Annual General Meeting 2024 Results

Forterra plc

21 May 2024

 

Forterra plc

Annual General Meeting 2024 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 21^st May 2024 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 2023	173,953,231	100%	419	0%	173,953,650	102,952
Resolution 2 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.	173,044,062	99%	1,009,756	1%	174,053,818	2,784
Resolution 3 To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor	174,050,525	100%	2,842	0%	174,053,367	3,235
Resolution 4 To declare the final dividend of 3.7 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2023	174,056,602	100%	0	0%	174,056,602	0
Resolution 5 To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director	172,572,883	99%	1,480,515	1%	174,053,398	3,204
Resolution 6 To re-elect Neil Ash as a Director	174,043,706	100%	10,071	0%	174,053,777	2,825
Resolution 7 To re-elect Ben Guyatt as a Director	173,886,155	100%	167,178	0%	174,053,333	3,269
Resolution 8 To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director	172,202,460	99%	1,852,272	1%	174,054,732	1,870
Resolution 9 To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director	172,995,171	99%	1,058,162	1%	174,053,333	3,269
Resolution 10 To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director	172,997,858	99%	1,055,475	1%	174,053,333	3,269
Resolution 11 To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	172,994,122	99%	1,059,211	1%	174,053,333	3,269
Resolution 12 To re-elect Gina Jardine as a Director	173,000,049	99%	1,054,684	1%	174,054,733	1,869
Resolution 13 To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages [134-144] of the Annual Report)	162,523,516	95%	8,514,890	5%	171,038,406	3,018,196
Resolution 14 To authorise the Company to make political donations	170,960,571	98%	3,088,262	2%	174,048,833	7,769
Resolution 15 To authorise the Directors to allot share capital	168,372,594	97%	5,682,623	3%	174,055,217	1,385
Resolution 16 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	168,053,701	97%	5,981,415	3%	174,035,116	21,486
Resolution 17 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	167,374,923	96%	6,666,410	4%	174,041,333	15,269
Resolution 18 ** To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	173,018,083	99%	1,008,028	1%	174,026,111	30,491
Resolution 19 ** To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice	172,489,757	99%	1,565,674	1%	174,055,431	1,171

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 15-19 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]
Frances Tock, Company Secretary
FTI Consulting:	[phone]
Richard Mountain
Nick Hasell

 

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