Tuesday 22 September 2020
Trifast plc
(Trifast, Group or Company)
Leading international specialists in the engineering, manufacture and distribution
of high quality industrial and Category 'C' components principally to major global assembly industries
"Our fastenings enable innovation today to build a better tomorrow"
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM')
Trifast plc ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 14 August 2020, and previously circulated to the Company's shareholders, were duly passed by way of a poll at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held today (22 September 2020). The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution are shown in the table below.
RESOLUTIONS |
TOTAL VOTES CAST (excluding Votes withheld) |
TOTAL FOR AND AT DISCRETION |
TOTAL AGAINST |
TOTAL WITHHELD |
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ORDINARY BUSINESS:
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|
|
|
|
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Resolution 1 To consider the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements and the reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 31 March 2020
|
106,903,835 |
106,886,398 |
17,437 |
2,719 |
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Resolution 2 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
|
106,875,262 |
103,565,733 |
3,309,529 |
31,293 |
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Resolution 3 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
|
106,878,669 |
95,468,167 |
11,410,502 |
27,885 |
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Resolution 4 To re-elect Mark Belton as a Director
|
106,903,836 |
106,688,135 |
215,701 |
2,719 |
|
Resolution 5 To re-elect Clare Foster as a Director |
106,903,836 |
106,669,196 |
234,640 |
2,719 |
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Resolution 6 To re-elect Scott Mac Meekin as a Director
|
106,903,836
|
106,653,836 |
250,000 |
2,719 |
|
Resolution 7 To re-elect Jonathan Shearman as a Director |
106,903,835 |
103,006,265
|
3,897,570 |
2,719 |
|
Resolution 8 To elect Claire Balmforth as a Director
|
106,903,836 |
106,900,157
|
3,679 |
2,719 |
|
Resolution 9 To elect Clive Watson as a Director |
106,876,000 |
106,859,338 |
16,662 |
30,555 |
|
Resolution 10 To appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company |
106,882,504 |
106,878,124 |
4,380 |
24,051 |
|
Resolution 11 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor
|
106,900,296 |
106,897,448 |
2,848 |
6,259 |
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Resolution 12 To allow the Directors authority to allot shares |
106,903,835 |
103,851,012 |
3,052,823 |
2,719 |
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SPECIAL BUSINESS: |
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Resolution 13 To allow the Directors authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights
|
106,900,757 |
100,648,111 |
6,252,646 |
5,797 |
Resolution 14 To allow the Directors authority for disapplication of Pre-emption rights for an acquisition or capital investment |
106,896,987 |
100,670,522 |
6,226,465 |
9,567 |
Resolution 15 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
106,900,987 |
106,828,151 |
72,836 |
5,567 |
Resolution 16 That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
106,901,986 |
105,751,617 |
1,150,369 |
4,569 |
Resolution 17 That the Company adopt the new Articles of Association |
106,658,138 |
106,658,138 |
0 |
248,417 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM will also be submitted to the FCA document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
This information can also be found on the Company's website at http://www.trifast.com/investors/shareholder-meetings/
Notes:
The 'for' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chairman. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
There were no questions from shareholders submitted via the investor website or during the AGM.
Computershare Investor Services, Registrars to the Company were appointed for the purpose of the Poll taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company held on 22 September 2020 and certify as scrutineers that the result of the Poll is correctly set above.
At today's date, 22 September 2020, there were 135,929,041 Trifast plc ordinary shares of 5p each in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
The 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2020, together with the Notice of AGM, were in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, submitted on 20 August 2020 to the FCA document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
The Annual Report is also available to view and download on the Company's website at http://www.trifast.com/investors/our-reports/ .
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Further enquiries please contact: Trifast plcLyndsey Case, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 1825 747630 |
Email:corporate.enquiries@trifast.com