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Morgan Sindall Group PLC

06 May 2021

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

LEI: 2138008339ULDGZRB345

Result of AGM

6 May 2021

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 6 May 2021, 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 19 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 
 1. To receive and 
  accept the Company's 
  audited financial 
  statements, the 
  strategic report 
  and the directors' 
  and corporate 
  governance report and 
  the auditor's report 
  for the year ended 
  31 December 2020       34,204,047  100.00              0  0.00   34,204,047                    73.78          80,373 
 2. To approve the 
  directors' 
  remuneration report, 
  (other than the part 
  containing the 
  directors' 
  remuneration policy), 
  for the year ended 31 
  December 2020          33,718,309   98.36        560,488  1.64   34,278,797                    73.94           5,623 
 3. To approve the 
  final dividend of 40 
  pence per ordinary 
  share for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2020                   34,282,991  100.00            193  0.00   34,283,184                    73.95           1,236 
 4. To re-elect Michael 
  Findlay as a director  30,723,408   98.76        385,016  1.24   31,108,424                    67.10       3,175,996 
 5. To re-elect John 
  Morgan as a director   33,805,390   98.61        477,284  1.39   34,282,674                    73.95           1,746 
 6. To re-elect Steve 
  Crummett a director    34,152,034   99.62        131,876  0.38   34,283,910                    73.95             510 
 7. To re-elect Malcolm 
  Cooper as a director   34,220,492   99.82         63,418  0.18   34,283,910                    73.95             510 
 8. To re-elect Tracey 
  Killen as a director   34,227,454   99.84         56,456  0.16   34,283,910                    73.95             510 
 9. To re-elect David 
  Lowden as a director   34,225,283   99.83         58,627  0.17   34,283,910                    73.95             510 
 10. To re-elect Jen 
  Tippin as a director   34,227,454   99.84         56,456  0.16   34,283,910                    73.95             510 
 11. To appoint Ernst & 
  Young LLP as auditor 
  of the Company         34,194,289   99.74         88,455  0.26   34,282,744                    73.95           1,276 
 12. To authorise the 
  directors to 
  determine the 
  auditor's 
  remuneration           34,248,462   99.90         35,480  0.10   34,283,942                    73.95             478 
 13. To authorise the 
  Company and its 
  subsidiaries to make 
  donations to 
  political 
  organisations 
  and incur political 
  expenditure            33,129,398   96.65      1,149,088  3.35   34,278,486                    73.94           5,934 
 14. To authorise the 
  directors to allot 
  shares                 33,514,395   97.77        765,828  2.23   34,280,223                    73.94           4,197 
Special Resolutions 
 15. General authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption rights     33,691,875   98.29        587,475  1.71   34,279,350                    73.94           5,070 
 16. Specific authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption rights in 
  connection with an 
  acquisition or 
  specified capital 
  investment             33,415,614   97.48        864,486  2.52   34,280,100                    73.94           4,320 
 17. To authorise the 
  Company to purchase 
  its own shares         33,773,569   98.62        473,224  1.38   34,246,793                    73.87          37,627 
 18. To allow meetings 
  of the Company to be 
  called on 14 clear 
  days' notice           33,936,940   99.00        343,063  1.00   34,280,003                    73.94           4,417 
 19. To adopt the 
  amended Articles of 
  Association            34,276,406  100.00          1,353  0.00   34,277,759                    73.94           6,661 
 

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 the close of business on 5 May 2021 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 46,359,856 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.

   7.      No questions were submitted to the Company by shareholders prior to the meeting. 

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 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:

Clare Sheridan +44 (0) 20 7307 9200

Company Secretary

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