SEVERFIELD PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting 2022
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 10 am today, 8 September, all of the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.
Copies of all the resolutions passed will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for review at Financial Conduct Authority website (https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism).
A summary of Proxies received in respect of each resolution is set out below (a "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution):
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| | In Favour | Against | Total | Withheld | | ||
| Resolution | No of votes | % of votes | No of votes | % of votes | No of votes | No of votes | |
| 1. To receive and adopt the annual accounts and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 26 March 2022 together with the report of the auditor thereon. | 244,155,648 | 99.99 | 16,639 | 0.01 | 244,172,287 | 14,573 | |
| 2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report (other than the part containing the Directors' remuneration policy) for the financial year ended 26 March 2022 as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022. | 242,387,061 | 99.32 | 1,662,503 | 0.68 | 244,049,564 | 137,296 | |
| 3. To declare a final dividend of 1.9p per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 26 March 2022 payable on 14th October 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 9 September 2022. | 244,186,860 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 244,186,860 | 0 | |
| 4. To reappoint Ian Cochrane as a Director. | 244,078,871 | 99.97 | 77,810 | 0.03 | 244,156,681 | 30,179 | |
| 5. To reappoint Alan Dunsmore as a Director. | 244,082,697 | 99.97 | 73,984 | 0.03 | 244,156,681 | 30,179 | |
| 6. To reappoint Derek Randall as a Director. | 244,077,871 | 99.97 | 75,352 | 0.03 | 244,153,223 | 33,637 | |
| 7. To reappoint Adam Semple as a Director. | 244,078,871 | 99.97 | 74,352 | 0.03 | 244,153,223 | 33,637 | |
| 8. To reappoint Alun Griffiths as a Director. | 241,880,449 | 99.07 | 2,272,774 | 0.93 | 244,153,223 | 33,637 | |
| 9. To reappoint Tony Osbaldiston as a Director. | 241,879,949 | 99.07 | 2,273,274 | 0.93 | 244,153,223 | 33,637 | |
| 10. To reappoint Kevin Whiteman as a Director. | 239,580,289 | 98.13 | 4,572,934 | 1.87 | 244,153,223 | 33,637 | |
| 11. To reappoint Louise Hardy as a Director | 241,818,873 | 99.07 | 2,267,808 | 0.93 | 244,086,681 | 100,179 | |
| 12. To reappoint Rosie Toogood as a Director | 241,815,873 | 99.07 | 2,267,808 | 0.93 | 244,083,681 | 103,179 | |
| 13. To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2023. | 242,535,791 | 99.34 | 1,618,693 | 0.66 | 244,154,484 | 32,376 | |
| 14. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration. | 244,096,566 | 99.98 | 38,217 | 0.02 | 244,134,783 | 52,077 | |
| 15. To authorise the Directors to allot securities of the Company. | 243,997,233 | 99.94 | 152,943 | 0.06 | 244,150,176 | 36,684 | |
| 16. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of securities of the Company. | 244,022,677 | 99.95 | 117,194 | 0.05 | 244,139,871 | 46,989 | |
| 17. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. | 242,501,709 | 99.33 | 1,640,314 | 0.67 | 244,142,023 | 44,837 | |
| 18. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of the Company's ordinary shares. | 242,541,282 | 99.33 | 1,642,120 | 0.67 | 244,183,402 | 3,458 | |
| 19. That a general meeting of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 243,816,040 | 99.85 | 366,542 | 0.15 | 244,182,582 | 4,278 | |
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Mark Sanderson
Company Secretary 8th September 2022
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