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2
May 2024
SIG plc
("SIG" or the
"Company")
Results
of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 2 May 2024
SIG plc announces that at its AGM
held earlier today, all the resolutions put to shareholders were
passed by the requisite majorities. Resolutions 1 -16 were
passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 - 20 were passed
as special resolutions. The results of the polls are as
follows:
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FOR
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%
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AGAINST
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%
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TOTAL
|
%OF
ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL
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WITHHELD
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|
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ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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1. To receive the
financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 together
with the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon
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952,960,659
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99.92%
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716,301
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0.08%
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953,676,960
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80.71%
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24,788,741
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2. To approve the Annual
Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the
Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December
2023
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945,578,316
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96.64%
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32,850,159
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3.36%
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978,428,475
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82.81%
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37,226
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3. To re-elect Andrew
Allner as a Director
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850,146,230
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89.11%
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103,873,496
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10.89%
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954,019,726
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80.74%
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24,433,975
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4. To re-elect Gavin Slark
as a Director
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978,195,264
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99.97%
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251,523
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0.03%
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978,446,787
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82.81%
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18,914
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5. To re-elect Ian Ashton
as a Director
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978,152,665
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99.97%
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294,523
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0.03%
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978,447,188
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82.81%
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18,513
|
|
|
6. To re-elect Shatish
Dasani as a Director
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974,986,769
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99.65%
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3,471,397
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0.35%
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978,458,166
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82.81%
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7,535
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7. To re-elect Bruno
Deschamps as a Director
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771,087,516
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89.47%
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90,786,890
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10.53%
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861,874,406
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72.94%
|
116,591,295
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8. To re-elect Kath
Durrant as a Director
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973,405,023
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99.48%
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5,044,231
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0.52%
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978,449,254
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82.81%
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16,447
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9. To re-elect Gillian
Kent as a Director
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873,106,800
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91.52%
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80,917,306
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8.48%
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954,024,106
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80.74%
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24,441,595
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10. To re-elect
Simon King as a Director
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975,037,900
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99.65%
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3,418,886
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0.35%
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978,456,786
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82.81%
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8,915
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11. To re-elect
Alan Lovell as a Director
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975,014,613
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99.65%
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3,440,689
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0.35%
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978,455,302
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82.81%
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10,399
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|
|
12. To re-elect
Diego Straziota as a Director
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861,608,946
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99.97%
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263,223
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0.03%
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861,872,169
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72.94%
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116,593,532
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13. To re-appoint
Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor to the Company
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953,961,597
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97.50%
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24,490,686
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2.50%
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978,452,283
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82.81%
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13,418
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14. To authorise
the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine the
Auditor's remuneration
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978,377,070
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99.99%
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65,840
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0.01%
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978,442,910
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82.81%
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22,791
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15. To authorise the
Company to make political donations and incur political
expenditure
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877,249,174
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89.66%
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101,197,288
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10.34%
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978,446,462
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82.81%
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19,239
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16. To authorise
the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to
subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the
Company
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878,388,282
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89.77%
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100,067,013
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10.23%
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978,455,295
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82.81%
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10,406
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SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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17. The Directors be
authorised pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity
securities for cash
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854,365,908
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87.32%
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124,091,532
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12.68%
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978,457,440
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82.81%
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8,261
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18. The Directors be
further authorised pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 to allot
equity securities for cash
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854,001,861
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87.28%
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124,433,415
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12.72%
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978,435,276
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82.81%
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30,425
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19. That the Company is
authorised pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 to make market
purchases
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953,882,860
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97.50%
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24,499,676
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2.50%
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978,382,536
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82.80%
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83,165
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20. That a general
meeting of the Company, other than AGM, may be called on not less
than 14 clear days' notice
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964,547,874
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98.58%
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13,912,436
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1.42%
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978,460,310
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82.81%
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5,391
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Notes
1. Any proxy
appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
included in the "for" total.
2. A "vote
withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation proportion of the votes "for" or "against" a
resolution.
3. In
accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions
passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have
been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
4. A copy of
the Annual General Meeting results will be available on the SIG plc
website at www.sigplc.com.
5. Issued
share capital as at 2 May 2024 is 1,181,556,977 ordinary shares of
10 pence each in the capital of the Company.
All resolutions were duly passed, and
we would like to take this opportunity to thank our shareholders
for their ongoing support.
Enquiries
SIG
plc
Andrew Watkins, Group General
Counsel & Company Secretary
+44
(0) 114 285 6300