Last checked at 13 Feb 2014 12:25
Result of AGM
easyJet plc Poll Results
Annual General Meeting 13 February 2014
easyJet announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company was held earlier today. All the resolutions were decided by poll.
All of the resolutions were passed at the Annual General Meeting, with the exception of Resolutions 20 and 22, which are special resolutions requiring 75% of the votes cast to be in favour. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:
Resolution | Votes For | Votes Against | Total Votes | % of Issued Share Capital voted | Votes Withheld* |
1. To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2013 | 182,133,564 | 86,673 | 182,220,237 | 45.93% | 144,658,818 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 179,101,482 | 146,816,506 | 325,917,988 | 82.14% | 959,350 |
3. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration | 181,034,255 | 144,889,092 | 325,923,347 | 82.14% | 952,895 |
4. To declare an ordinary dividend | 325,948,453 | 21,877 | 325,970,330 | 82.16% | 920,409 |
5. To declare a special dividend | 325,926,931 | 37,227 | 325,964,158 | 82.16% | 923,767 |
6. To elect John Barton as a Director | 177,487,033 | 2,206,036 | 179,693,069 | 45.29% | 147,182,239 |
7. To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director | 181,954,002 | 246,952 | 182,200,954 | 45.92% | 144,674,354 |
8. To re‑elect Carolyn McCall OBE as a Director | 182,172,006 | 63,209 | 182,235,215 | 45.93% | 144,644,811 |
9. To re‑elect Chris Kennedy as a Director | 182,139,985 | 80,706 | 182,220,691 | 45.93% | 144,654,707 |
10. To re-elect Adèle Anderson as a Director | 181,846,957 | 359,305 | 182,206,262 | 45.92% | 144,669,046 |
11. To re‑elect David Bennett as a Director | 181,717,063 | 144,080,468 | 325,797,531 | 82.11% | 1,076,748 |
12. To re‑elect John Browett as a Director | 182,096,834 | 108,246 | 182,205,080 | 45.92% | 144,669,135 |
13. To re‑elect Professor Rigas Doganis as a Director | 182,063,769 | 143,852,569 | 325,916,338 | 82.14% | 958,970 |
14. To re‑elect Keith Hamill OBE as a Director | 181,834,033 | 371,620 | 182,205,653 | 45.92% | 144,669,127 |
15. To re-elect Andy Martin as a Director | 182,093,294 | 110,418 | 182,203,712 | 45.92% | 144,669,988 |
16. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 180,684,564 | 1,480,765 | 182,165,329 | 45.91% | 144,707,006 |
17. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 180,648,847 | 1,507,877 | 182,156,724 | 45.91% | 144,720,149 |
18. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 175,860,967 | 6,329,047 | 182,190,014 | 45.92% | 144,688,189 |
19. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 181,881,330 | 144,052,685 | 325,934,015 | 82.15% | 943,408 |
20. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights** | 182,057,507 | 143,791,952 | 325,849,459 | 82.13% | 1,021,560 |
21. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares** | 325,466,276 | 470,575 | 325,936,851 | 82.15% | 941,798 |
22. To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice** | 170,458,593 | 155,485,754 | 325,944,347 | 82.15% | 925,711 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.
** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority
The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 396,767,151.
The last notification made under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules by easyGroup Holdings Ltd to easyJet of its total voting rights was on 21 January 2013 at which time easyGroup disclosed that the combined holding of the Haji-Ioannou family was 146,511,798 shares.
Speaking at the Company's Annual General Meeting in Luton today, John Barton, Chairman of easyJet plc, said:
"The Board would like to thank our shareholders for their continued support. We look forward to delivering another successful year for them in 2013/14."
The results will also be made available on the Company's website: http://corporate.easyjet.com/
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been forwarded to the FSA for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do).
The timetable in relation to the ordinary and special dividends is as follows:
Shares marked ex-entitlement to the dividends | Wednesday 26 February 2014 |
Record date for entitlement to the dividends | 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 28 February 2014 |
Payment of dividends | Friday, 21 March 2014 |
End
13 February 2014
For further details please contact easyJet plc:
Investor:
Will MacLaren, Investor Relations +44 (0) 7961 763 879
Media:
Paul Moore, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 1582 525 973
+44 (0) 7860 794 444
Edward Simpkins, RLM Finsbury +44 (0) 20 7251 3801
+44 (0) 7947 740 551