Thursday 29 July 2021
Trifast plc
(Trifast or Company)
Leading international specialists in the engineering, manufacture, and distribution
of high quality industrial fastenings and Category 'C' components principally to major global assembly industries
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Trifast plc ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 28 June 2021, and previously circulated to the Company's shareholders, were duly passed. Computershare Investor Services PLC, Registrars to the Company were appointed for the purpose of the Poll taken at the AGM held yesterday (12 noon, 28 July 2021) and certify as scrutineers that the result of the Poll is correctly set out below:
| RESOLUTIONS | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTES TOTAL | % of ISC | VOTES WITHELD | |
| ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS: |
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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 2021.
| 113,080,283 | 100.00% | 3,600 | 0.00% | 113,083,883 | 83.12% | 9,650 | |
| Resolution 2 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report contained in the Annual Report.
| 107,254,155 | 94.86% | 5,807,886 | 5.14% | 113,062,041 | 83.11% | 31,492 | |
| Resolution 3 To declare a final dividend of 1.60p per share.
| 113,087,104 | 100.00% | 1,279 | 0.00% | 113,088,383 | 83.13% | 5,150 | |
| Resolution 4 To re-elect Jonathan Shearman as a Director.
| 110,574,091 | 97.78% | 2,513,677 | 2.22% | 113,087,768 | 83.13% | 5,765 | |
| Resolution 5 To re-elect Mark Belton as a Director. | 113,070,890 | 100.00% | 4,879 | 0.00% | 113,075,769 | 83.12% | 17,764 | |
| Resolution 6 To re-elect Clare Foster as a Director.
| 113,070,155 | 100.00% | 4,879 | 0.00% | 113,075,034 | 83.12% | 18,499 | |
| Resolution 7 To re-elect Clive Watson as a Director. | 113,082,155 | 100.00% | 4,879 | 0.00% | 113,087,034 | 83.13% | 6,499 | |
| Resolution 8 To re-elect Scott Mac Meekin as a Director.
| 113,047,890 | 99.96% | 39,879 | 0.04% | 113,087,769 | 83.13% | 5,764 | |
| Resolution 9 To re-elect Claire Balmforth as a Director. | 107,281,676 | 94.86% | 5,807,292 | 5.14% | 113,088,968 | 83.13% | 4,565 | |
| Resolution 10 To appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company. | 113,076,158 | 99.99% | 7,279 | 0.01% | 113,083,437 | 83.12% | 10,096 | |
| Resolution 11 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor.
| 113,068,629 | 100.00% | 3,600 | 0.00% | 113,072,229 | 83.12% | 21,304 | |
| Resolution 12 To allow the Directors authority to allot shares. | 109,593,557 | 96.92% | 3,477,936 | 3.08% | 113,071,493 | 83.11% | 22,040 | |
| SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS: |
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| Resolution 13 To allow the Directors authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights.
| 109,642,174 | 96.97% | 3,429,054 | 3.03% | 113,071,228 | 83.11% | 22,305 | |
| Resolution 14 To allow the Directors authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights for an acquisition or capital investment. | 109,680,662 | 97.00% | 3,396,786 | 3.00% | 113,077,448 | 83.12% | 16,085 | |
| Resolution 15 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares. | 113,013,952 | 99.94% | 66,846 | 0.06% | 113,080,798 | 83.12% | 12,735 | |
| Resolution 16 That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
| 112,944,783 | 99.87% | 144,921 | 0.13% | 113,089,704 | 83.13% | 3,829 | |
| ORDINARY RESOLUTION: |
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| Resolution 17 To adopt the amended employee share plan. | 113,012,908 | 100.00% | 3,600 | 0.00% | 113,016,508 | 83.07% | 76,025 | |
Dividend
Following approval by shareholders, a final dividend of 1.60p will be paid on 15 October 2021 to Members on the register at the close of business on 17 September 2021. The ordinary shares will become ex-dividend on 16 September 2021.
Enquiries to
Lyndsey Case, Company Secretary
Trifast plc
Office: 44 (0) 1825 747630
Email: Companysecretariat@trifast.com
Notes:
There were no questions from shareholders submitted via the investor website, or during the AGM.
At 28 July 2021 there were 136,042,435 Trifast plc ordinary shares of 5p each in issue (ISC). Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
The 2021 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2021, together with the Notice of AGM, were in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, submitted on 28 June 2021 to the FCA document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The Annual Report is also available to view and download on the Company's website at http://www.trifast.com/investors/our-reports/.
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.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM will also be submitted to the FCA document viewing facility at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
This information will also be found on the Company's website at http://www.trifast.com/investors/shareholder-meetings/
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