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20 April 2016
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 20 April 2016.
No.
| Brief Description | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | Votes Withheld |
1 | To receive and adopt the Annual report and the audited accounts | 363,688,595 | 99.99 | 42,112 | 0.01 | 363,730,707 | 20,844 |
2 | To approve the Annual statement to shareholders by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual report on remuneration | 359,318,445 | 99.87 | 464,991 | 0.13 | 359,783,436 | 3,968,115 |
3 | To declare the final dividend of 0.6 pence per share | 363,729,955 | 99.99 | 19,719 | 0.01 | 363,749,674 | 1,877 |
4 | To elect Will Gardiner as a director of the Company | 363,662,999 | 99.98 | 82,864 | 0.02 | 363,745,863 | 5,688 |
5 | To elect Andy Koss as a director of the Company | 363,675,679 | 99.98 | 70,684 | 0.02 | 363,746,363 | 5,188 |
6 | To re-elect Tim Cobbold as a director of the Company | 363,668,585 | 99.98 | 77,628 | 0.02 | 363,746,213 | 5,338 |
7 | To re-elect Philip Cox as a director of the Company | 360,146,810 | 99.02 | 3,572,768 | 0.98 | 363,719,578 | 31,973 |
8 | To re-elect David Lindsell as a director of the Company | 363,475,082 | 99.93 | 270,191 | 0.07 | 363,745,273 | 6,278 |
9 | To re-elect Dorothy Thompson as a director of the Company | 363,654,554 | 99.98 | 89,219 | 0.02 | 363,743,773 | 7,778 |
10 | To re-elect Tony Thorne as a director of the Company | 363,665,241 | 99.98 | 80,972 | 0.02 | 363,746,213 | 5,338 |
11 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor | 359,309,880 | 98.78 | 4,431,679 | 1.22 | 363,741,559 | 9,992 |
12 | Authority to determine auditor's remuneration | 363,697,993 | 99.99 | 49,621 | 0.01 | 363,747,614 | 3,937 |
13 | Authority to make EU political donations to a specified limit | 362,281,383 | 99.60 | 1,462,834 | 0.40 | 363,744,217 | 7,334 |
14 | Authority to allot shares | 363,327,593 | 99.89 | 412,477 | 0.11 | 363,740,070 | 11,481 |
15 | Authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments | 363,688,424 | 99.98 | 55,179 | 0.02 | 363,743,603 | 7,948 |
16 | Authority to purchase own shares | 360,674,347 | 99.15 | 3,075,776 | 0.85 | 363,750,123 | 1,428 |
17 | Authority to call a General Meeting on not less than 14 days' notice | 358,889,215 | 98.66 | 4,861,940 | 1.34 | 363,751,155 | 395 |
Resolutions 1 to 17 were carried
The number of shares in issue is 406,683,099
Philip Hudson
Company Secretary
Drax Group plc