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:
John Wood Group plc is a United Kingdom-based global consulting and engineering company. The Company's segments include Projects, Operations, Consulting, and Investment Services (IVS). Its Projects segment is focused on providing front-end engineering services, procurement and project management. The Companyâs Operations segment focuses on improving operational efficiency by providing maintenance, modification and operation services. The Consulting segment is a multi-sector specialist technical consultancy division providing advanced thinking to maximize value at every stage of the asset life cycle. The Companyâs Investment Services segment manages a range of legacy or non-core businesses and investments with a view to generating value through remediation and restructuring. It also manages Aegis Poland contract. Its subsidiaries include SARL Wood Group Algeria, Wood Group Somias SPA, Wood Solar Argentina S.A.U, AMEC Limited Liability Company, and Amec Foster Wheeler Australia Pty Ltd.