Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Trifast plc
(Trifast, Group or Company)
Leading international specialists in the engineering, manufacturing and distribution
of high quality, industrial fastenings to major global assembly industries
"HOLDING THE WORLD TOGETHER"
RESULTS OF VOTING AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM')
AND
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
RESULTS OF VOTING
Trifast plc ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 24 June 2019, and previously circulated to the Company's shareholders, were passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held today (24 July 2019). The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM dated 24 June 2019. Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution (all of which were passed on a show of hands) are shown in the table below.
Number of shareholders in attendance: 20
RESOLUTIONS |
TOTAL VOTES CAST (excluding Votes withheld) |
TOTAL FOR AND AT DISCRETION |
TOTAL AGAINST |
TOTAL WITHHELD |
ORDINARY BUSINESS: |
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Resolution 1 To consider the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements and the reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 31 March 2019. |
77,745,754 |
77,745,754 |
0 |
0 |
Resolution 2 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2019. |
77,736,247 |
77,334,887 |
401,360 |
9,507 |
Resolution 3 . To declare a final dividend of 3.05p per ordinary share. . (total for the year 4.25p) . |
77,745,754 |
77,745,754 |
0 |
0 |
Resolution 4 To re-elect Malcolm Diamond as a Director of the Company. |
75,742,335 |
65,235,727 |
10,506,608 |
2,003,418 |
Resolution 5 To re-elect Mark Belton as a Director of the Company. |
77,745,754 |
77,260,698 |
485,056 |
0 |
Resolution 6 To re-elect Clare Foster as a Director of the Company. |
77,745,754 |
77,729,793 |
15,961 |
0 |
Resolution 7 To re-elect Glenda Roberts as a Director of the Company. |
77,745,754 |
77,500,454 |
245,300 |
0 |
Resolution 8 To re-elect Neil Warner as a Director of the Company. |
74,422,178 |
74,408,373 |
13,805 |
3,323,575 |
Resolution 9 To re-elect Jonathan Shearman as a Director of the Company. |
77,745,753 |
74,275,224 |
3,470,529 |
0 |
Resolution 10 To re-elect Scott Mac Meekin as a Director of the Company. |
77,745,754 |
77,710,754 |
35,000 |
0 |
Resolution 11 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting. |
77,736,359 |
76,697,295 |
1,039,064 |
9,394 |
Resolution 12 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor. |
77,745,754 |
77,742,754 |
3,000 |
0 |
Resolution 13 To allow the Directors the Authority to allot relevant securities |
77,744,898 |
77,742,106 |
2,792 |
856 |
SPECIAL BUSINESS: |
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Resolution 14 Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
77,741,248 |
74,668,241 |
3,073,007 |
4,506 |
Resolution 15 Disapplication of pre-emption rights for an acquisition or capital investment |
77,732,903 |
74,678,787 |
3,054,116 |
12,850 |
Resolution 16 THAT the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") of ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ("ordinary shares"). |
77,742,651 |
77,706,877 |
35,774 |
3,102 |
Resolution 17 THAT a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 days' notice. |
77,742,652 |
77,625,106 |
117,546 |
3,102 |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
Further enquiries please contact: Trifast plcLyndsey Case, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 1825 747630 Email: [email protected] |
Notes:
The 'for' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chairman. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS (TVR)
At today's date, 24 July 2019, there were 122,074,529 Trifast plc ordinary shares of 5p each in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
The 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2019, together with the Notice of AGM, were uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM on 26 June 2019. A copy of both documents together with this announcement can also be found on the Company's website within: http://www.trifast.com/shareholder-information/agmgm-information.
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