Morgan Advanced Materials PLC Result of AGM (3178M)

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RNS Number : 3178M

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

07 May 2020

Morgan Advanced Materials plc (the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Company confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2020 Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held on 7 May 2020. The meeting was convened with the minimum necessary quorum of three shareholders.

The poll results of each resolution are set out below. 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             Votes Against      Votes Withheld    Total Votes      % of total 
                             (see note 1)            (see note 1)         (see note          Cast         issued share 
                                                                             2)         (excl. withheld     capital 
                                                                                            votes)        voted (excl. 
                                                                                                            withheld 
                                                                                                             votes) 
                        Number of   % of total  Number of  % of total 
                          shares       voted      shares      voted 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ---------- 
1. To receive the 
 audited accounts and 
 the Auditor's and 
 Directors' Reports 
 for 
 the year ended 31 
 December 2019         232,147,133      99.98%     41,290       0.02%       7,054,904       232,188,423         81.36% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
2. To approve the 
 Directors' 
 Remuneration 
 Report (other than 
 the part containing 
 the Directors' 
 Remuneration Policy) 
 for 
 the year ended 31 
 December 2019         213,089,622      96.83%  6,966,488       3.17%      19,187,217       220,056,110         77.11% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
3. To re-elect Jane 
 Aikman as a Director  237,637,567      99.34%  1,572,090       0.66%          33,671       239,209,657         83.82% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
4. To re-elect Helen 
 Bunch as a Director   237,641,876      99.35%  1,564,565       0.65%          36,887       239,206,441         83.82% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
5. To re-elect 
 Douglas Caster as a 
 Director              230,627,071      99.32%  1,569,041       0.68%       7,047,216       232,196,112         81.37% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
6. To re-elect 
 Laurence Mulliez as 
 a Director            237,472,845      99.35%  1,561,750       0.65%         208,733       239,034,595         83.76% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
7. To re-elect Pete 
 Raby as a Director    237,197,375      99.23%  1,841,420       0.77%         204,533       239,038,795         83.76% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
8. To re-elect Peter 
 Turner as a Director  237,099,731      99.19%  1,940,313       0.81%         203,284       239,040,044         83.76% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
9. To elect Clement 
 Woon as a Director    237,472,626      99.35%  1,561,969       0.65%         208,733       239,034,595         83.76% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
10. To appoint 
 Deloitte LLP as 
 Auditor 
 of the Company        238,748,689      99.87%    304,460       0.13%         190,179       239,053,149         83.77% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
11. To authorise the 
 Audit Committee to 
 determine the 
 Auditor's 
 remuneration          238,842,922      99.91%    212,206       0.09%         188,200       239,055,128         83.77% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
12. To authorise the 
 Company and its 
 subsidiaries 
 to make political 
 donations             233,479,099      97.68%  5,544,981       2.32%         219,248       239,024,080         83.76% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------  --------------  ----------------  ------------- 
13. To authorise the 
 Directors to allot 
 shares                232,905,143      97.35%  6,333,342       2.65%           4,843       239,238,485         83.83% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
14.* To empower the 
 Directors to 
 generally 
 disapply pre-emption 
 rights                237,551,601      99.30%  1,668,179       0.70%          23,548       239,219,780         83.83% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
15. * To empower the 
 Directors to 
 disapply 
 pre-emption rights 
 in connection with 
 acquisitions 
 or capital 
 investments           230,687,765      96.44%  8,511,074       3.56%          44,488       239,198,839         83.82% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
16. * To authorise 
 the Company to 
 purchase 
 its own Ordinary 
 shares                232,158,298      97.07%  6,998,584       2.93%          86,445       239,156,882         83.81% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
17.* To enable the 
 Company to convene a 
 general meeting 
 (other than AGMs) on 
 at 
 least 14 days' 
 notice                231,611,221      96.81%  7,629,328       3.19%           2,779       239,240,549         83.84% 
                       -----------  ----------  ---------  ----------                  ----------------  ------------- 
 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed by Morgan Advanced Materials plc shareholders concerning items other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

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.

   *     Indicates special resolution. 

Enquiries: Stephanie Mackie, Company Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

Legal Entity Identifier: I4K14LL95N2PHDL7EG85

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