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Morgan Advanced Materials plc
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Morgan Advanced Materials plc confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2014 Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held on 9 May 2014.
The poll results of each resolution are set out below. 20 shareholders were at the meeting. The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was 285,369,988. Each share carried one vote.
Resolution | Votes For (see note 1) | Votes Against (see note 1) | Votes Withheld (see note 2) | Total Votes Cast (excl. withheld votes) | % of total issued share capital instructed | ||
Number of shares | % of total voted | Number of shares | % of total voted | ||||
1. To receive the audited accounts and the auditor's and Directors' reports for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 221,976,933 | 99.99% | 16,628 | 0.01% | 356,682 | 221,993,561 | 77.79% |
2. To approve the Directors' remuneration policy (as contained in the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2013) | 217,126,688 | 97.84% | 4,802,310 | 2.16% | 421,245 | 221,928,998 | 77.77% |
3. To approve the Directors' remuneration report (other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy) for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 221,106,035 | 99.62% | 837,622 | 0.38% | 406,586 | 221,943,657 | 77.77% |
4. To declare a final dividend of 6.7 pence per Ordinary share | 222,020,799 | 100.00% | 1,271 | 0.00% | 328,173 | 222,022,070 | 77.80% |
5. To re-elect Andrew Shilston as a Director | 218,867,487 | 98.60% | 3,114,067 | 1.40% | 368,689 | 221,981,554 | 77.79% |
6. To re-elect Victoire de Margerie as a Director | 220,668,434 | 99.41% | 1,309,531 | 0.59% | 372,278 | 221,977,965 | 77.79% |
7. To re-elect Andrew Given as a Director | 221,652,109 | 99.85% | 331,856 | 0.15% | 366,278 | 221,983,965 | 77.79% |
8. To re-elect Mark Robertshaw as a Director | 210,675,899 | 94.91% | 11,306,173 | 5.09% | 368,171 | 221,982,072 | 77.79% |
9. To re-elect Kevin Dangerfield as a Director | 221,526,411 | 99.79% | 455,661 | 0.21% | 368,171 | 221,982,072 | 77.79% |
10. To re-elect Andrew Hosty as a Director | 221,526,994 | 99.80% | 453,214 | 0.20% | 370,035 | 221,980,208 | 77.79% |
11. To elect Andrew Reynolds Smith as a Director | 218,834,207 | 99.80% | 448,179 | 0.20% | 3,067,857 | 219,282,386 | 76.84% |
12. To elect Douglas Caster as a Director | 221,620,327 | 99.91% | 195,957 | 0.09% | 533,959 | 221,816,284 | 77.73% |
13. To elect Rob Rowley as a Director | 221,626,648 | 99.91% | 191,276 | 0.09% | 532,319 | 221,817,924 | 77.73% |
14. To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 218,521,869 | 98.50% | 3,323,651 | 1.50% | 503,878 | 221,845,520 | 77.74% |
15. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 221,971,503 | 99.99% | 25,834 | 0.01% | 352,906 | 221,997,337 | 77.79% |
16. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations | 219,261,954 | 98.80% | 2,663,148 | 1.20% | 425,141 | 221,925,102 | 77.77% |
17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 217,776,087 | 98.11% | 4,205,920 | 1.89% | 368,236 | 221,982,007 | 77.79% |
18. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 221,649,799 | 99.85% | 342,887 | 0.15% | 357,557 | 221,992,686 | 77.79% |
19. To enable the Company to convene a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 213,179,661 | 96.02% | 8,829,171 | 3.98% | 341,410 | 222,008,832 | 77.80% |
20. To approve amendments to the Morgan Advanced Materials plc Sharesave Scheme | 220,632,293 | 99.81% | 422,321 | 0.19% | 1,295,629 | 221,054,614 | 77.46% |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by Morgan Advanced Materials plc shareholders, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Notes:
1. Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.
2. Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
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