Results of Extraordinary General Meeting

RNS Number : 3719H

Synthomer PLC

31 July 2019

 

LEI: 213800EHT3TI1KPQQJ56

Synthomer plc (the "Company")

Results of Extraordinary General Meeting

The Company announces that the resolutions proposed at its Extraordinary General Meeting (the "Meeting") held earlier today, to approve the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of OMNOVA Solutions Inc. and to raise the borrowing restriction to £1.5 billion, both as set out in full in the Notice of the Meeting included in the Circular dated 10 July 2019, (together, the "Resolutions") were duly passed unconditionally on a show of hands.

In compliance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, the Resolutions passed at the Meeting have been submitted for filing at the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection on their website at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the Meeting, are set out below:

	For		Against		Discretion		Votes Withheld
Resolution Number and Description	Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes
Resolution 1: To approve the Acquisition of OMNOVA Solutions Inc	303,959,799	99.96	32,302	0.01	101,402	0.03	16,168
Resolution 2: To approve the amendment to Article 93 of the Articles of Association to raise the borrowing restriction to £1.5 billion	297,879,801	97.96	6,103,426	2.01	108,484	0.03	17,959

An abstention is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

Number of shareholders	-	2,622
Issued share capital at 6 p.m. on 29 July 2019	-	339,880,769 ordinary shares of 10 pence each
Number of votes per share	-	One
Number of proxies lodged	-	446

¹This excludes shares issued pursuant to the Rights Issue, which, in accordance with the timing of issue and the record date for the Meeting, did not carry any voting rights at the Meeting.

 

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