Wood Group (John)PLC John Wood Group PLC

 
TIDMWG. 
 
John Wood Group PLC ("Company") 
 
LEI:  549300PLYY6I10B6S323 
 
Annual General Meeting - Voting Results 
 
Issued share capital at meeting date:  691,839,369 Number of votes per share: 
1 vote per share. 
 
At the Annual General Meeting of John Wood Group PLC held on 11 May 2023, all 
resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll with the required 
majorities. 
 
The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General 
Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.woodplc.com/investors/ 
annual-general-meeting 
 
Resolutions 19 to 22 were considered and passed as Special Resolutions. 
 
The final vote received in respect of each resolution was as follows: 
 
Resolutions               Votes For      %        Votes       %        Total Votes Votes     % of 
                          (Including              Against              (excluding  Withheld* Issued 
                          Discretionary)                               Votes                 Share 
                                                                       Withheld)             Capital 
                                                                                             Voted ** 
 
1   Report & accounts        463,704,900   99.98%      73,563    0.02% 463,778,463 1,034,633   67.04% 
 
2   Remuneration report      355,501,006   76.98% 106,323,283   23.02% 461,824,289 2,988,807   66.75% 
 
3   Remuneration policy      443,012,707   95.38%  21,459,521    4.62% 464,472,228   340,868   67.14% 
 
4   Re-elect Roy A           440,391,598   94.85%  23,933,447    5.15% 464,325,045   488,051   67.11% 
    Franklin 
 
5   Re-elect Birgitte        455,122,107   98.02%   9,199,249    1.98% 464,321,356   491,740   67.11% 
    Brinch Madsen 
 
6   Re-elect Jacqui          454,539,591   97.89%   9,781,670    2.11% 464,321,261   491,835   67.11% 
    Ferguson 
 
7   Re-elect Adrian Marsh    455,095,660   98.02%   9,204,825    1.98% 464,300,485   512,611   67.11% 
 
8   Re-elect Nigel Mills     455,103,262   98.02%   9,206,707    1.98% 464,309,969   503,127   67.11% 
 
9   Re-elect Brenda          455,074,114   98.01%   9,255,303    1.99% 464,329,417   483,679   67.12% 
    Reichelderfer 
 
10  Re-elect Susan Steele    455,158,827   98.02%   9,209,134    1.98% 464,367,961   445,135   67.12% 
 
11  Re-elect David Kemp      459,994,544   99.03%   4,494,595    0.97% 464,489,139   323,957   67.14% 
 
12  Elect Ken Gilmartin      462,578,118   99.57%   1,980,454    0.43% 464,558,572   254,524   67.15% 
 
13  Re-appointment of        462,989,490   99.69%   1,461,696    0.31% 464,451,186   361,910   67.13% 
    KPMG LLC as auditors 
 
14  Authorisation of         464,299,331   99.95%     250,873    0.05% 464,550,204   262,892   67.15% 
    auditors' 
    remuneration 
 
15  To authorise the         445,191,630   95.84%  19,324,819    4.16% 464,516,449   296,647   67.14% 
    Company and its 
    subsidiaries to make 
    political donations 
    and incur political 
    expenditure 
 
16  Authority to allot       458,426,016   98.68%   6,123,411    1.32% 464,549,427   263,669   67.15% 
    shares 
 
17  Wood Discretionary       445,090,116   95.81%  19,482,592    4.19% 464,572,708   240,388   67.15% 
    Share Plan 
 
18  Wood Employee Share      463,984,443   99.86%     636,326    0.14% 464,620,769   192,327   67.16% 
    Plan 
 
19  Disapply  pre-emption    455,061,275   98.04%   9,107,469    1.96% 464,168,744   644,352   67.09% 
    rights 
 
20  Disapply pre-emption     454,414,926   97.87%   9,869,806    2.13% 464,284,732   528,364   67.11% 
    rights for 
    acquisitions and 
    other capital 
    investment 
 
21  Authority to purchase    462,526,415   99.58%   1,957,599    0.42% 464,484,014   329,082   67.14% 
    own shares 
 
22  Notice of general        447,251,584   96.26%  17,399,038    3.74% 464,650,622   162,474   67.16% 
    meetings 
 
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of 
the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution. 
 
**  Votes withheld are excluded from the percentage of issued share capital 
voted calculation. 
 
While the Board is pleased that all resolutions were carried, we note that 
Resolution 2 regarding the Remuneration Report gained support of 76.98% in 
favour. The Board is committed to open and transparent dialogue with 
shareholders and will continue to engage with them to understand their views 
regarding this Resolution.  In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance 
Code, we will publish a further statement detailing the outcome of our 
shareholder engagement in relation to the above resolution, including any 
actions taken as a result, within six months of the 2023 Annual General 
Meeting. 
 
These votes are also available on the Company's website at: www.woodplc.com/ 
investors/annual-general-meeting 
 
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, those resolutions passed at today's AGM which are 
required to be made available for inspection will shortly be available to view 
at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 
 
Notification authorised by: 
 
Martin J McIntyre 
 
Company Secretary 
 
 
 
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