Last checked at 30 Jun 2020 13:56
30 June 2020
SIG plc
("SIG" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 30 June 2020
LEI: 213800VDC1BKJEZ8PV53
SIG plc announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 -12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13 - 16 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls are as follows:
RESOLUTION | FOR |
% | AGAINST |
% | TOTAL | % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL |
WITHHELD |
ORDINARY RESOLUTION | |||||||
1. To receive the financial statements and the Report of the Directors and Auditor | 325,703,735 | 100.00 | 8,479 | 0.00 | 325,712,214 | 55.06% | 28,391,076 |
2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Report on Remuneration | 326,158,888 | 99.98 | 51,589 | 0.02 | 326,210,477 | 55.14% | 27,892,813 |
3. To re-elect Mr A J Allner | 326,170,264 | 99.99 | 44,600 | 0.01 | 326,214,864 | 55.15% | 27,888,426 |
4. To elect Mr S Francis | 354,054,549 | 99.99 | 24,340 | 0.01 | 354,078,889 | 59.86% | 24,401 |
5. To elect Mr K H M Kearney-Croft | 353,323,304 | 99.79 | 759,168 | 0.21 | 354,082,472 | 59.86% | 20,818 |
6. To elect Ms H C Allum | 352,532,016 | 99.56 | 1,546,246 | 0.44 | 354,078,262 | 59.86% | 25,028 |
7. To re-elect Mr I B Duncan | 348,710,482 | 98.48 | 5,370,061 | 1.52 | 354,080,543 | 59.86% | 22,747 |
8. To elect Ms G D C Kent | 339,175,526 | 95.79 | 14,899,736 | 4.21 | 354,075,262 | 59.85% | 25,028 |
9. To re-elect Mr A C Lovell | 354,053,455 | 99.99 | 27,088 | 0.01 | 354,080,543 | 59.86% | 22,747 |
10. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 354,033,487 | 99.99 | 36,639 | 0.01 | 354,070,126 | 59.85% | 33,164 |
11. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration | 354,035,638 | 99.99 | 29,767 | 0.01 | 354,065,405 | 59.85% | 37,885 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company | 324,710,370 | 99.54 | 1,485,954 | 0.46 | 326,196,324 | 55.14% | 27,906,966 |
SPECIAL RESOLUTION |
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13. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash | 354,036,255 | 99.99 | 25,748 | 0.01 | 354,062,003 | 59.85% | 41,287 |
14. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash (further 5%) | 326,155,109 | 92.12 | 27,906,894 | 7.88 | 354,062,003 | 59.85% | 41,287 |
15. To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares | 321,673,375 | 90.93 | 32,085,640 | 9.07 | 353,759,015 | 59.80% | 344,275 |
16. To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 346,359,171 | 97.82 | 7,715,161 | 2.18 | 354,074,332 | 59.85% | 28,958 |
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3. In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
4. A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com.
5. Issued share capital as at 30 June 2020 is 591,556,982 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company.
Enquiries:
SIG plc | |
Steve Francis, Chief Executive Officer | +44 (0) 114 285 6300 |
Kath Kearney-Croft, Chief Financial Officer Katharine Baxter, Group Communications | +44 (0) 114 285 6300 +44 (0) 114 285 6300
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FTI Consulting | |
Richard Mountain / Susanne Yule | + 44 (0) 20 3727 1340 |
Jefferies Hoare Govett | |
Ed Matthews / Will Soutar | +44 (0) 20 7029 8000 |
Peel Hunt LLP | |
Justin Jones / Charles Batten | +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |