THE WEIR GROUP PLC
28 April 2020
AGM Voting Results 2020
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Tuesday 28 April 2020 at 2.30 pm.
All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
The table below sets out the proxy voting results.
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VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
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Resolution 1 |
To receive and adopt the report and financial statements. |
208,213,540 |
99.67 |
682,814 |
0.33 |
208,896,354 |
80.46% |
4,176,776 |
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Resolution 2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy). |
186,963,419 |
87.93 |
25,656,546 |
12.07 |
212,619,965 |
81.90% |
452,294 |
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Resolution 3
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To re-elect Cal Collins as a Director of the Company. |
209,807,724 |
98.48 |
3,239,949 |
1.52 |
213,047,673 |
82.06% |
25,458 |
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Resolution 4 |
To re-elect Clare Chapman as a Director of the Company. |
194,707,188 |
91.50 |
18,093,836 |
8.50 |
212,801,024 |
81.97% |
272,107 |
|
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Resolution 5 |
To re-elect Engelbert Haan as a Director of the Company. |
211,945,951 |
99.48 |
1,102,615 |
0.52 |
213,048,566 |
82.06% |
24,565 |
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Resolution 6 |
To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a Director of the Company. |
207,805,008 |
97.54 |
5,250,385 |
2.46 |
213,055,393 |
82.07% |
17,738 |
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Resolution 7 |
To re-elect Stephen Young as a Director of the Company. |
211,948,968 |
99.48 |
1,097,659 |
0.52 |
213,046,627 |
82.06% |
26,504 |
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Resolution 8 |
To re-elect Charles Berry as a Director of the Company. |
207,788,894 |
97.53 |
5,257,215 |
2.47 |
213,046,109 |
82.06% |
27,021 |
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Resolution 9 |
To re-elect Jon Stanton as a Director of the Company. |
209,818,350 |
98.48 |
3,233,711 |
1.52 |
213,052,061 |
82.07% |
21,070 |
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Resolution 10 |
To re-elect John Heasley as a Director of the Company. |
207,575,463 |
97.43 |
5,476,598 |
2.57 |
213,052,061 |
82.07% |
21,070 |
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Resolution 11 |
To re-elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a Director of the Company. |
211,684,480 |
99.36 |
1,373,013 |
0.64 |
213,057,493 |
82.07% |
15,638 |
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Resolution 12 |
To re-elect Sir Jim McDonald as a Director of the Company. |
211,629,710 |
99.33 |
1,421,428 |
0.67 |
213,051,138 |
82.07% |
21,993 |
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Resolution 13 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company. |
213,024,556 |
99.98 |
33,435 |
0.02 |
213,057,991 |
82.07% |
15,140 |
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Resolution 14 |
That the Company's Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration of the Auditors. |
213,044,574 |
99.99 |
25,505 |
0.01 |
213,070,079 |
82.07% |
3,052 |
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Resolution 15 |
To renew the Directors' general power to allot shares. |
190,043,753 |
89.19 |
23,026,019 |
10.81 |
213,069,772 |
82.07% |
3,359 |
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Resolution 16 |
To partially disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions. |
201,104,537 |
94.40 |
11,940,893 |
5.60 |
213,045,430 |
82.06% |
26,009 |
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Resolution 17 |
To partially disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. |
193,926,806 |
91.02 |
19,127,485 |
8.98 |
213,054,291 |
82.07% |
17,147 |
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Resolution 18 |
To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares. |
211,887,978 |
99.49 |
1,093,870 |
0.51 |
212,981,848 |
82.04% |
90,371 |
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Resolution 19 |
To reduce the notice period for general meetings. |
204,805,588 |
96.13 |
8,254,981 |
3.87 |
213,060,569 |
82.07% |
12,561 |
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* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes For and Against a resolution.
a) Any votes that give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
b) At close of business on 27 April 2020 there were 259,612,052 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
For further information, please contact:
Graham Vanhegan
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 308 3771
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