Result of AGM
LONDON, April 18, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
18 April 2024
SEGRO plc (the Company)
Results of Annual General Meeting
A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held earlier today. All resolutions were passed and the results are as follows:
Resolution | For (including discretionary) | Against | Withheld** | ||
Number of votes | Percentage of votes | Number of votes | Percentage of votes | Number of votes | |
1. To receive the financial statements and the reports of the Directors and the auditor. | 1,130,791,794 | 100.00 | 16,310 | 0.00 | 4,018,844 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 19.1 pence per ordinary share. | 1,129,570,067 | 99.54 | 5,249,229 | 0.46 | 7,652 |
3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report. | 1,111,138,783 | 97.98 | 22,941,012 | 2.02 | 747,153 |
4. To re-elect Andy Harrison as a Director. | 1,103,627,261 | 97.27 | 30,991,260 | 2.73 | 203,518 |
5. To re-elect Mary Barnard as a Director. | 1,134,142,531 | 99.94 | 632,026 | 0.06 | 47,483 |
6. To re-elect Sue Clayton as a Director. | 1,130,759,791 | 99.65 | 4,021,408 | 0.35 | 40,840 |
7. To re-elect Soumen Das as a Director. | 1,134,340,210 | 99.96 | 442,832 | 0.04 | 38,998 |
8. To re-elect Carol Fairweather as a Director. | 1,134,066,460 | 100.00 | 43,031 | 0.00 | 712,549 |
9. To re-elect Simon Fraser as a Director. | 1,134,069,188 | 100.00 | 47,614 | 0.00 | 705,238 |
10. To re-elect David Sleath as a Director. | 1,134,733,284 | 100.00 | 55,800 | 0.00 | 32,956 |
11. To re-elect Linda Yueh as a Director. | 1,076,540,682 | 94.87 | 58,229,788 | 5.13 | 51,568 |
12. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company. | 1,129,687,260 | 99.61 | 4,432,817 | 0.39 | 706,901 |
13. To authorise the Audit Committee (on behalf of the Board) to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 1,133,100,223 | 99.96 | 397,729 | 0.04 | 1,328,996 |
14. To authorise political donations under the Companies Act 2006. | 1,119,268,363 | 98.95 | 11,863,761 | 1.05 | 3,694,824 |
15. To confer on the Directors a general authority to allot ordinary shares. | 1,100,462,295 | 96.97 | 34,347,465 | 3.03 | 17,187 |
16. To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend in place of a cash dividend. | 1,134,720,265 | 99.99 | 80,056 | 0.01 | 26,627 |
17. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to ordinary shares allotted under the authority granted by resolution 15. * | 1,096,272,151 | 96.61 | 38,516,084 | 3.39 | 38,713 |
18. To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. * | 986,550,434 | 87.36 | 142,720,391 | 12.64 | 5,556,119 |
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. * | 1,129,223,433 | 99.67 | 3,789,790 | 0.33 | 1,809,442 |
20. To enable a general meeting other than an annual general meeting to be held on not less than 14 clear days’ notice. * | 1,013,289,569 | 89.56 | 118,179,946 | 10.44 | 3,353,149 |
* Indicates a special resolution.
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution.
The number of shares in issue as at the date of this announcement is 1,338,190,555.
Stephanie Murton
Head of Legal and Company Secretary
020 7451 9083
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