of Remuneration Policy | 60,702,093 | 99.67% | 202,989 | 0.33% | 60,905,082 |
4. Approval of Remuneration Report | 60,860,201 | 99.93% | 42,167 | 0.07% | 60,902,368 |
5. Declaration of final dividend | 61,120,685 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 61,120,685 |
6. Re-elect R. McLellan | 61,109,060 | 99.98% | 13,235 | 0.02% | 61,122,295 |
7. Re-elect J. Love | 61,104,676 | 99.97% | 20,042 | 0.03% | 61,124,718 |
8. Re-elect G. Bissett | 61,110,315 | 99.98% | 14,042 | 0.02% | 61,124,357 |
9. Reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 61,106,980 | 99.97% | 16,738 | 0.03% | 61,123,718 |
10. Authorise Directors to determine Auditor's remuneration | 61,082,460 | 99.93% | 41,451 | 0.07% | 61,123,911 |
Resolution | For/Discretion (cast in Favour) | Against | Total proxy votes cast | ||
| No. | % of total | No. | % of total | No |
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11. Authority to allot unissued shares under S. 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 60,830,212 | 99.56% | 271,851 | 0.44% | 61,102,063 |
12. Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 | 60,772,456 | 99.46% | 328,339 | 0.54% | 61,100,795 |