Annual General Meeting 2021 Results

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Forterra plc

18 May 2021

Forterra plc

Annual General Meeting 2021 Results

The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the offices of Forterra plc, Atherstone Road, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 7EL on Tuesday 18th May 2021 at 12:00pm.

All of the resolutions were voted upon by a show of hands and were passed by the requisite majority by shareholders.

The full text of each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.forterraplc.co.uk (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the notice).

The number of Proxy votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows. The total number of Ordinary shares in issue was 228,647,196 shares.

Resolution	Votes for		Votes Against		Total Votes Cast (excluding withheld)	Votes Withheld*
Resolution	No of Shares	% of shares voted	No of Shares	% of shares voted		No of shares
Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts to 31 December 2020	194,943,795	100	0	0	194,943,795	153,686
Resolution 2 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.	194,093,644	99.49	1,001,810	0.51	195,095,454	2,027
Resolution 3 To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor	195,092,637	99.99	424	0.01	195,093,061	4,420
Resolution 4 To declare the final dividend of 2.8 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2020	195,095,454	100	0	0	195,095,454	2,027
Resolution 5 To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director	192,522,585	99.31	1,336,476	0.69	193,859,061	1,238,420
Resolution 6 To re-elect Stephen Harrison as a Director	194,939,061	99.92	155,000	0.08	195,094,061	3,420
Resolution 7 To re-elect Ben Guyatt as a Director	194,720,378	99.81	373,683	0.19	195,094,061	3,420
Resolution 8 To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director	194,650,220	99.77	443,841	0.23	195,094,061	3,420
Resolution 9 To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director	194,650,220	99.77	443,841	0.23	195,094,061	3,420
Resolution 10 To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director	194,650,220	99.77	443,841	0.23	195,094,061	3,420
Resolution 11 To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	194,650,220	99.77	443,841	0.23	195,094,061	3,420
Resolution 12 To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages 101-108 of the Annual Report)	193,615,684	99.76	474,777	0.24	194,090,461	1,007,020
Resolution 13 To authorise the Company to make political donations	193,284,917	99.07	1,809,751	0.93	195,094,668	2,813
Resolution 14 To authorise the Directors to allot share capital	186,882,585	95.79	8,212,469	4.21	195,095,054	2,427
Resolution 15 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	190,308,878	97.55	4,785,852	2.45	195,094,730	2,751
Resolution 16 ** To disapply statutory exemption rights	189,166,086	96.96	5,923,130	3.04	195,089,216	8,265
Resolution 17 ** To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	193,983,874	99.47	1,035,562	0.53	195,019,436	78,045
Resolution 18 ** To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice	190,691,199	97.74	4,402,741	2.26	195,093,940	3,541

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 14-18 will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Notes:

*Votes 'withheld' are not votes under English law and so have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

** Special resolution.

For further information contact:

Forterra plc +44 (0)1604 707600

Ashley Thompson, Company Secretary

FTI Consulting:	+44 (0)20 3727 1340
Richard Mountain
Nick Hasell

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Title: Annual General Meeting 2021 Results
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Date: 18 May 2021
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