31 Mar 2016
At the Annual General Meeting of Low & Bonar PLC (the 'Company') held at The Pullman Hotel St Pancras, 100-110 Euston Road, London NW1 2JA on Thursday 31 March 2016 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 | Votes cast | **Votes withheld | |||
No. of shares | % of shares voted | No. of shares | % of shares voted | % of issued share capital | No. of shares | ||
1 | To receive the annual report and accounts | 245,696,090 | 99.99 | 24,400 | 0.01 | 74.69 | 2,345 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 244,446,711 | 99.51 | 1,198,168 | 0.49 | 74.67 | 77,956 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 1.80p per ordinary share | 245,701,927 | 99.99 | 17,831 | 0.01 | 74.69 | 3,077 |
4 | To elect Kevin Matthews | 245,475,253 | 99.91 | 225,408 | 0.09 | 74.68 | 22,174 |
5 | To re-elect Martin Flower | 245,124,203 | 99.76 | 583,018 | 0.24 | 74.69 | 15,614 |
6 | To re-elect Brett Simpson | 243,718,352 | 99.19 | 1,992,309 | 0.81 | 74.69 | 12,174 |
7 | To re-elect Steve Hannam | 238,858,963 | 97.21 | 6,851,258 | 2.79 | 74.69 | 12,614 |
8 | To re-elect Mike Holt | 244,725,816 | 99.60 | 984,155 | 0.40 | 74.69 | 12,864 |
9 | To re-elect Trudy Schoolenberg | 245,469,204 | 99.91 | 230,457 | 0.09 | 74.68 | 23,174 |
10 | To re-elect John Sheldrick | 244,617,925 | 99.56 | 1,092,736 | 0.44 | 74.69 | 12,174 |
11 | To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company | 243,769,662 | 99.71 | 712,467 | 0.29 | 74.31 | 1,240,706 |
12 | To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration | 245,692,057 | 99.99 | 17,027 | 0.01 | 74.69 | 13,751 |
13 | To authorise the directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 245,491,963 | 99.92 | 192,774 | 0.08 | 74.68 | 38,098 |
14* | To empower the directors to allot equity securities as though section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to such allotment | 228,053,311 | 92.83 | 17,624,060 | 7.17 | 74.68 | 45,464 |
15* | To allow general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 203,351,181 | 82.77 | 42,341,934 | 17.23 | 74.68 | 29,720 |
*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 328,984,945 ordinary shares in issue as at 6:00pm on 29 March 2016 (the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the Annual General Meeting were entered on the register of members).
Copies of the resolutions passed, other than the resolutions constituting ordinary business, at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
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