The Annual General Meeting of The Weir Group PLC was held on Thursday 24 April 2025 at 2.30 pm.
All resolutions were passed on a poll. Resolutions 20 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.
The table below sets out the proxy voting results.
|
Resolution Number |
Title |
For |
For Percent |
Against |
Against Percent |
Withheld* |
Withheld Percent |
Total Votes |
Percent Issued Capital |
|
1 |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
198,968,431 |
99.99% |
18,641 |
0.01% |
3,203,525 |
1.61% |
198,987,072 |
76.65% |
|
2 |
REMUNERATION REPORT |
199,816,032 |
98.84% |
2,350,003 |
1.16% |
24,562 |
0.01% |
202,166,035 |
77.87% |
|
3 |
REMUNERATION POLICY |
195,816,524 |
96.86% |
6,343,311 |
3.14% |
30,762 |
0.02% |
202,159,835 |
77.87% |
|
4 |
2025 SHARE REWARD PLAN |
200,392,172 |
99.12% |
1,771,792 |
0.88% |
26,633 |
0.01% |
202,163,964 |
77.87% |
|
5 |
DEFERRED BONUS PLAN |
202,128,241 |
99.99% |
26,921 |
0.01% |
35,435 |
0.02% |
202,155,162 |
77.87% |
|
6 |
SHAREBUILDER |
202,093,449 |
99.97% |
67,907 |
0.03% |
29,241 |
0.01% |
202,161,356 |
77.87% |
|
7 |
FINAL DIVIDEND |
202,182,742 |
100.00% |
4,484 |
0.00% |
3,371 |
0.00% |
202,187,226 |
77.88% |
|
8 |
RE-ELECT BARBARA JEREMIAH |
197,578,187 |
97.72% |
4,604,491 |
2.28% |
7,919 |
0.00% |
202,182,678 |
77.88% |
|
9 |
RE-ELECT JON STANTON |
202,144,195 |
99.98% |
36,206 |
0.02% |
10,196 |
0.01% |
202,180,401 |
77.88% |
|
10 |
RE-ELECT BRIAN PUFFER |
201,622,050 |
99.72% |
562,241 |
0.28% |
6,306 |
0.00% |
202,184,291 |
77.88% |
|
11 |
RE-ELECT DAME NICOLA BREWER |
200,326,967 |
99.10% |
1,819,184 |
0.90% |
9,232 |
0.00% |
202,146,151 |
77.86% |
|
12 |
RE-ELECT ANDREW AGG |
202,023,012 |
99.92% |
155,810 |
0.08% |
11,775 |
0.01% |
202,178,822 |
77.88% |
|
13 |
ELECT NICHOLAS ANDERSON |
202,136,198 |
99.98% |
34,214 |
0.02% |
20,185 |
0.01% |
202,170,412 |
77.87% |
|
14 |
RE-ELECT PENELOPE FREER |
200,098,860 |
98.97% |
2,079,289 |
1.03% |
12,448 |
0.01% |
202,178,149 |
77.88% |
|
15 |
RE-ELECT TRACEY KERR |
201,250,928 |
99.65% |
704,178 |
0.35% |
235,491 |
0.12% |
201,955,106 |
77.79% |
|
16 |
RE-ELECT BENNETOR MAGARA |
200,305,621 |
99.08% |
1,867,706 |
0.92% |
17,270 |
0.01% |
202,173,327 |
77.88% |
|
17 |
RE-APPOINT AUDITORS |
200,878,168 |
99.98% |
40,608 |
0.02% |
1,271,821 |
0.63% |
200,918,776 |
77.39% |
|
18 |
REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS |
202,157,688 |
99.99% |
12,477 |
0.01% |
20,432 |
0.01% |
202,170,165 |
77.87% |
|
19 |
ALLOT SHARES |
188,988,862 |
93.47% |
13,194,119 |
6.53% |
7,616 |
0.00% |
202,182,981 |
77.88% |
|
20 |
DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS |
200,359,100 |
99.52% |
961,127 |
0.48% |
870,370 |
0.43% |
201,320,227 |
77.55% |
|
21 |
FURTHER DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS |
196,914,967 |
97.75% |
4,531,416 |
2.25% |
744,214 |
0.37% |
201,446,383 |
77.60% |
|
22 |
PURCHASES OF OWN SHARES |
202,106,708 |
99.99% |
22,038 |
0.01% |
61,851 |
0.03% |
202,128,746 |
77.86% |
|
23 |
GENERAL MEETING ON 14 DAYS' NOTICE |
194,825,618 |
96.36% |
7,354,660 |
3.64% |
10,319 |
0.01% |
202,180,278 |
77.88% |
|
24 |
AMENDED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION |
202,147,138 |
99.99% |
14,989 |
0.01% |
28,470 |
0.01% |
202,162,127 |
77.87% |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes For and Against a resolution.
a) Any votes that give discretion to the Chair have been included in the "For" total.
b) At close of business on Thursday, 24 April 2025 there were 259,612,052 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
For further information, please contact:
Jennifer Haddouk
Company Secretary
Telephone: 0141 308 3771