Last checked at 14 May 2015 14:19
SIG plc
14 May 2015
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
SIG plc announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 8 April 2015 previously circulated to shareholders were passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting held today.
The proxy voting totals for each resolution (all of which were passed on a show of hands) are as follows:-
Resolution | For | Against | Withheld |
1 To receive the financial statements | 466,530,083 | 259,817 | 952,395 |
2 To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Report on Remuneration | 465,616,304 | 1,185,417 | 936,099 |
3 To declare a final dividend | 466,815,193 | 0 | 927,102 |
4 To elect A Abt | 466,365,630 | 441,359 | 935,306 |
5 To re-elect J E Ashdown | 465,839,685 | 970,692 | 931,918 |
6 To re-elect M Ewell | 465,842,795 | 965,656 | 933,844 |
7 To re-elect C V Geoghegan | 465,832,300 | 976,151 | 933,844 |
8 To re-elect S R Mitchell | 456,696,475 | 10,113,404 | 932,416 |
9 To re-elect J C Nicholls | 465,597,273 | 1,213,356 | 931,666 |
10 To re-elect D G Robertson | 465,177,140 | 1,630,561 | 934,594 |
11 To re-elect L Van de Walle | 462,607,997 | 1,404,456 | 3,729,842 |
12 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor | 461,986,956 | 2,315,112 | 3,440,227 |
13 To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration | 466,650,872 | 19,016 | 1,072,407 |
14 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 | 449,897,550 | 16,915,587 | 929,158 |
15 To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash | 452,287,002 | 696,567 | 14,758,726 |
16 To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares | 466,789,286 | 25,505 | 927,504 |
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 9.6.2R copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do;
4. A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com;
5. Issued share capital as at 14 May 2015 is 591,137,803 Ordinary Shares.
Enquiries: Angela Wakes, Deputy Company Secretary - Telephone 0114 285 7525