Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9525M
Forterra plc
14 May 2020
 

Forterra plc

 

Annual General Meeting 2020 Results

 

The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the head office, 5 Grange Park Court, Roman Way, Northampton NN4 5EA on Thursday 14th May 2020 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 2019.

 

171,029,928

99.99%

2,000

0.01%

171,031,928

4,015,204

Resolution 2

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.

 

171,164,305

99.99%

2,181

0.01%

171,166,486

25,108,206

Resolution 3

To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor

 

171,165,305

99.99%

2,181

0.01%

171,167,486

793,543

Resolution 4

To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director

 

154,910,756

90.78%

15,731,681

9.22%

170,642,437

16,213

Resolution 5

To re-elect Stephen Harrison as a Director

 

171,007,750

99.91%

161,250

0.09%

171,169,000

23,881

Resolution 6

To elect Ben Guyatt as a Director

 

170,784,801

99.78%

384,199

0.22%

171,169,000

1,419,476

Resolution 7

To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director

 

154,146,924

90.06%

17,022,076

9.94%

171,169,000

23,821

Resolution 8

To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director

 

171,025,418

99.92%

143,582

0.08%

171,169,000

25,267

Resolution 9

To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director

 

171,026,004

99.92%

142,996

0.08%

171,169,000

22,867

Resolution 10

To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director

 

171,026,004

99.92%

142,996

0.08%

171,169,000

25,305

Resolution 11

To approve the Directors Remuneration Policy (the full text of which can be found on pages 64 to 71 of the 2019 Annual Report)

163,767,520

95.68%

7,398,365

4.32%

171,165,885

25,244

Resolution 12

To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages 59-65 of the Annual Report)

 

168,900,783

98.67%

2,268,217

1.33%

171,169,000

23,790

Resolution 13

To authorise the Company to make political donations

 

168,711,572

98.57%

2,453,313

1.43%

171,164,885

25,458

Resolution 14

To authorise the Directors to allot share capital

 

169,412,920

98.98%

1,753,266

1.02%

171,166,186

25,044

Resolution 15 **

To disapply statutory exemption rights

 

169,905,020

99.26%

1,261,166

0.74%

171,166,186

1,402,271

Resolution 16 **

To disapply statutory exemption rights

 

168,912,686

98.68%

2,254,500

1.32%

171,167,186

14,823

Resolution 17 **

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 

170,148,523

99.41%

1,011,166

0.59%

171,159,689

14,402

Resolution 18 **

To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice

 

167,622,804

97.93%

3,546,196

2.07%

171,169,000

34,381

 

 

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 14-18 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

+44 (0)1604 707600

Ashley Thompson, Company Secretary

 

 

 

FTI Consulting:

+44 (0)20 3727 1340

Richard Mountain

 

Nick Hasell

 

 


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