TIDMWEIR
RNS Number : 7645X
Weir Group PLC
27 April 2023
THE WEIR GROUP PLC
27 April 2023
AGM Voting Results 2023
The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on
Thursday 27 April 2023 at 2.30 pm.
All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 17 to 20 were
passed as special resolutions.
The table below sets out the proxy voting results.
% of
VOTES VOTES VOTES ISC VOTES
FOR % AGAINST % TOTAL VOTED WITHHELD*
To receive and
adopt the report
and financial
statements for
Resolution year ended 31
1 December 2022. 216,110,112 99.99 13,856 0.01 216,123,968 83.25 3,878,782
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To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
Report (excluding
the Directors'
Resolution Remuneration
2 Policy). 209,599,282 95.29 10,370,788 4.71 219,970,070 84.73 15,680
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To approve a
final dividend
of 19.3 pence
per ordinary
share of 12.5
pence each in
Resolution the capital of
3 the Company. 219,995,926 100.00 5,424 0.00 220,001,350 84.74 1,400
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To re-elect Barbara
Jeremiah as a
Resolution Director of the
4 Company. 209,716,539 98.31 3,604,289 1.69 213,320,828 82.17 6,681,922
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To re-elect Jon
Stanton as a
Resolution Director of the
5 Company. 212,913,064 99.81 407,781 0.19 213,320,845 82.17 6,681,905
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To re-elect John
Heasley as a
Resolution Director of the
6 Company. 211,575,783 99.18 1,740,642 0.82 213,316,425 82.17 6,686,325
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To elect Dame
Nicola Brewer
Resolution as a Director
7 of the Company. 213,179,937 99.94 130,206 0.06 213,310,143 82.16 6,691,977
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To re-elect Clare
Chapman as a
Resolution Director of the
8 Company. 213,222,297 99.96 91,044 0.04 213,313,341 82.17 6,688,779
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To elect Tracey
Resolution Kerr as a Director
9 of the Company. 213,260,386 99.98 48,410 0.02 213,308,796 82.16 6,693,954
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To re-elect Ben
Resolution Magara as a Director
10 of the Company. 213,272,710 99.98 37,733 0.02 213,310,443 82.17 6,692,307
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To re-elect Sir
Jim McDonald
Resolution as a Director
11 of the Company. 213,240,348 99.96 76,678 0.04 213,317,026 82.17 6,685,724
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To re-elect
Srinivasan
Venkatakrishnan
Resolution as a Director
12 of the Company. 211,954,829 99.36 1,359,574 0.64 213,314,403 82.17 6,688,347
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To re-elect Stephen
Resolution Young as a Director
13 of the Company. 213,279,666 99.99 27,935 0.01 213,307,601 82.16 6,695,149
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To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Resolution LLP as Auditors
14 of the Company. 218,242,654 99.22 1,720,992 0.78 219,963,646 84.73 39,104
That the Company's
Audit Committee
be authorised
to determine
Resolution the remuneration
15 of the Auditors. 219,964,346 100.00 9,001 0.00 219,973,347 84.73 29,403
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To renew the
Directors' general
Resolution power to allot
16 shares. 192,256,795 87.40 27,724,524 12.60 219,981,319 84.73 21,431
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To disapply the
Resolution statutory pre-emption
17 provisions. 200,305,837 91.70 18,119,532 8.30 218,425,369 84.14 1,577,381
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To disapply the
statutory pre-emption
provisions in
connection with
an acquisition
Resolution or specified
18 capital investment. 194,178,004 88.94 24,140,178 11.06 218,318,182 84.09 1,684,568
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To renew the
Company's authority
Resolution to purchase its
19 own shares. 211,534,639 96.18 8,403,344 3.82 219,937,983 84.72 64,767
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To reduce the
Resolution notice period
20 for general meetings. 207,539,850 94.34 12,455,499 5.66 219,995,349 84.74 7,401
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* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of proportion of votes For and Against a
resolution.
a) Any votes that give discretion to the Chair have been included in
the "For" total.
b) At close of business on Thursday, 27 April 2023 there were 259,612,052
Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has
been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the
National Storage Mechanism which is located at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
For further information, please contact:
Graham Vanhegan
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 308 3771
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