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Low & Bonar PLC
12 April 2017
 

12 April 2017

 

 

Low & Bonar PLC

Results of 2017 Annual General Meeting


At the Annual General Meeting of Low & Bonar PLC (the "Company") held at The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS on Wednesday 12 April 2017 all the resolutions proposed were passed on a show of hands. 

 

The proxy votes received for each resolution were as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes for

Votes against

Discretional Votes

Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Witheld)



No. of shares

% of shares voted

No. of shares

% of shares voted

No. of shares

% of shares voted

% of issued share capital

1

To receive the annual report and accounts

213,825,463

99.94

1,400

0.00

129,424

0.06

213,956,287

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

211,845,762

99.08

1,840,017

0.86

133,294

0.06

213,819,073

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

213,585,104

99.88

127,426

0.06

129,924

0.06

213,842,454

4

To declare a final dividend of 2.0p per ordinary share

213,830,500

99.94

1,800

0.00

126,987

0.06

213,959,287

5

To elect Mike Powell

213,479,292

99.78

301,025

0.14

160,044

0.08

213,940,361

6

To re-elect Martin Flower

213,458,712

99.77

328,641

0.15

160,444

0.08

213,947,797

7

To re-elect Brett Simpson

212,844,947

99.48

940,946

0.44

162,594

0.08

213,948,487

8

To re-elect Steve Hannam

210,034,160

98.18

3,736,283

1.75

162,594

0.07

213,933,037

9

To re-elect Mike Holt

212,485,083

99.32

1,284,720

0.60

162,544

0.08

213,932,047

10

To re-elect Kevin Matthews

211,932,293

99.07

1,838,025

0.86

156,799

0.07

213,927,117

11

To re-elect Trudy Schoolenberg

213,465,668

99.78

301,625

0.14

159,824

0.08

213,927,117

12

To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company

210,910,363

98.58

2,897,528

1.35

135,112

0.07

213,943,003

13

To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration

213,662,905

99.87

138,427

0.06

135,924

0.07

213,937,256

14

To authorise the directors to allot securities pursuant to section 560 of the Companies Act 2006

213,466,218

99.81

274,772

0.13

137,049

0.06

213,878,039

15*

To empower the directors to allot equity securities as though section 561 (1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to such allotment

213,396,119

99.79

314,320

0.15

130,174

0.06

213,840,613

16*

In addition to any power given to them pursuant to resolution 15, to empower the directors to allot equity securities as though section 561 (1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to such allotment

213,298,578

99.72

466,861

0.22

130,174

0.06

213,895,613

17*

To allow general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

211,878,951

99.05

1,900,200

0.89

131,424

0.06

213,910,575

 

*Special resolution (75% majority required).

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

There were 329,369,565 ordinary shares in issue as at 6:00pm on 10 April 2017 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the Annual General Meeting were entered on the register  of members).

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 

 

In the Notice of Meeting it was indicated that John Sheldrick intended to resign and it is confirmed that he ceased to be a Non-executive Director at the conclusion of the AGM.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Low & Bonar PLC

 

Jeremy Rhodes, Company Secretary                          020 7535 3180

 

 


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