Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9024O

Forterra plc

22 May 2018

 

Forterra plc

Annual General Meeting 2018 Results

The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the offices if Forterra plc Atherstone Road, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 7EL at 12.00 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd May 2018 at 12:00pm.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by a show of hands and were passed by the requisite majority by shareholders. 

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 number of Proxy votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows. The total number of Ordinary shares in issue was 200,442,068 shares.

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 2017.	161,152,927	99.99	11,854	0.01	161,164,781	287
Resolution 2 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.	161,102,654	99.96	61,095	0.04	161,163,749	1,319
Resolution 3 To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor	161,163,319	100.00	745	0.00	161,164,064	1,005
Resolution 4 To declare the final dividend of 6.4 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2017	161,163,463	100.00	287	0.00	161,163,750	1,319
Resolution 5 To re-elect Paul Lester as a Director	125,168,238	90.40	13,285,715	9.60	138,453,953	22,711,115
Resolution 6 To re-elect Stephen Harrison as a Director	160,969,704	99.88	193,617	0.12	161,163,321	1,748
Resolution 7 To re-elect Shatish Dasani as a Director	160,841,741	99.80	321,320	0.20	161,163,061	2,008
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 8 To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director	160,483,216	99.58	679,105	0.42	161,162,321	2,748
Resolution 9 To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director	160,968,157	99.88	193,904	0.12	161,162,061	3,008
Resolution 10 To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director	160,969,704	99.88	193,617	0.12	161,163,321	1,748
Resolution 11 To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director	160,969,704	99.88	193,617	0.12	161,163,321	1,748
Resolution 12 To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages 59-65 of the Annual Report)	161,159,985	100.00	2,049	0.00	161,162,034	3,035
Resolution 13 To authorise the Company to make political donations	159,898,476	99.22	1,263,704	0.78	161,162,180	2,889
Resolution 14 To authorise the Directors to allot share capital	160,849,226	99.80	315,412	0.20	161,164,638	431
Resolution 15 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	159,910,403	99.22	1,252,342	0.78	161,162,745	2,324
Resolution 16 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	155,970,265	96.78	5,191,524	3.22	161,161,789	3,279
Resolution 17 ** To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	161,100,055	99.96	64,582	0.04	161,164,637	431
Resolution 18 ** To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice	159,049,381	98.69	2,112,827	1.31	161,162,208	2,861

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 15-18 will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

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]
Ben Guyatt, Company Secretary
FTI Consulting:	[phone]
Richard Mountain
Nick Hasell

 

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