Wood Group (John) Plc - Result of AGM
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LONDON, United Kingdom, May 09
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 9 May 2024, 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:
Resolutions
| Votes For (Including Discretionary) | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes (excluding Votes Withheld) | Votes Withheld* | % of Issued Share Capital Voted ** | |
1 | Annual report and financial statements 2023 | 527,702,651 | 99.99% | 50,551 | 0.01% | 527,753,202 | 967,590 | 76.28% |
2 | Remuneration report | 504,400,042 | 95.41% | 24,287,843 | 4.59% | 528,687,885 | 32,906 | 76.42% |
3 | Re-elect Roy A Franklin | 518,339,689 | 98.04% | 10,357,215 | 1.96% | 528,696,904 | 23,887 | 76.42% |
4 | Re-elect Ken Gilmartin | 528,566,847 | 99.98% | 131,556 | 0.02% | 528,698,403 | 22,388 | 76.42% |
5 | Re-elect Nigel Mills | 520,872,720 | 98.78% | 6,457,415 | 1.22% | 527,330,135 | 1,390,656 | 76.22% |
6 | Re-elect Adrian Marsh | 520,880,442 | 98.78% | 6,446,207 | 1.22% | 527,326,649 | 1,394,142 | 76.22% |
7 | Re-elect Birgitte Brinch Madsen | 520,853,389 | 98.77% | 6,468,575 | 1.23% | 527,321,964 | 1,398,827 | 76.22% |
8 | Re-elect Susan Steele | 520,857,363 | 98.77% | 6,475,908 | 1.23% | 527,333,271 | 1,387,520 | 76.22% |
9 | Re-elect Brenda Reichelderfer | 506,775,896 | 96.10% | 20,549,408 | 3.90% | 527,325,304 | 1,395,487 | 76.22% |
10 | Elect David Lockwood | 527,244,893 | 99.98% | 84,979 | 0.02% | 527,329,872 | 1,390,919 | 76.22% |
11 | Elect Arvind Balan | 522,329,260 | 99.05% | 5,004,265 | 0.95% | 527,333,525 | 1,387,266 | 76.22% |
12 | Re-appointment of KPMG LLC as auditors | 527,418,671 | 99.76% | 1,281,871 | 0.24% | 528,700,542 | 20,250 | 76.42% |
13 | Authorisation of auditors' remuneration | 528,627,351 | 99.99% | 63,438 | 0.01% | 528,690,789 | 30,003 | 76.42% |
14 | To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 507,021,852 | 95.90% | 21,686,350 | 4.10% | 528,708,202 | 12,589 | 76.42% |
15 | Authority to allot shares | 515,490,514 | 97.50% | 13,210,662 | 2.50% | 528,701,176 | 19,615 | 76.42% |
16 | Disapply pre-emption rights | 509,325,937 | 96.58% | 18,014,008 | 3.42% | 527,339,945 | 1,380,846 | 76.22% |
17 | Disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions and other capital investment | 509,641,321 | 96.64% | 17,703,403 | 3.36% | 527,344,724 | 1,376,067 | 76.22% |
18 | Authority to purchase own shares | 525,706,115 | 99.70% | 1,582,915 | 0.30% | 527,289,030 | 1,431,762 | 76.22% |
19 | Notice of general meetings | 517,957,826 | 98.22% | 9,395,918 | 1.78% | 527,353,744 | 1,367,048 | 76.22% |
* 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
