Travis Perkins plc (the “Company”)
Statement regarding shareholder consultation
following
voting at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”)
As announced
following the Company's AGM on 22 April 2024, 79.06% of votes cast
were in favour of resolution 3 and 76.41% of votes cast were in
favour of resolution 12. The
details of those resolutions were:
Resolution 3: To
receive and approve the Directors’ remuneration policy, which is
contained in the Directors’ remuneration report as set out on pages
112 to 119 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year
ended 31 December 2023 which will take effect from the date of its
approval.
Resolution 12: To
re-elect Jasmine Whitbread as a Director of the Company.
Addressing
resolution 12 first, Jasmine Whitbread stood down from the Board of
the Company on 31 May 2024. A
rigorous and extensive search process led to the appointment in
July of Geoff Drabble to the Board as a Non-executive Director
& Chair Designate. He joined
the Board on 1 October 2024 and will take up the position of Chair
of the Board as soon as his capacity
allows. In the meantime, Jez Maiden
(Senior Independent Director) is acting as Interim Chair of the
Board.
In relation to
resolution 3, the Company engaged with shareholders, first to seek
confirmation of how they cast their vote at the AGM, subsequently
following up, where shareholders sought further engagement, to gain
a better understanding of why they voted as they
did. Either through initial
responses received, through further engagement, or as a result of
previously articulated positions, the Company believes that it
understands the rationale behind the majority of votes which did
not support resolution 3. The
consistent theme identified was a lack of support, in the context
of current underlying performance, for elements of the Company’s
Restricted Share Plan (“RSP”).
The RSP was
approved by shareholders at the Company’s AGM in 2021 with 88.02%
of votes cast in favour of the Plan.
The RSP was introduced following a comprehensive shareholder
consultation process and the Company does not believe it would be
in the best interests of shareholders, the significant majority of
whom supported its Directors’ Remuneration Policy at the 2024 AGM,
to change its long term incentive plan so soon after its
introduction. The Company believes
that the RSP remains an appropriate element of its executive
remuneration package and continues to fulfil its aims and
objectives of simplifying and focusing executive remuneration in
order to support long term sustainable business performance, and
aligning the management and shareholder experience.
The Company will
continue to engage with shareholders generally on remuneration
related matters. Consistent with
the provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018 a final
summary will be provided in the Company’s next annual
report.
Robin
Miller
General Counsel
& Company Secretary
+44 (0)7515
197975
robin.miller@travisperkins.co.uk
Enquiries:
Travis Perkins
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FGS Global
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Matt Worster
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Faeth Birch / Jenny Davey / James Gray
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+44 (0)7990 088548
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+44 (0)207 251 3801
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matt.worster@travisperkins.co.uk
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TravisPerkins@fgsglobal.com
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