Result of AGM

Macfarlane Group PLC

09 May 2023

 

9 May 2023

Macfarlane Group PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

Macfarlane Group PLC confirms that shareholders passed all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held today.  The resolutions were as set out in the Notice of Meeting, as filed with the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and are also available on the company's website, www.macfarlanegroup.com.

Total number of shares in issue 158,337,000. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 82,297,785 shares (including votes withheld) amounting to 51.98% of the issued share capital.

All resolutions were passed on a poll with resolutions 1 to 12 passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 and 14 passed as special resolutions.

The following level of proxy appointments were lodged prior to the meeting:

Resolution and description	In Favour Votes		Against Votes		Withheld Votes
	No.	%	No.	%	No.
1.   Adoption of the accounts	82,288,977	100.00%	3,808	0.00%	5,000
2.   Approval of the Remuneration Report	79,253,155	96.72%	2,686,025	3.28%	358,605
3.   Approval of Final Dividend	82,290,365	100.00%	2,420	0.00%	5,000
4.   Re-elect Aleen Gulvanessian	78,678,815	95.62%	3,608,070	4.38%	10,900
5.   Re-elect Peter D. Atkinson	82,249,164	99.95%	40,222	0.05%	8,399
6.   Re-elect Ivor Gray	82,244,364	99.95%	42,522	0.05%	10,899
7.   Re-elect Robert McLellan	78,383,785	95.26%	3,900,600	4.74%	13,400
8.   Re-elect James W.F. Baird	78,718,907	95.66%	3,567,978	4.34%	10,900
9.   Elect Laura Whyte	82,262,687	99.97%	24,199	0.03%	10,899
10.  Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	82,239,399	99.94%	45,950	0.06%	12,436
11.  Authorise the Directors to determine Auditor's remuneration	82,226,518	99.93%	58,831	0.07%	12,436
12.  Authority to allot unissued shares under S. 551 of the Companies Act 2006	82,142,633	99.83%	141,720	0.17%	13,432
13.  Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 for 5% of the issued share capital	82,183,631	99.87%	104,659	0.13%	9,495
14.  Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to  S. 561 of the Companies Act 2006 for an additional 5% of the issued share capital	82,191,430	99.88%	97,159	0.12%	9,196

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the number or % of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

Further enquiries:	Macfarlane Group	Tel: [phone]
	Peter Atkinson                  Chief Executive
	Ivor Gray                             Finance Director
	Spreng Thomson	Tel: [phone]
	Callum Spreng	Mob: [phone]

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):  213800LVRYDERSJAAZ73

Notes to Editors:

·    Macfarlane Group PLC has been listed on the Premium segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MACF) since 1973 with over 70 years' experience in the UK packaging industry.

·    Through its two divisions, Macfarlane Group services a broad range of business customers, supplying them with high quality protective packaging products which help customers reduce supply chain costs, improve operational efficiencies, support their sustainability objectives and enhance their brand presentation. The divisions are:

o  Packaging Distribution - Macfarlane Packaging Distribution is the leading UK distributor of a comprehensive range of protective packaging products; and

o  Manufacturing Operations - Macfarlane Design and Manufacture who design and produce protective packaging for high value and fragile products.

·    Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, Macfarlane Group employs over 1,000 people at 39 sites, principally in the UK, as well as in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands.

·    Macfarlane Group supplies more than 20,000 customers, principally in the UK and Europe.

 ·    In partnership with 1,700 suppliers, Macfarlane Group distributes and manufactures 600,000+ lines across a wide range of sectors, including: retail e-commerce; consumer goods; food; logistics; mail order; electronics; defence, automotive and aerospace.

 

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