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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