WOOD GROUP (JOHN) PLC - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, June 23
John Wood Group PLC ("Company")
LEI: 549300PLYY6I10B6S323
Annual General Meeting - Voting Results
Issued share capital at meeting date: 691,839,369 Number of votes per share: 1 vote per share
At the Annual General Meeting of John Wood Group PLC held on 22 June 2022, all resolutions put to shareholders were passed on a poll with the required majorities.
The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website www.woodplc.com/investors/annual-general-meeting
Resolutions 16 to 19 were considered and passed as Special Resolutions.
The final vote received in respect of each resolution was as follows:
| Votes For (Including Discretionary) | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) | Votes Withheld* | % of Issued Share Capital Voted ** | ||
| 1 | Report & accounts | 542,330,031 | 99.99% | 58,857 | 0.01% | 542,388,888 | 897,926 | 78.40% |
| 2 | Remuneration report | 468,842,224 | 86.32% | 74,271,350 | 13.68% | 543,113,574 | 173,240 | 78.50% |
| 3 | Re-elect Roy A Franklin | 482,131,363 | 88.78% | 60,923,085 | 11.22% | 543,054,448 | 232,366 | 78.49% |
| 4 | Re-elect Birgitte Brinch Madsen | 532,148,265 | 98.00% | 10,881,568 | 2.00% | 543,029,833 | 256,981 | 78.49% |
| 5 | Re-elect Jacqui Ferguson | 530,118,310 | 97.62% | 12,918,437 | 2.38% | 543,036,747 | 250,067 | 78.49% |
| 6 | Re-elect Adrian Marsh | 532,159,921 | 98.00% | 10,869,747 | 2.00% | 543,029,668 | 257,146 | 78.49% |
| 7 | Re-elect Nigel Mills | 530,113,826 | 97.62% | 12,924,892 | 2.38% | 543,038,718 | 248,096 | 78.49% |
| 8 | Re-elect Brenda Reichelderfer | 531,638,655 | 97.91% | 11,372,155 | 2.09% | 543,010,810 | 276,004 | 78.49% |
| 9 | Re-elect Susan Steele | 532,148,388 | 98.00% | 10,885,584 | 2.00% | 543,033,972 | 252,842 | 78.49% |
| 10 | Re-elect Robin Watson | 509,037,006 | 93.74% | 33,970,733 | 6.26% | 543,007,739 | 279,075 | 78.49% |
| 11 | Re-elect David Kemp | 506,987,258 | 93.37% | 36,022,651 | 6.63% | 543,009,909 | 276,905 | 78.49% |
| 12 | Re-appointment of KPMG LLC as auditors | 541,401,162 | 99.68% | 1,721,310 | 0.32% | 543,122,472 | 164,342 | 78.50% |
| 13 | Authorisation of auditors' remuneration | 542,816,714 | 99.95% | 247,167 | 0.05% | 543,063,881 | 222,933 | 78.50% |
| 14 | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 526,901,553 | 97.03% | 16,154,112 | 2.97% | 543,055,665 | 231,149 | 78.49% |
| 15 | Authority to allot shares | 499,209,259 | 91.93% | 43,834,909 | 8.07% | 543,044,168 | 242,646 | 78.49% |
| 16 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 539,195,420 | 99.32% | 3,716,583 | 0.68% | 542,912,003 | 374,811 | 78.47% |
| 17 | Disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions and other capital investment | 535,598,123 | 98.65% | 7,345,193 | 1.35% | 542,943,316 | 343,498 | 78.48% |
| 18 | Authority to purchase own shares | 541,232,302 | 99.66% | 1,820,569 | 0.34% | 543,052,871 | 233,943 | 78.49% |
| 19 | Notice of general meetings | 495,069,579 | 91.14% | 48,121,693 | 8.86% | 543,191,272 | 95,542 | 78.51% |
* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
** Votes withheld are excluded from the percentage of issued share capital voted calculation
These votes are also available on the Company's website at: www.woodplc.com/investors/annual-general-meeting
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, those resolutions passed at today's AGM which are required to be made available for inspection will shortly be available to view at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Notification authorised by:
Martin J McIntyre
Company Secretary
