Result of AGM

Dowlais Group PLC
21 May 2024
 

21 May 2024

 

DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

 

Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting

 

Dowlais Group plc (the "Company") announces that at the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting held earlier today at the office of Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 were passed by way of a poll.

 

A summary of the poll results in respect of each resolution is set out below.

 

Resolution

Votes for

% for

Votes against

% against

Total votes validly cast

% voted

Votes withheld

1

To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.

947,186,914

100.00

33,130

0.00

947,220,044

68.22%

3,716,382

2

To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

900,041,179

94.66

50,757,715

5.34

950,798,894

68.48%

137,532

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 31 December 2023.

887,847,035

99.36

5,723,411

0.64

893,570,446

64.36%

57,365,980

4

To declare a final dividend of 2.8 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2023.

950,894,232

100.00

8,299

0.00

950,902,531

68.49%

33,895

5

To elect Liam Butterworth as a Director.

950,651,429

99.98

185,451

0.02

950,836,880

68.48%

96,380

6

To elect Roberto Fioroni as a Director.

947,347,193

99.63

3,488,897

0.37

950,836,090

68.48%

97,170

7

To elect Simon Mackenzie Smith as a Director.

936,748,432

98.83

11,125,672

1.17

947,874,104

68.27%

3,059,156

8

To elect Celia Baxter as a Director.

942,395,623

99.11

8,430,400

0.89

950,826,023

68.48%

107,237

9

To elect Philip Harrison as a Director

942,473,768

99.12

8,354,911

0.88

950,828,679

68.48%

104,581

10

To elect Shali Vasudeva as a Director.

99.13

0.87

950,825,990

68.48%

107,270

11

To elect Fiona MacAulay as a Director.

938,834,688

98.74

11,982,790

1.26

950,817,478

68.48%

115,782

12

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company.

947,529,676

99.65

3,319,558

0.35

950,849,234

68.48%

87,192

13

To authorise the Audit Committee, acting for an on behalf of the Board, to determine the Auditors' remuneration.

950,591,901

99.98

235,670

0.02

950,827,571

68.48%

105,689

14

To give the Company limited authority to make political donations and expenditure.

929,767,371

98.30

16,099,186

1.70

945,866,557

68.12%

5,066,703

15

To renew the authority given to Directors to allot shares.

945,177,306

99.40

5,723,439

0.60

950,900,745

68.49%

32,515

16

To approve the Company's 2024 Omnibus Share Plan.

946,249,952

99.52

4,559,810

0.48

950,809,762

68.48%

123,498

17

To give the Directors authority to allot equity securities without application of pre-emption rights.

903,981,206

95.23

45,310,696

4.77

949,291,902

68.37%

1,641,358

18

To give the Directors authority to allot equity securities for the purpose of financing an acquisition or other capital investment without application of pre-emption rights.

897,413,895

94.38

53,434,019

5.62

950,847,914

68.48%

85,346

19

To authorise market purchases of shares.

947,604,039

99.67

3,106,951

0.33

950,710,990

68.47%

222,270

20

To approve the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting

on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

935,230,112

98.35

15,647,487

1.65

950,877,599

68.48%

55,661

 

Notes:

 

 

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and therefore is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

 

As at close of business on 17 May 2024 the number of ordinary shares of 1 penny each in issue was 1,388,466,446.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of all resolutions passed, other than those concerning ordinary business, will today be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

John Nicholson

General Counsel and Company Secretary

+44 (0)204 551 3383

LEI Number: 213800XM8WOFLY6VPC92

 

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