23 May 2018 12:28
POLYPIPE GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
23 May 2018
Polypipe Group plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today, all the Resolutions contained in the Notice of AGM were duly passed on a show of hands.
The total number of proxy votes received in respect of each such resolution 48 hours prior to the
meeting is set out below.
Resolution | In favour | % | Against | % | Withheld / Abstained |
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017 and the Directors' Report and the Auditor's Report | 151,932,853 | 99.62 | 561,121 | 0.37 | 45,191 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 127,934,229 | 87.62 | 18,067,599 | 12.37 | 6,537,337 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017 | 143,258,256 | 96.43 | 5,285,135 | 3.56 | 3,989,773 |
4. To declare a final dividend of 7.5 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2017 | 148,331,525 | 99.49 | 750,786 | 0.50 | 3,456,855 |
5. To elect Mr Paul James as a Director of the Company | 149,570,067 | 98.05 | 2,961,919 | 1.94 | 7,180 |
6. To elect Mr Glen Sabin as a Director of the Company | 149,469,388 | 97.98 | 3,069,138 | 2.01 | 640 |
7. To re-elect Mr Martin Payne as a Director of the Company | 149,319,165 | 97.88 | 3,219,361 | 2.11 | 640 |
8. To re-elect Mr Ron Marsh as a Director of the Company | 136,227,127 | 91.95 | 11,903,725 | 8.04 | 4,408,313 |
9. To re-elect Mr Paul Dean as a Director of the Company | 150,112,136 | 98.41 | 2,417,198 | 1.58 | 9,832 |
10. To re-elect Mrs Moni Mannings as a Director of the Company | 144,793,527 | 96.86 | 4,674,577 | 3.13 | 3,073,062 |
11. To re-elect Mr Mark Hammond as a Director of the Company | 150,370,401 | 98.57 | 2,160,933 | 1.42 | 9,832 |
12. To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company | 152,425,722 | 99.98 | 1,186 | 0.01 | 114,257 |
13. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration | 152,539,340 | 99.98 | 1,186 | 0.01 | 640 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 146,766,747 | 96.21 | 5,769,254 | 3.78 | 5,165 |
15. To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights | 152,529,615 | 99.98 | 6,386 | 0.01 | 5,165 |
16. To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment | 146,784,764 | 96.22 | 5,752,761 | 3.77 | 3,640 |
17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares | 147,472,720 | 97.19 | 4,245,851 | 2.80 | 822,624 |
18. To authorise the Company to call a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 144,102,447 | 94.46 | 8,438,340 | 5.53 | 379 |
The total number of shares on the register at close of business on 21 May 2018, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 199,747,464.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all resolutions passed as Special Resolutions at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
These resolutions will also available on the Polypipe website at http://investors.polypipe.com.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Emma Versluys + 44 (0) 1709 770 000
Company Secretary