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Forterra plc
21 May 2024
 

Forterra plc

 

Annual General Meeting 2024 Results

 

The Annual General Meeting of Forterra plc (the "Company") was held at the offices of Forterra plc, Atherstone Road, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 7EL on Tuesday 21st May 2024 at 12:00pm.

 

All of the resolutions were voted upon by poll and were passed by shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares in issue was 212,803,389 shares.

 

The full text of each resolution is contained in the notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.forterraplc.co.uk (with each resolution number below corresponding to the resolution number in the notice).

 

The total number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows.

 

Resolution

Votes for

Votes Against

Total Votes Cast (excluding withheld)

Votes Withheld*

No of Shares

% of shares voted

No of Shares

% of shares voted

 

No of shares

Resolution 1

To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts to 31 December 2023

 

173,953,231

100%

419

0%

173,953,650

102,952

Resolution 2

To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor.

 

173,044,062

99%

1,009,756

1%

174,053,818

2,784

Resolution 3

To authorise the remuneration of the Auditor

 

174,050,525

100%

2,842

0%

174,053,367

3,235

Resolution 4

To declare the final dividend of 3.7 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2023

 

174,056,602

100%

0

0%

174,056,602

0

Resolution 5

To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director

 

172,572,883

99%

1,480,515

1%

174,053,398

3,204

Resolution 6

To re-elect Neil Ash as a

Director

 

174,043,706

100%

10,071

0%

174,053,777

2,825

Resolution 7

To re-elect Ben Guyatt as a Director

 

173,886,155

100%

167,178

0%

174,053,333

3,269

Resolution 8

To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Director

 

 

172,202,460

99%

1,852,272

1%

174,054,732

1,870

Resolution 9

To re-elect Divya Seshamani as a Director

 

172,995,171

99%

1,058,162

1%

174,053,333

3,269

Resolution 10

To re-elect Martin Sutherland as a Director

 

172,997,858

99%

1,055,475

1%

174,053,333

3,269

Resolution 11

To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director

 

172,994,122

99%

1,059,211

1%

174,053,333

3,269

Resolution 12

To re-elect Gina Jardine as a

Director

 

173,000,049

99%

1,054,684

1%

174,054,733

1,869

Resolution 13

To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee (excluding the Remuneration Policy set out on pages [134-144] of the Annual Report)

 

162,523,516

95%

8,514,890

5%

171,038,406

3,018,196

Resolution 14

To authorise the Company to make political donations

 

170,960,571

98%

3,088,262

2%

174,048,833

7,769

Resolution 15

To authorise the Directors to allot share capital

 

168,372,594

97%

5,682,623

3%

174,055,217

1,385

Resolution 16 **

To disapply statutory exemption rights

 

168,053,701

97%

5,981,415

3%

174,035,116

21,486

Resolution 17 **

To disapply statutory exemption rights

 

167,374,923

96%

6,666,410

4%

174,041,333

15,269

Resolution 18 **

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 

173,018,083

99%

1,008,028

1%

174,026,111

30,491

Resolution 19 **

To authorise the Company to hold general meetings (other than an Annual General meeting) with 14 clear days' notice

 

172,489,757

99%

1,565,674

1%

174,055,431

1,171

 

 

In accordance with the requirements of LR 9.6.3 and 9.6.18 copies of Resolutions 15-19 will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

Notes:

 

*Votes 'withheld' are not votes under English law and so have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried.  Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

 

** Special resolution.

 

 

For further information contact:




Forterra plc

+44 (0)1604 707600

Frances Tock, Company Secretary

 


FTI Consulting:

+44 (0)20 3727 1340

Richard Mountain


Nick Hasell


 

 

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