Result of AGM

28 april 2016

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

28 April 2016

Voting Results

 

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 28 April 2016 at 2.30 pm.  All resolutions were passed on a poll with the exception of resolutions 4 and 17.  Resolutions 22 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.

 

 

 

No.	Resolution	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	To receive and adopt the report and financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 1 January 2016	156,001,097	99.94	94,217	0.06	156,095,314	72.95%	29,821
2	To declare a dividend	155,905,144	99.86	210,991	0.14	156,116,135	72.96%	13,000
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy)	148,724,820	95.30	7,337,581	4.70	156,062,401	72.93%	66,654
4	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	41,332,951	27.64	108,219,722	72.36	149,552,673	69.89%	6,576,461
5	To elect Dean Jenkins as a Director	152,535,554	97.75	3,511,119	2.25	156,046,673	72.93%	82,462
6	To re-elect Charles Berry as a Director	151,783,566	97.26	4,268,872	2.74	156,052,438	72.93%	76,697
7	To re-elect Keith Cochrane as a Director	148,981,434	95.47	7,062,738	4.53	156,044,172	72.93%	84,963
8	To re-elect Alan Ferguson as a Director	153,454,770	98.34	2,591,784	1.66	156,046,554	72.93%	82,581
9	To re-elect Melanie Gee as a Director	153,389,535	98.69	2,034,116	1.31	155,423,651	72.64%	705,484
10	To re-elect Mary Jo Jacobi as a Director	154,005,416	98.69	2,039,907	1.31	156,045,323	72.93%	83,812
11	To re-elect Sir Jim McDonald as a Director	153,844,252	98.59	2,206,347	1.41	156,050,599	72.93%	78,536
12	To re-elect Richard Menell as a Director	153,861,353	98.60	2,185,562	1.40	156,046,915	72.93%	82,220
13	To re-elect John Mogford as a Director	154,033,896	98.71	2,013,922	1.29	156,047,818	72.93%	81,317
14	To re-elect Jon Stanton as a Director	152,488,536	97.72	3,552,601	2.28	156,041,137	72.92%	87,998
15	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors	154,615,513	99.75	390,475	0.25	155,005,988	72.44%	931,486
16	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	156,059,406	99.97	51,230	0.03	156,110,636	72.96%	18,070
17	To approve amendments to the LTIP rules to take account of the proposed Directors' Remuneration Policy	41,513,164	27.76	108,025,192	72.24	149,538,356	69.89%	6,590,628
18	To approve amendments to the LTIP rules in relation to participants below Executive Director level	144,639,218	92.89	11,068,800	7.11	155,708,018	72.77%	421,017
19	To approve and adopt the rules of The Weir Group PLC 2016 UK Sharesave Scheme and US Sharesave Plan	151,534,936	97.18	4,404,812	2.82	155,939,748	72.88%	189,387
20	To authorise the Directors to offer a Scrip Dividend in place of a cash dividend	155,906,675	99.98	36,886	0.02	155,943,561	72.88%	184,182
21	To renew the Directors' general authority to allot shares	139,115,188	89.34	16,596,398	10.66	155,711,586	72.77%	411,744
22	To disapply, within certain limits, the statutory pre-emption rights arising on the allotment of shares	143,735,053	92.17	12,203,138	7.83	155,938,191	72.88%	184,639
23	To renew the Company's authority to purchase its own shares	154,502,155	99.08	1,432,111	0.92	155,934,266	72.87%	189,064
24	To reduce the notice period for general meetings	131,628,353	84.83	23,538,579	15.17	155,166,932	72.52%	956,396

 

1. Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
2. At close of business on 27 April 2016 there were 213,976,078 relevant shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). 

 

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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