Michelmersh Brick Holdings Plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC (AIM: MBH), the specialist brick manufacturer, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Thursday 18 May 2023, all resolutions were duly passed.
The results of the voting by way of a poll on the ordinary and special resolutions put to the AGM, and set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 6 April 2023, were as follows:
No |
RESOLUTION |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
TOTAL VOTES (EXCLUDING WITHHELD) |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
1 |
To receive the Company's Accounts and Reports of the directors and the auditors for the financial year ended 31 December 2022. |
58,231,358 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
58,231,358 |
61.14% |
11,959 |
2 |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2022 of 2.95 pence per ordinary share. |
58,241,638 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
58,241,638 |
61.15% |
1,679 |
3 |
To re-appoint CLA Evelyn Partners Limited as auditor of the Company. |
55,293,663 |
94.94 |
2,945,196 |
5.06 |
58,238,859 |
61.15% |
4,458 |
4 |
To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the remuneration of the auditor. |
58,237,689 |
100.00 |
1,170 |
0.00 |
58,238,859 |
61.15% |
4,458 |
5 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares. |
58,191,043 |
99.91 |
50,595 |
0.09 |
58,241,638 |
61.15% |
1,679 |
6 |
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply statutory pre-emption provisions on the allotment of shares. |
56,727,410 |
97.40 |
1,513,378 |
2.60 |
58,240,788 |
61.15% |
2,529 |
7 |
To dis-apply the pre-emption provisions fo the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments. |
56,719,410 |
97.43 |
1,494,378 |
2.57 |
58,213,788 |
61.12% |
29,529 |
8 |
To authorise the Company to buy back shares. |
54,636,096 |
99.97 |
17,579 |
0.03 |
54,653,675 |
57.38% |
3,589,642 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been included in the "for" totals.
2. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
3. The number of shares in issue at close of business on 16th May 2022 at 6.30pm was 95,903,579. The Company holds 658,000 shares in treasury.
For further information, please contact:
Michelmersh Brick Holdings plc Ryan Mahoney, CFO |
Tel: +44 (0)1825 430412 |
Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Max Hartley Bobbie Hilliam Harry Pardoe
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Richard Bootle Detlir Elizi Yasmina Benchekroun
|
Tel: +44 (0)20 7523 8000
Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800
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Yellow Jersey PR Charles Goodwin Annabelle Wills
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Tel: +44 (0)7747 788 221 Tel: +44 (0)7775 194 357
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About Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC:
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC is a business with seven market leading brands: Blockleys, Carlton, FabSpeed, Freshfield Lane, Michelmersh, Floren.be and Hathern Terra Cotta. These divisions operate within a fully integrated business, combining the production of premium, precision-made bricks, pavers, special shaped bricks, bespoke Terra Cotta products and prefabricated brick components. The Group also includes a landfill operator, New Acres Limited, and seeks to develop future landfill and development opportunities on ancillary land assets.
Established in 1997, the Company has grown through acquisition and organic growth into a profitable and asset rich business, producing over 122 million clay bricks and pavers per annum. Michelmersh currently owns most of the UK's premium manufacturing brick brands and is a leading specification brick and clay paving manufacturer.
Michelmersh strives to be a well invested, long term, sustainable, environmentally responsible business. Opportunity, training and security for all employees, whilst meeting the needs of stakeholders are at the forefront of everything we do. We aim to lead the way in producing some of Britain's premium clay products and enhancing our environment by adding value to the architectural landscape for generations to come.
We are Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC: we are "Britain's Brick Specialist".
Please visit the Group's websites at: www.mbhplc.co.uk and www.bimbricks.com