Last checked at 5 May 2016 16:03
The 'Result of AGM' announcement released on 5 May 2016 at 15:26 under RNS No 4120X has been amended. The changes are identified with an asterisk (*).
The full amended text is shown below.
Morgan Sindall Group plc
('the Company')
Result of AGM
5 May 2016
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 5 May 2016, as set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Votes For | % | Votes against | % | Total Votes | % of issued share capital voted | Votes withheld |
1. To receive and accept the audited financial statements, the strategic report and the directors' and auditor's, reports for the year ended 31 December 2015 | 35,526,579 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 35,526,579 | 80.19 | 10,263 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 17 pence per share | 35,536,032 | 99.999995* | 193 | 0.000005* | 35,536,225 | 80.21 | 617 |
3. To elect Malcolm Cooper as a director | 35,419,491 | 99.67 | 115,597 | 0.33 | 35,535,088 | 80.21 | 1,754 |
4. To re-elect Adrian Martin as a director | 35,527,387 | 99.98 | 8,255 | 0.02 | 35,535,642 | 80.21 | 1,200 |
5. To re-elect John Morgan as a director | 34,825,556 | 98.00 | 710,886 | 2.00 | 35,536,442 | 80.21 | 400 |
6. To re-elect Steve Crummett a director | 35,408,251 | 99.64 | 128,191 | 0.36 | 35,536,442 | 80.21 | 400 |
7. To re-elect Patrick De Smedt as a director | 35,531,149 | 99.99 | 4,493 | 0.01 | 35,535,642 | 80.21 | 1,200 |
8. To re-elect Simon Gulliford as a director | 35,530,361 | 99.99 | 5,281 | 0.01 | 35,535,642 | 80.21 | 1,200 |
9. To re-elect Liz Peace as a director | 35,532,949 | 99.99 | 3,493 | 0.01 | 35,536,442 | 80.21 | 400 |
10. To approve the directors' remuneration report, (other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy), for the year ended 31 December 2015 | 35,215,349 | 99.11 | 316,805 | 0.89 | 35,532,154 | 80.20 | 4,688 |
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 34,550,100 | 98.13 | 657,440 | 1.87 | 35,207,540 | 79.47 | 329,302 |
12. To authorise the directors to fix the auditor's remuneration | 35,531,767 | 99.99 | 4,287 | 0.01 | 35,536,054 | 80.21 | 788 |
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure | 33,833,086 | 95.21 | 1,703,070 | 4.79 | 35,536,156 | 80.21 | 686 |
14. To amend the maximum directors' fee limit which may be paid up to £600,000 per annum. | 34,975,072 | 99.91 | 30,978 | 0.09 | 35,006,050 | 79.02 | 530,792 |
15. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 35,507,540 | 99.93 | 25,179 | 0.07 | 35,532,719 | 80.21 | 4,123 |
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16. To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 32,071,391 | 98.36 | 535,467 | 1.64 | 32,606,858 | 73.60 | 2,929,784 |
17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 35,003,029 | 98.50 | 531,999 | 1.50 | 35,535,028 | 80.21 | 1,814 |
18. To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days' notice | 33,739,112 | 94.95 | 1,795,376 | 5.05 | 35,534,488 | 80.21 | 2,354 |
Notes:
1. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.
2. Proxy votes which gave discretion to the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the 'For' total of the appropriate resolution.
3. 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' any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of 'Total issued share capital instructed' for any resolution.
4. Votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.
5. At the close of business on 3 May 2016 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, was 44,302,364 and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
6. The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's Share Registrar.
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and on the Company's website www.corporate.morgansindall.com. In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
Enquiries:
Clare Sheridan +44 (0) 20 7307 9200
Company Secretary