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COMPASS GROUP PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 4 FEBRUARY 2016: POLL RESULTS
The Compass Group PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 4 February 2016. All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at the Meeting were passed.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld are set out below:
Res No | Details | No. of Votes 'For' & 'Discretionary | % | No. of Votes 'Against' | % | Total No. of Votes Cast | No. of Votes Withheld |
1 | Receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts and the Auditor's Report | 1,285,893,509 | 99.76 | 3,055,336 | 0.24 | 1,288,948,845 | 13,692,045 |
2 | Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,117,203,682 | 89.12 | 136,383,197 | 10.88 | 1,253,586,879 | 49,045,531 |
3 | Declare a final dividend | 1,291,673,363 | 100.00 | 14,089 | 0.00 | 1,291,687,452 | 10,942,669 |
4 | Elect Nelson Silva | 1,290,936,185 | 99.84 | 2,086,055 | 0.16 | 1,293,022,240 | 9,603,714 |
5 | Elect Johnny Thomson | 1,281,195,506 | 99.08 | 11,846,189 | 0.92 | 1,293,041,695 | 9,592,743 |
6 | Elect Ireena Vittal | 1,135,443,928 | 88.93 | 141,310,832 | 11.07 | 1,276,754,760 | 25,923,135 |
7 | Re-elect Dominic Blakemore | 1,281,258,513 | 99.08 | 11,850,255 | 0.92 | 1,293,108,768 | 9,571,545 |
8 | Re-elect Richard Cousins | 1,219,419,002 | 94.30 | 73,685,368 | 5.70 | 1,293,104,370 | 9,569,805 |
9 | Re-elect Gary Green | 1,280,547,439 | 99.03 | 12,557,833 | 0.97 | 1,293,105,272 | 9,575,384 |
10 | Re-elect Carol Arrowsmith | 1,271,741,925 | 99.01 | 12,669,165 | 0.99 | 1,284,411,090 | 18,263,333 |
11 | Re-elect John Bason | 1,268,148,906 | 99.02 | 12,586,164 | 0.98 | 1,280,735,070 | 21,915,347 |
12 | Re-elect Susan Murray | 1,280,512,244 | 99.03 | 12,572,358 | 0.97 | 1,293,084,602 | 9,597,004 |
13 | Re-elect Don Robert | 1,279,602,982 | 98.96 | 13,478,459 | 1.04 | 1,293,081,441 | 9,591,938 |
14 | Re-elect Paul Walsh | 1,200,648,995 | 95.80 | 52,612,141 | 4.20 | 1,253,261,136 | 49,412,783 |
15 | Reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors | 1,290,595,749 | 99.80 | 2,554,724 | 0.20 | 1,293,150,473 | 9,523,055 |
16 | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration | 1,291,641,438 | 99.88 | 1,511,379 | 0.12 | 1,293,152,817 | 9,526,869 |
17 | EU political donations | 1,240,219,254 | 95.94 | 52,512,017 | 4.06 | 1,292,731,271 | 9,932,991 |
18 | Authority to allot shares | 1,198,397,373 | 92.94 | 91,063,537 | 7.06 | 1,289,460,910 | 13,216,836 |
19 | Authority to allot shares for cash* | 1,168,362,944 | 92.43 | 95,697,816 | 7.57 | 1,264,060,760 | 38,596,737 |
20 | Authority to purchase shares* | 1,289,266,319 | 99.71 | 3,788,137 | 0.29 | 1,293,054,456 | 9,618,142 |
21 | Reduce general meeting notice periods* | 1,122,790,910 | 86.83 | 170,253,284 | 13.17 | 1,293,044,194 | 9,599,550 |
* Passed as a special resolution.
Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.
A copy of the above results will shortly be available in the investor section of the Company's website
www.compass-group.com .
Copies of all of the Resolutions passed will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available to view at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do using Compass Group PLC's code 'CPG'.
As at the close of business on 4 February 2016, the issued share capital was 1,644,146,751 ordinary shares of 10 5/8 pence each (excluding 12,630,631 ordinary shares held in treasury) and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares was 1,644,146,751 (excluding 12,630,631 shares held in treasury) each ordinary share having one vote.
ENDS
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Investors/Analysts: Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary
Note to Editors
Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company, which generated annual revenues of £17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015. It operates in over 50 countries, employs over 500,000 people and serves over 5 billion meals every year. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio.