EGM Statement
Results of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company
held at 10.30am on 21 January 2021.
Grafton Group plc (the “Company”) today (21 January 2021) held an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) during which shareholders approved all resolutions by substantial majorities.
All resolutions as set out in the Notice of EGM were voted on by way of a poll and the results were as follows:
Resolutions | Votes For1 | Votes Against1 | Total votes | Votes Withheld2 | Total (Inc. Withheld) | ||
% | % | ||||||
1. | 152,374,299 | 99.99 | 2,322 | 0.01 | 152,376,621
| 88,019 | 152,464,640
|
2. | 152,459,011 | 99.99 | 1,010 | 0.01 | 152,460,021
| 4,619 | 152,464,640
|
3. | 152,459,011 | 99.99 | 1,010 | 0.01 | 152,460,021
| 4,619 | 152,464,640
|
4. | 152,330,798 | 99.99 | 1,010 | 0.01 | 152,331,808
| 132,832 | 152,464,640
|
5. | 152,408,728 | 99.98 | 33,810 | 0.02 | 152,442,538
| 22,102 | 152,464,640
|
6. | 152,408,852 | 99.98 | 33,200 | 0.02 | 152,442,052
| 22,102 | 152,464,154
|
NOTES:
1 Votes “For” and “Against” are expressed as a percentage of votes received. The “For” votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.
2 A vote “Withheld” is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes “For” or “Against” the resolution.
The full text of these resolutions is set out in the Notice of EGM, which was included in the Circular made available to shareholders on 23 December 2020 and which is available on the Company’s website at: https://www.graftonplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/shareholder-meetings/.
As required by the Listing Rules of the London Stock Exchange, copies of all the resolutions passed at the EGM have been forwarded to the UK’s National Storage Mechanism where they will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please contact:
Susan Lannigan
Deputy Company Secretary
Grafton Group plc
Telephone: +353 1 2160600