RNS Number : 8518N
Synthomer PLC
09 May 2024
 

Synthomer plc
Results of AGM

 

Synthomer plc (the 'Company') announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today were duly passed on a poll. The results of the poll are shown in the table below.

 

The Board appreciates the support shown by the majority of shareholders for the resolutions at today's AGM and notes the outcome of the voting on resolution 2 relating to the remuneration report. The Board takes seriously its responsibility to understand shareholders' views and perspectives and is committed to continuing a constructive and open dialogue on this and all other matters with shareholders as part of our ongoing programme of engagement.

 

 

For + discretion

Against

Withheld

Number of
votes

% of
vote

Number of
votes

% of
vote

Number of
votes

1

To receive the annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023

118,567,901

99.98

26,744

0.02

10,725,664

2

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration

71,624,948

55.40

57,668,772

44.60

26,588

3

To re-elect Ms CA Johnstone as a Director

118,493,641

91.65

10,796,198

8.35

30,469

4

To re-elect Mr M Willome as a Director

129,242,563

99.97

42,376

0.03

35,369

5

To re-elect Ms L Liu as a Director

129,150,494

99.89

138,649

0.11

31,165

6

To re-elect the Hon AG Catto as a Director

110,804,731

85.69

18,497,578

14.31

17,999

7

To re-elect Mr RC Gualdoni as a Director

125,320,621

96.93

3,967,821

3.07

31,866

8

To re-elect Dato' Lee Hau Hian as a Director

111,088,433

85.92

18,199,108

14.08

32,767

9

To elect Mr I Tyler as a Director

125,330,571

96.94

3,955,663

3.06

34,074

10

To re-elect Ms HA Van Deursen as a Director

109,812,561

84.93

19,482,548

15.07

25,199

11

To elect Ms M Flöel as a Director

127,843,477

98.88

1,443,104

1.12

33,727

12

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

118,034,776

91.30

11,245,101

8.70

40,431

13

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors

128,881,537

99.68

418,831

0.32

19,941

14

To authorise the Directors to allot shares*

128,190,939

99.14

1,112,866

0.86

16,503

15

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights*

116,543,439

90.13

12,761,756

9.87

15,113

16

To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments*

117,010,619

90.49

12,294,704

9.51

14,985

17

To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares*

118,540,358

91.67

10,776,417

8.33

3,533

18

To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice*

128,822,269

99.62

497,675

0.38

364

*Special Resolutions

 

Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received. A vote 'withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution. Votes were cast for a total of 129,320,308 ordinary shares of 1 pence per share, representing 79.06% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at close of business on 7 May 2024, which was the voting record date for the meeting, was 163,567,621 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. None of the Company's ordinary shares are held in treasury.

 

In compliance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, copies of resolutions relating to the special business passed at the Meeting will be submitted for filing at the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection on their  website at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800EHT3TI1KPQQJ56. Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 2.5, 3.1.

 

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