Following the Annual General Meeting held on 27 July 2016, Norcros plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:
Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice of Meeting
For*
Against
Withheld
Number
%
Number
%
Number
Ordinary Resolutions
1
To receive the audited accounts and the auditors' and directors' reports for the year ended 31 March 2016
38,826,444
100.00
400
0.00
200
2
To approve the directors' remuneration report for the financial year ending 31 March 2016
38,527,056
99.89
42,507
0.11
257,481
3
To declare a final dividend of 4.4 pence per ordinary share
38,826,844
100.00
0
0.00
200
4
To re-elect Jo Hallas as a director
38,733,803
99.76
92,541
0.24
700
5
To re-elect Martin Towers as a director
38,733,403
99.76
92,941
0.24
700
6
To re-elect David McKeith as director
38,733,403
99.76
91,741
0.24
1,900
7
To re-elect Nick Kelsall as a director
38,637,363
99.51
188,981
0.49
700
8
To elect Shaun Smith as a director
38,632,117
99.50
194,227
0.50
700
9
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the company
38,812,798
99.97
12,846
0.03
1,400
10
To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration
38,812,298
99.98
8,346
0.02
6,400
11
To grant the directors authority to allot shares
38,785,385
99.90
40,109
0.10
1,550
Special Resolutions
12
To dis-apply pre-emption rights (5% of share capital)
38,779,025
99.89
40,819
0.11
7,200
13
To dis-apply pre-emption rights (further 5% of share capital) for financing acquisition or capital investment
38,796,266
99.94
23,312
0.06
7,466
14
To grant authority to purchase own shares
38,798,306
99.94
24,472
0.06
4,266
15
To approve the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice
37,850,426
97.50
972,352
2.50
4,266
*Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chairman discretion. The votes withheld are not a vote in law and are not counted in the overall voting figures.
The Company's issued share capital consists of 60,995,930 ordinary 10p shares, each of which carries the right to one vote.
Full details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.norcros.com.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection athttp://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
ENQUIRIES:
Norcros plc
Tel: 01625 547700
Nick Kelsall, Group Chief Executive
Martin Payne, Group Finance Director
Hudson Sandler
Tel: 020 7796 4133
Nick Lyon
Charlie Jack
Katie Cohen
For further information please visit the Company website:
www.norcros.com
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Norcros plc is a United Kingdom-based supplier of bathroom and kitchen products. The principal activities of the Company and its subsidiaries are the design, manufacture, and distribution of a range of bathroom and kitchen products, mainly in the United Kingdom and South Africa. In the United Kingdom, it offers a range of bathroom and kitchen products for domestic and commercial applications. In the United Kingdom, it operates under eight brands: Triton, Merlyn, Vado, Croydex, Abode, Johnson Tiles, Norcros Adhesives and Grant Westfield. Its complementary business in South Africa operates principally from a shared manufacturing and administrative site near Johannesburg. In South Africa, it operates under four brands: Tile Africa, Johnson Tiles South Africa, TAL and House of Plumbing. The Company offers mixer showers and accessories; tile and stone adhesives; taps, bathroom accessories and valves; bathroom furnishings; ceramic wall and floor tiles; and tile adhesives, among others.