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21 April 2021
Drax Group plc
(Symbol: DRX)
Poll Results of the Annual General Meeting
Drax Group plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today, Wednesday 21 April 2021.
No.
| Brief Description | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | Votes Withheld |
1. | To receive and adopt the annual report and accounts of the Company | 321,156,245 | 100.00% | 400 | 0.00% | 321,156,645 | 531,221 |
2. | To approve the annual statement to shareholders by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the annual report on remuneration. | 315,926,134 | 99.34% | 2,084,439 | 0.66% | 318,010,573 | 3,677,293 |
3. | To approve the final dividend of 10.3 pence per share | 321,618,517 | 100.00% | 2,904 | 0.00% | 321,621,421 | 66,445 |
4. | To re-elect Philip Cox as a Director of the Company. | 293,308,657 | 91.20% | 28,292,294 | 8.80% | 321,600,951 | 86,915 |
5. | To re-elect Will Gardiner as a Director of the Company. | 321,592,214 | 99.99% | 13,336 | 0.01% | 321,605,550 | 82,316 |
6. | To re-elect Andy Skelton as a Director of the Company | 320,481,122 | 99.65% | 1,126,312 | 0.35% | 321,607,434 | 80,432 |
7. | To re-elect John Baxter as a Director of the Company. | 319,119,762 | 99.23% | 2,482,989 | 0.77% | 321,602,751 | 85,115 |
8. | To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company. | 318,541,579 | 99.05% | 3,059,922 | 0.95% | 321,601,501 | 86,365 |
9. | To re-elect David Nussbaum as a Director of the Company | 319,110,637 | 99.23% | 2,489,314 | 0.77% | 321,599,951 | 87,915 |
10. | To re-elect Vanessa Simms as a Director of the Company | 319,077,547 | 99.22% | 2,523,404 | 0.78% | 321,600,951 | 86,915 |
11. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 313,713,525 | 97.54% | 7,896,483 | 2.46% | 321,610,008 | 77,858 |
12. | Authority to determine auditor's remuneration | 318,397,363 | 99.00% | 3,217,466 | 1.00% | 321,614,829 | 73,037 |
13. | Authority to make EU political donations to a specified limit | 315,206,006 | 99.12% | 2,803,449 | 0.88% | 318,009,455 | 3,678,411 |
14. | Authority to allot shares | 318,555,091 | 99.05% | 3,055,659 | 0.95% | 321,610,750 | 77,116 |
15. | Authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments | 320,682,827 | 99.71% | 932,404 | 0.29% | 321,615,231 | 72,635 |
16. | Authority to purchase own shares | 315,535,538 | 98.24% | 5,649,612 | 1.76% | 321,185,150 | 502,716 |
17. | New Articles of Association | 321,579,837 | 99.99% | 20,303 | 0.01% | 321,600,140 | 87,726 |
18. | Authority to call a General Meeting on not less than 14 days' notice | 314,562,695 | 97.81% | 7,047,997 | 2.19% | 321,610,692 | 77,174 |
Resolutions 1 to 18 were carried.
The Company's issued share capital consisted of 411,732,605 ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each, of which 13,841,295 ordinary shares are held in treasury. Treasury shares do not carry voting rights. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares is 397,891,310.
Brett Gladden
Group Company Secretary
Drax Group plc
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