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.
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| For + discretion | Against | Withheld | |||
| Number of | % of | Number of | % of | Number of | ||
| 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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