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WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Result of AGMWOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, June 29
John Wood Group PLC (“Company”)
LEI: 549300PLYY6I10B6S323
Annual General Meeting – Voting Results
Issued share capital at meeting date: 684,939,369
Number of votes per share: 1 vote per share
At the Annual General Meeting of John Wood Group PLC held on 29 June 2020, all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll with the required majorities.
The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.woodplc.com/investors/annual-general-meeting
The final vote received in respect of each resolution was as follows:
| Votes For (Including Discretionary) | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) | % of Issued Share Capital Voted | Votes Withheld* | ||
| 1 | Report & accounts | 537,832,588 | 99.98% | 117,849 | 0.02% | 537,950,437 | 78.85% | 2,138,908 |
| 2 | Remuneration report | 470,073,334 | 87.07% | 69,834,493 | 12.93% | 539,907,827 | 78.85% | 181,518 |
| 3 | Remuneration Policy | 485,497,628 | 90.14% | 53,097,415 | 9.86% | 538,595,043 | 78.85% | 1,494,302 |
| 4 | Re-elect Roy A Franklin | 537,080,194 | 99.48% | 2,803,445 | 0.52% | 539,883,639 | 78.85% | 205,706 |
| 5 | Re-elect Thomas Botts | 538,630,043 | 99.76% | 1,283,733 | 0.24% | 539,913,776 | 78.85% | 175,570 |
| 6 | Re-elect Jacqui Ferguson | 507,114,881 | 93.92% | 32,803,602 | 6.08% | 539,918,483 | 78.85% | 170,863 |
| 7 | Re-elect Mary Shafer-Malicki | 538,499,768 | 99.74% | 1,380,742 | 0.26% | 539,880,510 | 78.85% | 208,836 |
| 8 | Re-elect Robin Watson | 539,607,292 | 99.94% | 337,423 | 0.06% | 539,944,715 | 78.85% | 144,631 |
| 9 | Re-elect David Kemp | 538,052,469 | 99.89% | 601,807 | 0.11% | 538,654,276 | 78.85% | 1,435,070 |
| 10 | Elect Adrian Marsh | 538,528,965 | 99.75% | 1,349,771 | 0.25% | 539,878,736 | 78.85% | 210,610 |
| 11 | Elect Birgitte Brinch Madsen | 539,686,371 | 99.96% | 197,441 | 0.04% | 539,883,812 | 78.85% | 205,534 |
| 12 | Elect Nigel Mills | 539,666,128 | 99.96% | 209,640 | 0.04% | 539,875,768 | 78.85% | 213,578 |
| 13 | Re-appointment of KPMG LLC as auditors | 539,857,786 | 99.99% | 69,445 | 0.01% | 539,927,231 | 78.85% | 162,115 |
| 14 | Authorisation of auditors' remuneration | 539,891,123 | 99.99% | 64,663 | 0.01% | 539,955,786 | 78.85% | 133,560 |
| 15 | Authority to allot shares | 456,852,168 | 84.61% | 83,124,429 | 15.39% | 539,976,597 | 78.85% | 112,749 |
| 16 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 533,077,225 | 99.27% | 3,922,292 | 0.73% | 536,999,517 | 78.85% | 3,089,829 |
| 17 | Disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions and other capital investment | 509,650,319 | 94.91% | 27,350,870 | 5.09% | 537,001,189 | 78.85% | 3,088,156 |
| 18 | Authority to purchase own shares | 536,336,075 | 99.35% | 3,523,317 | 0.65% | 539,859,392 | 78.85% | 229,953 |
| 19 | Adopt new Articles of Association of the Company | 539,732,812 | 99.97% | 152,612 | 0.03% | 539,885,424 | 78.85% | 203,922 |
| 20 | Notice of general meetings | 485,662,242 | 89.94% | 54,300,367 | 10.06% | 539,962,609 | 78.85% | 129,737 |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
Resolutions 16 to 20 were considered and passed as Special Resolutions.
These votes are also available on the Company’s website at: www.woodplc.com/investors/annual-general-meeting
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, those resolutions passed at today's AGM which are required to be made available for inspection will shortly be available to view at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Notification authorised by:Martin J McIntyreCompany Secretary