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RNS Number : 4120X
Morgan Sindall Group PLC
05 May 2016
Morgan Sindall Group plc
('the Company')
Result of AGM
5 May 2016
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at
its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 5 May 2016, as
set out in the AGM notice.
A poll was held on each of the resolutions and was passed by the
required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary
resolutions, and resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special
resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:
Votes For % Votes against % Total Votes % of issued share Votes withheld
Ordinary Resolutions capital voted
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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
2015 35,526,579 100.00 0 0.00 35,526,579 80.19 10,263
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2. To declare a final
dividend of 17 pence
per share 35,536,032 100.00 193 0.00 35,536,225 80.21 617
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3. To elect Malcolm
Cooper as a director 35,419,491 99.67 115,597 0.33 35,535,088 80.21 1,754
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4. To re-elect Adrian
Martin as a director 35,527,387 99.98 8,255 0.02 35,535,642 80.21 1,200
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5. To re-elect John
Morgan as a director 34,825,556 98.00 710,886 2.00 35,536,442 80.21 400
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6. To re-elect Steve
Crummett a director 35,408,251 99.64 128,191 0.36 35,536,442 80.21 400
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7. To re-elect Patrick
De Smedt as a
director 35,531,149 99.99 4,493 0.01 35,535,642 80.21 1,200
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8. To re-elect Simon
Gulliford as a
director 35,530,361 99.99 5,281 0.01 35,535,642 80.21 1,200
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9. To re-elect Liz
Peace as a director 35,532,949 99.99 3,493 0.01 35,536,442 80.21 400
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10. To approve the
directors'
remuneration report,
(other than the part
containing the
directors'
remuneration policy),
for the year ended 31
December 2015 35,215,349 99.11 316,805 0.89 35,532,154 80.20 4,688
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11. To re-appoint
Deloitte LLP as
auditor 34,550,100 98.13 657,440 1.87 35,207,540 79.47 329,302
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12. To authorise the
directors to
fix the auditor's
remuneration 35,531,767 99.99 4,287 0.01 35,536,054 80.21 788
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13. To authorise the
Company and its
subsidiaries to make
donations to
political
organisations
and incur political
expenditure 33,833,086 95.21 1,703,070 4.79 35,536,156 80.21 686
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14. To amend the
maximum directors'
fee limit which may
be paid up to
GBP600,000 per annum. 34,975,072 99.91 30,978 0.09 35,006,050 79.02 530,792
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15. To authorise the
directors to allot
shares 35,507,540 99.93 25,179 0.07 35,532,719 80.21 4,123
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Special Resolutions
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16. To dis-apply
pre-emption rights 32,071,391 98.36 535,467 1.64 32,606,858 73.60 2,929,784
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17. To authorise the
Company to purchase
its own shares 35,003,029 98.50 531,999 1.50 35,535,028 80.21 1,814
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18. To allow meetings
of the Company to be
called on 14 clear
days' notice 33,739,112 94.95 1,795,376 5.05 35,534,488 80.21 2,354
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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 3 May 2016 the total number of
ordinary shares in issue, was 44,302,364 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 at the
National Storage Mechanism http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and
on the Company's website www.corporate.morgansindall.com. In
accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other
than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
Enquiries:
Clare Sheridan +44 (0) 20 7307 9200
Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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