1st May 2025 12:42
Morgan Sindall Group plc
('the Company')
Result of AGM
1 May 2025
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 1 May 2025, 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 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 15 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 capital voted | Votes withheld |
1. To receive and accept the Company's audited financial statements, the strategic report, the directors' and corporate governance report and the auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 36,631,551 | 100.00% | 313 | 0.00% | 36,631,864 | 76.30% | 90,992 |
2. To approve the final dividend of 90 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2024 | 36,722,723 | 100.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 36,722,725 | 76.48% | 131 |
3. To approve the remuneration report, (other than the part containing a summary of the remuneration policy), as set out on pages 111 to 130 of the Company's Annual Report | 35,177,243 | 95.81% | 1,539,932 | 4.19% | 36,717,175 | 76.47% | 5,681 |
4. To reappoint Michael Findlay as a director | 34,968,053 | 95.23% | 1,753,204 | 4.77% | 36,721,257 | 76.48% | 1,599 |
5. To reappoint John Morgan as a director | 36,703,733 | 99.95% | 17,969 | 0.05% | 36,721,702 | 76.48% | 1,154 |
6. To reappoint David Lowden as a director | 34,999,167 | 95.31% | 1,721,924 | 4.69% | 36,721,091 | 76.48% | 1,765 |
7. To reappoint Jen Tippin as a director | 36,233,186 | 98.67% | 487,756 | 1.33% | 36,720,942 | 76.48% | 1,604 |
8. To reappoint Sharon Fennessy as a director | 36,357,973 | 99.01% | 362,979 | 0.99% | 36,720,952 | 76.48% | 1,904 |
9. To appoint Kelly Gangotra as a director | 36,605,950 | 99.69% | 115,315 | 0.31% | 36,721,265 | 76.48% | 1,591 |
10. To appoint Mark Robson as a director | 36,715,424 | 99.99% | 2,963 | 0.01% | 36,718,387 | 76.48% | 4,469 |
11. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company | 36,719,152 | 100.00% | 1,732 | 0.00% | 36,720,884 | 76.48% | 1,972 |
12. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 36,716,410 | 99.99% | 3,641 | 0.01% | 36,720,051 | 76.48% | 2,805 |
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure | 36,584,752 | 99.64% | 131,625 | 0.36% | 36,716,377 | 76.47% | 6,479 |
14. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 36,253,050 | 98.73% | 465,957 | 1.27% | 36,719,007 | 76.48% | 3,849 |
Special Resolutions | |||||||
15. General authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 36,666,631 | 99.87% | 47,748 | 0.13% | 36,714,379 | 76.47% | 7,002 |
16. Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment | 36,664,661 | 99.87% | 49,525 | 0.13% | 36,714,186 | 76.47% | 8,670 |
17. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 36,638,849 | 99.97% | 9,641 | 0.03% | 36,648,490 | 76.33% | 74,366 |
18. To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days' notice | 36,192,299 | 98.56% | 529,826 | 1.44% | 36,722,125 | 76.48% | 731 |
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 Chair 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 close of business on 30 April 2025 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 48,013,170 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 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed which are required to be made available for inspection has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Amanda Matthews
Company Secretary
+44 (0) 20 7307 9200
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