THE WEIR GROUP PLC
28 April 2022
AGM Voting Results 2022
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 28 April 2022 at 2.30 pm.
All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.
The table below sets out the proxy voting results.
|
|
|
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% |
VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
|
Resolution 1
|
To receive and adopt the report and financial statements for year ended 31 December 2021.
|
215,345,579 |
100.00 |
3,201 |
0.00 |
215,348,780 |
82.95 |
4,341,464 |
|
Resolution 2
|
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy).
|
208,732,643 |
95.03 |
10,926,108 |
4.97 |
219,658,751 |
84.61 |
28,623 |
|
Resolution 3
|
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
|
193,938,328 |
90.47 |
20,430,745 |
9.53 |
214,369,073 |
82.57 |
5,321,171 |
|
Resolution 4
|
To approve a final dividend of 12.30p pence per ordinary share of 12.5 pence each in the capital of the Company.
|
219,668,393 |
99.99 |
17,797 |
0.01 |
219,686,190 |
84.62 |
4,054 |
|
Resolution 5
|
To re-elect John Stanton as a Director of the Company.
|
216,196,231 |
98.42 |
3,460,665 |
1.58 |
219,656,896 |
84.61 |
34,106 |
|
Resolution 6
|
To re-elect John Heasley as a Director of the Company.
|
218,003,026 |
99.25 |
1,652,225 |
0.75 |
219,655,251 |
84.61 |
35,751 |
|
Resolution 7
|
To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a Director of the Company.
|
208,875,283 |
95.59 |
9,635,762 |
4.41 |
218,511,045 |
84.17 |
1,179,957 |
|
Resolution 8
|
To re-elect Clare Chapman as a Director of the Company.
|
212,846,280 |
96.90 |
6,805,365 |
3.10 |
219,651,645 |
84.61 |
39,357 |
|
Resolution 9
|
To re-elect Engelbert Haan as a Director of the Company.
|
219,530,779 |
99.95 |
113,249 |
0.05 |
219,644,028 |
84.60 |
46,974 |
|
Resolution 10
|
To re-elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a Director of the Company.
|
201,736,324 |
92.00 |
17,542,319 |
8.00 |
219,278,643 |
84.46 |
412,359 |
|
Resolution 11
|
To re-elect Ben Magara as a Director of the Company.
|
219,523,140 |
99.95 |
120,430 |
0.05 |
219,643,570 |
84.60 |
47,432 |
|
Resolution 12
|
To re-elect Sir Jim McDonald as a Director of the Company.
|
203,178,245 |
95.24 |
10,146,678 |
4.76 |
213,324,923 |
82.17 |
6,365,321 |
|
Resolution 13
|
To re-elect Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as a Director of the Company.
|
215,983,568 |
98.33 |
3,657,621 |
1.67 |
219,641,189 |
84.60 |
46,910 |
|
Resolution 14
|
To re-elect Stephen Young as a Director of the Company.
|
219,549,045 |
99.95 |
102,779 |
0.05 |
219,651,824 |
84.61 |
36,275 |
|
Resolution 15
|
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company.
|
218,540,904 |
99.51 |
1,068,944 |
0.49 |
219,609,848 |
84.59 |
78,251 |
|
Resolution 16
|
That the Company's Audit Committee be authorised to determine the remuneration of the Auditors.
|
219,643,216 |
99.99 |
28,428 |
0.01 |
219,671,644 |
84.62 |
17,213 |
|
Resolution 17
|
To renew the Directors' general power to allot shares.
|
199,197,278 |
90.69 |
20,449,716 |
9.31 |
219,646,994 |
84.61 |
41,863 |
|
Resolution 18
|
To disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions.
|
218,641,639 |
99.61 |
861,117 |
0.39 |
219,502,756 |
84.55 |
186,101 |
|
Resolution 19
|
To disapply the statutory pre-emption provisions in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.
|
194,618,104 |
88.66 |
24,887,188 |
11.34 |
219,505,292 |
84.55 |
183,565 |
|
Resolution 20
|
To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares.
|
218,471,793 |
99.47 |
1,154,297 |
0.53 |
219,626,090 |
84.60 |
62,767 |
|
Resolution 21
|
To reduce the notice period for general meetings.
|
208,489,991 |
94.90 |
11,196,909 |
5.10 |
219,686,900 |
84.62 |
457 |
* 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 Thursday,28 April 2022 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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