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RNS Number : 4163X

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

05 May 2016

The 'Result of AGM' announcement released on 5 May 2016 at 15:26 under RNS No 4120X has been amended. The changes are identified with an asterisk (*).

The full amended text is shown below.

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                                                                            capital voted 
  Resolutions 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 2. To declare a 
  final dividend of 
  17 pence per 
  share              35,536,032  99.999995*       193       0.000005*  35,536,225         80.21              617 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 3. To elect 
  Malcolm Cooper as 
  a director         35,419,491    99.67        115,597       0.33     35,535,088         80.21             1,754 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 5. To re-elect 
  John Morgan as a 
  director           34,825,556    98.00        710,886       2.00     35,536,442         80.21              400 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 6. To re-elect 
  Steve Crummett a 
  director           35,408,251    99.64        128,191       0.36     35,536,442         80.21              400 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 9. To re-elect Liz 
  Peace as a 
  director           35,532,949    99.99         3,493        0.01     35,536,442         80.21              400 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 11. To re-appoint 
  Deloitte LLP as 
  auditor            34,550,100    98.13        657,440       1.87     35,207,540         79.47            329,302 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 15. To authorise 
  the directors to 
  allot shares       35,507,540    99.93        25,179        0.07     35,532,719         80.21             4,123 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 Special 
 Resolutions 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 16. To dis-apply 
  pre-emption 
  rights             32,071,391    98.36        535,467       1.64     32,606,858         73.60           2,929,784 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 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 
-------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  ------------------  -------------- 
 

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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