Morgan Sindall Group PLC Result of AGM (2007N)

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RNS Number : 2007N

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

04 May 2018

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

LEI: 2138008339ULDGZRB345

Result of AGM

4 May 2018

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Friday 4 May 2018, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and all the resolutions were duly passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 14 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  Votes withheld 
                                                                                         capital voted 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 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 
  2017                   33,515,683   99.99          2,250  0.01   33,517,933                   74.93%          63,227 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 2. To declare a final 
  dividend of 29 pence 
  per share              33,577,142  100.00            193  0.00   33,577,335                   75.06%           3,825 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 3. To elect Michael 
  Findlay as a director  33,476,898   99.70         99,971  0.30   33,576,869                   75.06%           4,290 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 4. To re-elect John 
  Morgan as a director   33,543,306   99.90         35,212  0.10   33,578,518                   75.06%           2,642 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 5. To re-elect Steve 
  Crummett a director    33,400,932   99.47        177,586  0.53   33,578,518                   75.06%           2,642 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 6. To re-elect Patrick 
  De Smedt as a 
  director               33,481,245   99.71         97,273  0.29   33,578,518                   75.06%           2,642 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 7. To re-elect Malcolm 
  Cooper as a director   33,491,269   99.74         86,537  0.26   33,577,806                   75.06%           3,354 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 8. To elect Tracey 
  Killen as a director   33,571,178   99.98          7,505  0.02   33,578,683                   75.06%           2,477 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 9. To approve the 
  directors' 
  remuneration report, 
  (other than the part 
  containing the 
  directors' 
  remuneration policy), 
  for the year ended 31 
  December 2017          33,355,798   99.35        219,006  0.65   33,574,804                   75.06%           6,355 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 10. To re-appoint 
  Deloitte LLP as 
  auditor                33,297,151   99.16        281,531  0.84   33,578,682                   75.06%           2,477 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 11. To authorise the 
  directors to 
  fix the auditor's 
  remuneration           33,542,429   99.90         34,493  0.10   33,576,922                   75.06%           4,237 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 12. To authorise the 
  Company and its 
  subsidiaries to make 
  donations to 
  political 
  organisations 
  and incur political 
  expenditure            32,374,435   96.43      1,197,344  3.57   33,571,779                   75.05%           9,381 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 13. To authorise the 
  directors to allot 
  shares                 33,490,646   99.79         69,371  0.21   33,560,017                   75.02%          21,143 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 Special Resolutions 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 14. General authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption rights     33,404,396   99.49        170,722  0.51   33,575,118                   75.06%           6,042 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 15. Specific authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption rights     33,106,305   98.60        470,460  1.40   33,576,765                   75.06%           4,394 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 16. To authorise the 
  Company to purchase 
  its own shares         33,501,883   99.87         42,159  0.13   33,544,042                   74.99%          37,117 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 17. To allow meetings 
  of the Company to be 
  called on 14 clear 
  days' notice           33,309,966   99.20        269,017  0.80   33,578,983                   75.07%           2,177 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 18. To adopt the new 
  savings-related share 
  option plan.           33,489,238   99.74         86,220  0.26   33,575,458                   75.06%           4,952 
-----------------------  ----------  ------  -------------  ----  -----------  -----------------------  -------------- 
 

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 2 May 2018 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, was 44,732,855 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 on the Company's website www.morgansindall.com. In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed which are required to be made available for inspection has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Enquiries:

Clare Sheridan [phone]

Company Secretary

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