Annual General Meeting 2023 Results

Forterra plc

23 May 2023

 

Forterra plc

Annual General Meeting 2023 Results

The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the offices of Forterra plc, Atherstone Road, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 7EL on Tuesday 23rd May 2023 at 12:00pm.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue was 212,803,389 shares.

The full text of each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.forterraplc.co.uk (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the notice).

The total number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows.

Resolution	Votes for		Votes Against		Total Votes Cast (excluding withheld)	Votes Withheld*
	No of Shares	% of shares voted	No of Shares	% of shares voted		No of shares
Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts to 31 December 2022	146,294,014	99.99	101	0.01	146,294,115	116,053
Resolution 2 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.	145,395,837	99.31	1,010,032	0.6%	146,405,869	4,299
Resolution 3 To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor	146,396,920	99.99	7,229	0.01	146,404,149	6,019
Resolution 4 To declare the final dividend of 10.1 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2022	146,406,400	99.99	101	0.01	146,406,501	3,667
Resolution 5 To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director	144,938,621	99.00	1,466,214	1.00	146,404,835	5,333
Resolution 6 To elect Neil Ash as a Director	146,389,965	99.99	5,120	0.01	146,395,085	15,083
Resolution 7 To re-elect Ben Guyatt as a Director	144,805,319	98.91	1,591,206	1.09	146,396,525	13,643
Resolution 8 To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director	143,502,675	98.02	2,892,410	1.98	146,395,085	15,083
Resolution 9 To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director	145,031,074	99.07	1,364,011	0.93	146,395,085	15,083
Resolution 10 To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director	145,032,159	99.07	1,362,926	0.93	146,395,085	15,083
Resolution 11 To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	145,027,206	99.07	1,368,793	0.93	146,395,999	14,169
Resolution 12 To elect Gina Jardine as a Director	146,372,084	99.98	23,915	0.02	146,395,999	14,169
Resolution 13 To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy set out on pages 124 to 134 of the Annual Report	143,683,761	98.14	2,721,345	1.86	146,405,106	5,062
Resolution 14 To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages 124-134 of the Annual Report)	143,216,609	97.83	3,183,645	2.17	146,400,254	9,914
Resolution 15 To authorise the Company to make political donations	145,316,756	99.95	67,101	0.05	145,383,857	1,026,311
Resolution 16 To authorise the Directors to allot share capital	143,568,048	98.06	2,837,451	1.94	146,405,499	4,669
Resolution 17 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	143,907,212	98.30	2,494,937	1.70	146,402,149	8,019
Resolution 18 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	142,896,608	97.60	3,508,291	2.40	146,404,899	5,269
Resolution 19 ** To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	145,300,367	99.31	1,015,162	0.69	146,315,529	94,639
Resolution 20 ** To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice	144,507,753	98.70	1,896,261	1.30	146,404,014	6,154

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 16-20 will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Notes:

*Votes 'withheld' are not votes under English law and so have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried.  Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

** Special resolution.

For further information contact:

Forterra plc	[phone]
Ashley Thompson, Company Secretary

FTI Consulting:	[phone]
Richard Mountain
Nick Hasell

 

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