8th May 2019 13:58
8 May 2019
SIG plc
("SIG" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
LEI: 213800VDC1BKJEZ8PV53
SIG announces that Resolutions 1 to 17 contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 27 March 2019 previously circulated to shareholders were duly passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held earlier today.
A breakdown of the proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution is set out below:-
Resolution | For | Against | Withheld |
1. To receive the financial statements | 465,618,062 | 28,238,573 | 357,908 |
2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Report on Remuneration | 437,156,494 | 28,216,246 | 28,841,803 |
3. To declare a final dividend | 494,199,621 | 99 | 14,824 |
4. To re-elect Mr A J Allner | 396,661,363 | 91,458,397 | 6,094,783 |
5. To re-elect Ms A Abt | 463,974,912 | 30,238,188 | 1,343 |
6. To re-elect Mr I B Duncan | 488,706,930 | 5,506,271 | 1,343 |
7. To elect Mr A C Lovell | 493,514,903 | 697,869 | 1,772 |
8. To re-elect Mr N W Maddock | 493,100,436 | 1,110,484 | 3,624 |
9. To re-elect Mr M Oldersma | 491,891,702 | 2,321,499 | 1,343 |
10. To elect Mr C Ragoucy | 493,516,058 | 693,674 | 4,812 |
11. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 494,198,874 | 10,223 | 5,447 |
12. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration | 494,204,372 | 6,725 | 3,447 |
13. 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 | 471,638,099 | 22,559,921 | 16,524 |
14. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash | 476,626,507 | 17,581,980 | 2,057 |
15. To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash (further 5%) | 446,434,939 | 47,777,547 | 2,057 |
16. To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares | 465,887,860 | 28,251,033 | 75,650 |
17. To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 478,205,815 | 16,006,029 | 2,700 |
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 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
4. A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com.
5. Issued share capital as at 8 May 2019 is 591,556,982 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company.
Enquiries:
SIG plc | |
Meinie Oldersma, Chief Executive Officer | +44 (0) 114 285 6300 |
Nick Maddock, Chief Financial Officer Katharine Baxter, Group Communications | +44 (0) 114 285 6300 +44 (0) 114 285 6300
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FTI Consulting | |
Richard Mountain / Susanne Yule | + 44 (0) 20 3727 1340 |
Jefferies Hoare Govett | |
Ed Matthews / Will Soutar | +44 (0) 20 7029 8000 |
Peel Hunt LLP | |
Justin Jones / Charles Batten | +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
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