Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 0516N
SIG PLC
02 May 2024
 

LEI: 213800VDC1BKJEZ8PV53

2 May 2024

 

SIG plc

("SIG" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 2 May 2024

 

SIG plc announces that at its AGM held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were passed by the requisite majorities.  Resolutions 1 -16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 - 20 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the polls are as follows:

 

 

 

FOR

%

AGAINST

%

TOTAL

%OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

WITHHELD

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.       To receive the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 together with the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon

952,960,659

 

99.92%

 

716,301

 

0.08%

 

953,676,960

 

80.71%

 

24,788,741

 

2.       To approve the Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023

945,578,316

 

96.64%

 

32,850,159

 

3.36%

 

978,428,475

 

82.81%

 

37,226

 

3.       To re-elect Andrew Allner as a Director

850,146,230

 

89.11%

 

103,873,496

 

10.89%

 

954,019,726

 

80.74%

 

24,433,975

 

4.       To re-elect Gavin Slark as a Director

978,195,264

 

99.97%

 

251,523

 

0.03%

 

978,446,787

 

82.81%

 

18,914

 

5.       To re-elect Ian Ashton as a Director

978,152,665

 

99.97%

 

294,523

 

0.03%

 

978,447,188

 

82.81%

 

18,513

 

6.       To re-elect Shatish Dasani as a Director

974,986,769

 

99.65%

 

3,471,397

 

0.35%

 

978,458,166

 

82.81%

 

7,535

 

7.       To re-elect Bruno Deschamps as a Director

771,087,516

 

89.47%

 

90,786,890

 

10.53%

 

861,874,406

 

72.94%

 

116,591,295

 

8.       To re-elect Kath Durrant as a Director

973,405,023

99.48%

5,044,231

0.52%

978,449,254

82.81%

16,447

9.       To re-elect Gillian Kent as a Director

873,106,800

91.52%

80,917,306

8.48%

954,024,106

80.74%

24,441,595

10.    To re-elect Simon King as a Director

975,037,900

99.65%

3,418,886

0.35%

978,456,786

82.81%

8,915

11.    To re-elect Alan Lovell as a Director

975,014,613

99.65%

3,440,689

0.35%

978,455,302

82.81%

10,399

12.    To re-elect Diego Straziota as a Director

861,608,946

99.97%

263,223

0.03%

861,872,169

72.94%

116,593,532

13.    To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company

953,961,597

97.50%

24,490,686

2.50%

978,452,283

82.81%

13,418

14.    To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine the Auditor's remuneration

978,377,070

99.99%

65,840

0.01%

978,442,910

82.81%

22,791

15.   To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure

877,249,174

89.66%

101,197,288

10.34%

978,446,462

82.81%

19,239

16.    To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company

878,388,282

89.77%

100,067,013

10.23%

978,455,295

82.81%

10,406

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS








17.  The Directors be authorised pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities for cash

854,365,908

87.32%

124,091,532

12.68%

978,457,440

82.81%

8,261

18.  The Directors be further authorised pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities for cash

854,001,861

 

87.28%

124,433,415

12.72%

978,435,276

82.81%

30,425

19.  That the Company is authorised pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases

953,882,860

97.50%

24,499,676

2.50%

978,382,536

82.80%

83,165

20.  That a general meeting of the Company, other than AGM, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

964,547,874

98.58%

13,912,436

1.42%

978,460,310

82.81%

5,391

                       

 

 

Notes

1.         Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

2.         A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

3.         In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

4.         A copy of the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com.

5.         Issued share capital as at 2 May 2024 is 1,181,556,977 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company.

All resolutions were duly passed, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our shareholders for their ongoing support.

 

Enquiries

 

SIG plc

Andrew Watkins, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary                                    +44 (0) 114 285 6300

 

 

 

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