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Severfield PLC

02 September 2015

SEVERFIELD PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 12 noon today, 2 September, all of the resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

Copies of all the resolutions passed have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for review at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

A summary of Proxies received in respect of each resolution is set out below (a "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution):

	In Favour		Against		Total	Withheld
Resolution	No of votes	% of votes	No of votes	% of votes	No of votes	No of votes
1.       To receive and adopt the annual accounts and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 31 March 2015 together with the report of the auditors thereon	244,225,368	99.34	1,612,600	0.66	245,837,968	186,589
2.       To approve the Directors' remuneration report  for the financial year ended 31 March 2015 as set out in the Annual Report and Accounts 2015	245,426,662	99.84	394,439	0.16	245,821,101	203,456
3.       To declare a final dividend of 0.5p per ordinary share for the financial year ended 31 March 2015	245,837,968	100.00	0	0.00	245,837,968	186,589
4.    To reappoint John Dodds as a Director.	245,738,160	99.96	89,159	0.04	245,827,319	197,238
5.       To reappoint Ian Lawson as a Director.	245,766,160	99.98	57,826	0.02	245,823,986	200,571
6.       To reappoint Ian Cochrane as a Director.	245,733,494	99.96	90,492	0.04	245,823,986	200,571
7.       To reappoint Alan Dunsmore as a Director.	245,766,160	99.98	57,826	0.02	245,823,986	200,571
8.       To reappoint Derek Randall as a Director.	245,741,827	99.97	82,159	0.03	245,823,986	200,571
9.       To reappoint Alun Griffiths as a Director.	245,734,660	99.96	91,659	0.04	245,826,319	198,238
10.   To reappoint Chris Holt as a Director.	245,770,493	99.98	55,826	0.02	245,826,319	198,238
11.   To reappoint Tony Osbaldiston as a Director.	245,734,613	99.96	91,706	0.04	245,826,319	198,238
12.   To reappoint Kevin Whiteman as a Director.	245,768,613	99.98	57,706	0.02	245,826,319	198,238
13.  To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2016.	245,737,403	99.96	100,565	0.04	245,837,968	186,589
14.  To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.	245,750,636	99.98	59,106	0.02	245,809,742	214,815
15.   To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	242,345,165	98.63	3,361,244	1.37	245,706,409	318,148
16.   To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to section 561 of the Companies Act 2006	245,557,316	99.94	152,426	0.06	245,709,742	314,815
17.   To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment	240,595,111	97.94	5,059,675	2.06	245,654,786	369,771
18.   To authorise the Company to make market purchases pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	245,521,261	99.87	312,359	0.13	245,833,620	190,937
19.   That a general meeting of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice	242,267,062	98.57	3,517,680	1.43	245,784,742	239,815

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