Result of AGM

 

SIG plc

 

12 May 2016

                                                                                                                                 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

SIG plc announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 7 April 2016 previously circulated to shareholders were passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting held today.

The proxy voting totals for each resolution (all of which were passed on a show of hands) are as follows:-

Resolution For Against Withheld 1   To receive the financial statements 454,279,282 261,781 21,758 2 To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Report on Remuneration 453,913,035 638,000 11,786 3   To declare a final dividend 454,546,046 1,847 14,928 4   To re-elect A Abt 454,085,918 451,482 23,421 5   To re-elect J E Ashdown 454,142,687 396,713 23,421 6   To re-elect M Ewell 454,149,212 390,938 22,671 7   To re-elect C V Geoghegan 454,147,588 402,039 13,194 8   To re-elect S R Mitchell 432,503,357 22,047,270 12,194 9   To re-elect J C Nicholls 451,471,192 3,077,685 13,944 10 To re-elect D G Robertson 447,315,392 7,234,235 13,194 11 To re-elect L Van de Walle 447,185,754 5,417,821 1,959,246 12  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor 450,203,118 4,356,522 3,181 13  To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the Auditors' remuneration 454,520,161 27,898 14,762 14  To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company 440,499,473 13,452,511 610,837 15  To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash 434,830,041 17,802,935 1,929,845 16 To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own shares 450,847,775 3,711,298 3,748

Notes

1.     Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total;

2.     A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a resolution;

3.     In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do;

4.     A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting is also available on the SIG plc website at www.sigplc.com;

5.     Issued share capital as at 12 May 2016 is 591,353,014 Ordinary Shares.

 

Enquiries: Angela Wakes, Deputy Company Secretary - Telephone 0114 285 7525