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	[phone]
Ashley Thompson, Company Secretary
FTI Consulting:	[phone]
Richard Mountain
Nick Hasell

 

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