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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                                                                       % of         Number of  % of        Number of

votes
vote
votes
vote
votes
 1   To receive the annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31     118,567,901  99.98      26,744      0.02       10,725,664
     December 2023
 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
(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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