TIDMWEIR

RNS Number : 2155L

Weir Group PLC

28 April 2020

THE WEIR GROUP PLC

28 April 2020

AGM Voting Results 2020

The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Tuesday 28 April 2020 at 2.30 pm.

All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 16 to 19 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 
 Resolution      and financial 
  1              statements.              208,213,540   99.67      682,814    0.33   208,896,354   80.46%   4,176,776 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To approve the 
                 Directors' 
                 Remuneration 
                 Report (excluding 
                 the Directors' 
 Resolution      Remuneration 
  2              Policy).                 186,963,419   87.93   25,656,546   12.07   212,619,965   81.90%     452,294 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Cal 
                 Collins as a 
   Resolution    Director of the 
   3             Company.                 209,807,724   98.48    3,239,949    1.52   213,047,673   82.06%      25,458 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Clare 
                 Chapman as a 
 Resolution      Director of the 
  4              Company.                 194,707,188   91.50   18,093,836    8.50   212,801,024   81.97%     272,107 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Engelbert 
 Resolution      Haan as a Director 
  5              of the Company.          211,945,951   99.48    1,102,615    0.52   213,048,566   82.06%      24,565 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Barbara 
                 Jeremiah as a 
 Resolution      Director of the 
  6              Company.                 207,805,008   97.54    5,250,385    2.46   213,055,393   82.07%      17,738 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Stephen 
 Resolution      Young as a Director 
  7              of the Company.          211,948,968   99.48    1,097,659    0.52   213,046,627   82.06%      26,504 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Charles 
 Resolution      Berry as a Director 
  8              of the Company.          207,788,894   97.53    5,257,215    2.47   213,046,109   82.06%      27,021 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Jon 
                 Stanton as a 
 Resolution      Director of the 
  9              Company.                 209,818,350   98.48    3,233,711    1.52   213,052,061   82.07%      21,070 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect John 
                 Heasley as a 
 Resolution      Director of the 
  10             Company.                 207,575,463   97.43    5,476,598    2.57   213,052,061   82.07%      21,070 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Mary 
                 Jo Jacobi as 
 Resolution      a Director of 
  11             the Company.             211,684,480   99.36    1,373,013    0.64   213,057,493   82.07%      15,638 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-elect Sir 
                 Jim McDonald 
 Resolution      as a Director 
  12             of the Company.          211,629,710   99.33    1,421,428    0.67   213,051,138   82.07%      21,993 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To re-appoint 
                 PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 Resolution      LLP as Auditors 
  13             of the Company.          213,024,556   99.98       33,435    0.02   213,057,991   82.07%      15,140 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                That the Company's 
                 Audit Committee 
                 be authorised 
                 to determine 
 Resolution      the remuneration 
  14             of the Auditors.         213,044,574   99.99       25,505    0.01   213,070,079   82.07%       3,052 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To renew the 
                 Directors' general 
 Resolution      power to allot 
  15             shares.                  190,043,753   89.19   23,026,019   10.81   213,069,772   82.07%       3,359 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To partially 
                 disapply the 
 Resolution      statutory pre-emption 
  16             provisions.              201,104,537   94.40   11,940,893    5.60   213,045,430   82.06%      26,009 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To partially 
                 disapply the 
                 statutory pre-emption 
                 provisions in 
                 connection with 
                 an acquisition 
 Resolution      or specified 
  17             capital investment.      193,926,806   91.02   19,127,485    8.98   213,054,291   82.07%      17,147 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To renew the 
                 Company's authority 
 Resolution      to purchase its 
  18             own shares.              211,887,978   99.49    1,093,870    0.51   212,981,848   82.04%      90,371 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
                To reduce the 
 Resolution      notice period 
  19             for general meetings.    204,805,588   96.13    8,254,981    3.87   213,060,569   82.07%      12,561 
               ------------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  -------  ---------- 
 
 

* 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 Chairman have been included in the "For" total. 

b) At close of business on 27 April 2020 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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