Result of AGM

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

29 June 2023

 

Morgan Advanced Materials plc (the "Company")

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Company confirms that all resolutions set out in the notice of its 2023 Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll, at the meeting held on 29 June 2023. 

The poll results of each resolution are set out below. The number of the Company's Ordinary shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting was 285,369,988.
Each share carried one vote.

Resolution	Votes For (see note 1)		Votes Against (see note 1)		Votes Withheld (see note 2)	Total Votes Cast (excl. withheld votes)	% of total issued share capital voted (excl. withheld votes)
	Number of shares	% of total voted	Number of shares	% of total voted
1.    To receive the audited accounts and the Auditor's and Directors' Reports for the year ended 31 December 2022	238,823,846	100.00%	4,475	0.00%	189,575	238,828,321	83.69
2.    To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	234,867,882	98.30%	4,064,024	1.70%	85,987	238,931,906	83.73
3.   To approve the final dividend	238,997,000	100.00%	1,405	0.00%	19,491	238,998,405	83.75
4.   To re-elect Jane Aikman as a Director	237,238,824	99.27%	1,755,660	0.73%	23,412	238,994,484	83.75
5.   To elect Richard Armitage as a Director	238,195,449	99.67%	799,035	0.33%	23,412	238,994,484	83.75
6.   To re-elect Helen Bunch as a Director	236,113,303	98.80%	2,871,181	1.20%	33,412	238,984,484	83.75
7.   To elect Ian Marchant as a Director	238,812,844	99.92%	180,530	0.08%	24,522	238,993,374	83.75
8.   To re-elect Laurence Mulliez as a Director	237,037,675	99.18%	1,956,809	0.82%	23,412	238,994,484	83.75
9.   To re-elect Pete Raby as a Director	238,779,628	99.91%	214,856	0.09%	23,412	238,994,484	83.75
10. To re-elect Clement Woon as a Director	237,093,268	99.20%	1,901,216	0.80%	23,412	238,994,484	83.75
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company	238,688,437	99.94%	148,775	0.06%	180,684	238,837,212	83.69
12. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration	238,977,572	99.99%	33,322	0.01%	7,002	239,010,894	83.75
13.   To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	235,999,781	98.75%	2,999,299	1.25%	18,816	238,999,080	83.75
14.   To authorise the Directors to allot shares	231,272,013	96.76%	7,737,059	3.24%	8,824	239,009,072	83.75
15.* To empower the Directors to generally disapply pre-emption rights up to a specified limit	238,333,803	99.72%	674,517	0.28%	9,576	239,008,320	83.75
16.* To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with acquisitions or capital investments up to a specified limit	236,048,066	98.76%	2,966,199	1.24%	3,631	239,014,265	83.76
17.* To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary shares up to the specified limit	237,993,450	99.58%	1,000,506	0.42%	23,940	238,993,956	83.75
18.* To enable the Company to convene a general meeting (other than AGMs) on at least 14 days' notice	233,447,438	97.67%	5,567,937	2.33%	2,521	239,015,375	83.76

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed by Morgan Advanced Materials plc shareholders concerning items other than ordinary business have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstorage

Board Changes

Further to the announcement on 18 January 2023, the Company confirms that Douglas Caster has retired as Chair and Non-executive Director and that Ian Marchant has taken over as Chair following the conclusion of the AGM today.

Notes:

1.     Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. Votes "for" include those at the Chairman's discretion.

2.     Votes "withheld" are not votes in law and, therefore, have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

*     Indicates special resolution.

Enquiries:  Win Chime, Company Secretary

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Legal Entity Identifier: I4K14LL95N2PHDL7EG85

 

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