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RNS Number : 2186E
Morgan Sindall Group PLC
04 May 2017
Morgan Sindall Group plc
('the Company')
Result of AGM
4 May 2017
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at
its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 4 May 2017, 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 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 Votes withheld
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
2016 36,247,751 99.99 2,200 0.01 36,249,951 81.08 14,394
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2. To declare a final
dividend of 22 pence
per share 36,264,345 100.00 0 0.00 36,264,345 81.11 0
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3. To elect Michael
Findlay as a director 33,403,164 99.84 52,191 0.16 33,455,355 74.83 2,808,990
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4. To re-elect John
Morgan as a director 36,079,258 99.60 144,930 0.40 36,224,188 81.02 40,157
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5. To re-elect Steve
Crummett a director 36,101,761 99.66 122,312 0.34 36,224,073 81.02 40,157
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6. To re-elect Patrick
De Smedt as a
director 35,783,703 98.79 439,370 1.21 36,223,073 81.02 41,157
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7. To re-elect Malcolm
Cooper as a director 36,222,473 100.00 600 0.00 36,223,073 81.02 41,157
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8. To re-elect Simon
Gulliford as a
director 36,221,473 100.00 1,600 0.00 36,223,073 81.02 41,157
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9. To approve the
directors'
remuneration policy 28,699,357 88.28 3,811,276 11.72 32,510,633 72.71 3,751,597
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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 2016 35,465,005 99.25 268,513 0.75 35,733,518 79.92 530,712
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11. To re-appoint
Deloitte LLP as
auditor 34,238,133 94.88 1,847,411 5.12 36,085,544 80.71 178,801
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12. To authorise the
directors to
fix the auditor's
remuneration 36,256,601 99.98 6,156 0.02 36,262,757 81.10 1,588
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13. To authorise the
Company and its
subsidiaries to make
donations to
political
organisations
and incur political
expenditure 34,328,673 95.38 1,662,258 4.62 35,990,931 80.50 272,799
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14. To authorise the
directors to allot
shares 36,182,657 99.88 42,024 0.12 36,224,681 81.02 39,106
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Special Resolutions
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15. General authority
to disapply
pre-emption rights 36,012,389 99.31 248,433 0.69 36,260,822 81.10 3,465
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16. Specific authority
to disapply
pre-emption rights 35,482,658 97.86 775,907 2.14 36,258,565 81.10 5,165
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17. To authorise the
Company to purchase
its own shares 35,670,253 98.52 535,365 1.48 36,205,618 80.98 58,784
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18. To allow meetings
of the Company to be
called on 14 clear
days' notice 35,951,484 99.14 311,118 0.86 36,262,602 81.10 1,743
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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 2 May 2017 the total number of
ordinary shares in issue, was 44,711,198 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
9.6.2, a copy of the resolution passed which is required to be made
available for inspection has been submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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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