Annual General Meeting 2019 Results

RNS Number : 0193A

Ibstock PLC

23 May 2019

 

Ibstock plc

Annual General Meeting 2019 Results

The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Ibstock plc (the "Company") was held at the London offices of Ibstock plc, 54 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8HN on Thursday, 23 May 2019 at 11:00am.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue was 409,096,181 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.ibstockplc.com/investors (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the Notice).

The 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
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended     31 December 2018.	327,265,029	99.99%		22,780	0.01%	327,287,809	941,089
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018.	323,493,965	99.22%		2,531,617	0.78%	326,025,582	2,203,316
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.	325,074,186	99.71%		947,646	0.29%	326,021,832	2,207,066
4	To declare a final dividend of 6.5 pence per ordinary share for the year ended       31 December 2018.	328,226,605	100.00%		1,894	0.00%	328,228,499	400
5	To re-elect Jonathan Nicholls as a Director.	324,197,962	99.12%		2,886,153	0.88%	327,084,115	1,144,783
6	To elect Louis Eperjesi as a Director.	327,152,333	99.67%		1,073,225	0.33%	328,225,558	3,341
7	To re-elect Tracey Graham as a Director.	326,784,597	99.56%		1,443,961	0.44%	328,228,558	341
8	To elect Claire Hawkings as a Director.	327,154,483	99.67%		1,074,075	0.33%	328,228,558	341
9	To re-elect Joe Hudson as a Director.	326,994,068	99.62%		1,231,090	0.38%	328,225,158	3,741
10	To re-elect Justin Read as a Director.	326,780,153	99.56%		1,445,005	0.44%	328,225,158	3,741
11	To re-elect Kevin Sims as a Director.	326,471,281	99.47%		1,753,093	0.53%	328,224,374	4,525
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor.	328,219,877	100.00%		1,754	0.00%	328,221,631	7,268
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	328,218,745	100.00%		8,254	0.00%	328,226,999	1,900
14	To authorise the Company to make political donations.	321,463,946	97.94%		6,751,242	2.06%	328,215,188	13,711
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares.	326,027,588	99.33%		2,200,911	0.67%	328,228,499	400
Special Business
16	General authority to disapply pre-emption rights.**	328,181,098		99.99%	42,033	0.01%	328,223,131	5,768
17	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital investments)**	325,445,731		99.15%	2,777,399	0.85%	328,223,130	5,768
18	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.**	325,777,251		99.29%	2,344,535	0.71%	328,121,786	107,112
19	That a general meeting (other than an Annual General Meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.**	320,555,890		97.66%	7,672,609	2.34%	328,228,499	400

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions, other than those relating to ordinary business, will shortly be available for inspection at 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:
Ibstock plc
Robert Douglas, Company Secretary	+ 44 (0)1530 257 211
Citigate Dewe Rogerson	+ 44 (0)20 7638 9571
Kevin Smith
Nick Hayns

 

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