Morgan Sindall Group PLC Result of AGM (3929Y)

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RNS Number : 3929Y

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

08 May 2019

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

LEI: 2138008339ULDGZRB345

Result of AGM

8 May 2019

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 8 May 2019, 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 17 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 
  2018                   35,784,480  100.00             74  0.00   35,784,554                   78.69%          60,047 
 2. To declare a final 
  dividend of 34 pence 
  per share              35,844,334  100.00            267  0.00   35,844,601                   78.82%               0 
 3. To re-elect Michael 
  Findlay as a director  35,548,362   99.18        294,479  0.82   35,842,841                   78.82%           1,759 
 4. To re-elect John 
  Morgan as a director   35,733,948   99.69        110,353  0.31   35,844,301                   78.82%             300 
 5. To re-elect Steve 
  Crummett a director    35,674,341   99.53        168,501  0.47   35,842,842                   78.82%           1,759 
 6. To re-elect Malcolm 
  Cooper as a director   32,815,826   99.73         90,072  0.27   32,905,898                   72.36%       2,938,703 
 7. To re-elect Tracey 
  Killen as a director   34,954,613   97.52        888,229  2.48   35,842,842                   78.82%           1,759 
 8. To elect David 
  Lowden as a director   35,668,529   99.52        171,621  0.48   35,840,150                   78.81%           4,451 
 9. To approve the 
  directors' 
  remuneration report, 
  (other than the part 
  containing the 
  directors' 
  remuneration policy), 
  for the year ended 31 
  December 2018          35,817,332   99.93         23,528  0.07   35,840,860                   78.81%           3,740 
 10. To re-appoint 
  Deloitte LLP as 
  auditor                35,426,118   98.86        407,429  1.14   35,833,547                   78.80%          11,053 
 11. To authorise the 
  directors to 
  fix the auditor's 
  remuneration           35,796,345   99.89         39,621  0.11   35,835,966                   78.80%           8,635 
 12. To authorise the 
  Company and its 
  subsidiaries to make 
  donations to 
  political 
  organisations 
  and incur political 
  expenditure            34,688,621   96.81      1,144,795  3.19   35,833,416                   78.80%           9,685 
 13. To authorise the 
  directors to allot 
  shares                 35,282,531   98.44        559,000  1.56   35,841,531                   78.82%           3,070 
 Special Resolutions 
 14. General authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption rights     35,708,034   99.64        130,244  0.36   35,838,278                   78.81%           6,323 
 15. Specific authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption rights     35,452,468   98.92        385,809  1.08   35,838,277                   78.81%           6,323 
 16. To authorise the 
  Company to purchase 
  its own shares         35,338,892   98.68        473,476  1.32   35,812,368                   78.75%          32,232 
 17. To allow meetings 
  of the Company to be 
  called on 14 clear 
  days' notice           35,447,613   98.90        394,256  1.10   35,841,869                   78.82%           2,732 
 

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 7 May 2019 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 45,474,739 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries:

Clare Sheridan [phone]

Company Secretary

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