Result of AGM

Trifast PLC

15 September 2023

 

Friday 15 September 2023

Trifast plc

(Trifast or Company)

Leading international specialists in the engineering, manufacture, and distribution

of high quality industrial fastenings and Category 'C' components principally to major global assembly industries

RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

Trifast plc ('the Company') announces that at today's AGM, all resolutions* put to the Meeting and contained in the Notice of Meeting (NOM) dated 18 July 2023, and previously members on the register, were duly passed.  

The result of the Poll is set out below:

RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC	VOTES WITHELD
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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 2023.	98,216,740	100.00%	504	0.00%	98,217,244	72.16%	8,935
Resolution 2 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report contained in the Annual Report.	78,382,028	79.99%	19,605,842	20.01%	97,987,870	71.99%	238,309
Resolution 3 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Annual Report.	78,652,403	80.23%	19,380,051	19.77%	98,032,454	72.03%	193,725
Resolution 4 To declare a final dividend of 1.50p per share.	98,226,179	100.00%	0	0,00%	98,226,179	72.17%	0
Resolution 6 To re-elect Scott Mac Meekin as a Director.	98,011,457	99.79%	202,422	0.21%	98,213,879	72.16%	12,300
Resolution 7 To re-elect Clive Watson as a Director.	97,238,189	99.06%	922,690	0.94%	98,160,879	72.12%	65,300
Resolution 8 To re-elect Claire Balmforth as a Director.	78,778,211	80.25%	19,384,603	19.75%	98,162,814	72.12%	63,365
Resolution 9 To elect Darren Hayes-Powell as a Director.	98,143,020	99.93%	63,859	0.07%	98,206,879	72.16%	19,300
Resolution 10 To elect Louis Eperjesi as a Director.	98,018,457	99.99%	10,011	0.01%	98,028,468	72.02%	197,711
Resolution 11 To appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the next general meeting.	98,207,478	100%	2,498	0.00%	98,209,976	72.16%	16,203
Resolution 12 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor.	98,212,706	99.99%	11,538	0.01%	98,224,244	72.17%	1,935
Resolution 13 To allow the Directors authority to allot shares.	78,884,324	80.31%	19,339,920	19.69%	98,224,244	72.17%	1,935
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 14 To allow the Directors authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights.	79,108,868	80.54%	19,115,376	19.46%	98,224,244	72.17%	1,935
Resolution 15 To allow the Directors authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights for an acquisition or capital investment.	79,173,436	80.60%	19,050,808	19.40%	98,224,244	72.17%	1,935
Resolution 16 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	97,150,483	99.94%	57,502	0.06%	97,207,985	71.42%	1,018,194
Resolution 17 That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	97,298,474	99.06%	919,294	0.94%	98,217,768	72.16%	8,411

Voting

*Following the Company's announcement on 10 August 2023 regarding the Directorate change, Resolution 5 was withdrawn and therefore did not require a vote by Members.

Dividend

Following approval by shareholders, a final dividend of 1.50p will be paid on 13 October 2023 to Members on the register at the close of business on 29 September 2023.  The ordinary shares will become ex-dividend on 28 September 2023.

Enquiries to

Christopher Morgan, Company Secretary

Trifast plc

Office: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Notes:

The AGM was compliant with legal requirements for the AGM in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association.

The 'for' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chair. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

As detailed in the NOM, Shareholders were able to submit any questions regarding the business prior to the Meeting via the Company Secretariat Office.  No questions relating to the Resolutions were submitted ahead of the AGM by shareholders. Questions were put to the Board from the room and via the viewing platform Investor Meet Company (IMC). These are contained within the recording of the event which will be uploaded to the Company website in due course.

At 15 September 2023 there were 136,104,935 Trifast plc ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (ISC). Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.

The Annual Report together with ancillary documents are available to view and download on the Company's website at Trifast plc | Our reports

The 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2023, together with the Notice of AGM, were also, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, submitted on to the FCA document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

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 will also be found on the Company's website at Trifast plc | Shareholder meetings

 

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