Result of AGM

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

02 May 2024

 

Morgan Sindall Group plc

('the Company')

Result of AGM

2 May 2024

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Thursday 2 May 2024, as set out in the AGM notice.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and all the resolutions were duly passed by the required majority. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll were as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes	% of issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1.      To receive and accept the Company's audited financial statements, the strategic report and the directors' and corporate governance report and the auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2023	36,327,913	100.00%	0	0.00%	36,327,913	76.70%	136,623
2.      To approve the final dividend of 78 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2023	36,464,343	100.00%	193	0.00%	36,464,536	76.99%	0
3.      To approve the remuneration report, (other than the part containing the remuneration policy), as set out on pages 135 to 162 of the Company's Annual Report	32,557,310	90.45%	3,436,814	9.55%	35,994,124	76.00%	470,412
4.      To reappoint Michael Findlay as a director	34,899,295	95.71%	1,563,541	4.29%	36,462,836	76.99%	1,700
5.      To reappoint John Morgan as a director	36,436,420	99.93%	27,075	0.07%	36,463,495	76.99%	1,041
6.      To reappoint Steve Crummett a director	36,364,825	99.74%	94,199	0.26%	36,459,024	76.98%	5,512
7.      To reappoint Malcolm Cooper as a director	35,621,405	97.69%	841,338	2.31%	36,462,743	76.99%	1,793
8.      To reappoint David Lowden as a director	33,098,335	90.77%	3,364,440	9.23%	36,462,775	76.99%	1,761
9.      To reappoint Jen Tippin as a director	35,978,061	98.67%	485,122	1.33%	36,463,183	76.99%	1,353
10.    To reappoint Kathy Quashie as a director	36,149,855	99.14%	313,218	0.86%	36,463,073	76.99%	1,463
11.    To appoint Sharon Fennessy as a director	36,459,223	100.00%	1,795	0.00%	36,461,018	76.98%	3,518
12.    To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company	36,456,212	99.98%	6,144	0.02%	36,462,356	76.99%	2,180
13.    To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	36,459,243	99.99%	3,892	0.01%	36,463,135	76.99%	1,401
14.    To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure	36,334,362	99.66%	123,015	0.34%	36,457,377	76.98%	7,159
15.    To authorise the directors to allot shares	35,995,809	98.72%	466,721	1.28%	36,462,530	76.99%	2,006
Special Resolutions
16.    General authority to disapply pre-emption rights	36,364,830	99.75%	92,550	0.25%	36,457,380	76.98%	7,156
17.    Specific authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	36,363,361	99.74%	95,629	0.26%	36,458,990	76.98%	5,546
18.    To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	36,390,041	99.98%	6,732	0.02%	36,396,773	76.85%	65,193
19.    To allow meetings of the Company to be called on 14 clear days' notice	36,046,201	98.85%	418,081	1.15%	36,464,282	76.99%	254

Notes:

1.      Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.

2.      Proxy votes which gave discretion to the Chair of the Annual General Meeting have been included in the 'For' total of the appropriate resolution.  

3.      A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion of 'Total issued share capital instructed' for any resolution.

4.      Votes 'For' and 'Against' any resolution are expressed as a percentage of votes validly cast for that resolution.

5.      At the close of business on 1 May 2024 the total number of ordinary shares in issue was 47,362,190 and at that time, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.

6.      The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's Share Registrar.

7.      Questions received from shareholders relating to the Annual General Meeting have been published on the Company's website www.morgansindall.com.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for inspection on the Company's website www.morgansindall.com.  In accordance with LR 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed which are required to be made available for inspection has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Enquiries:

Clare Sheridan 

Company Secretary

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