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easyJet plc
Poll results of 2019 Annual General Meeting
7 February 2019
easyJet plc is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today at Hangar 89, London Luton Airport, Luton, LU2 9PF.
All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 17 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 18 to 20 were each passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to be passed).
1. Poll Results: The results of the poll, incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting, are set out below:
Resolution | Votes For | % of Votes Cast | Votes Against | % of Votes Cast | Total Votes | % of ISC Voted* | Votes Witheld** |
1. To receive the Annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2018
| 176,146,631 | 99.83 | 305,032 | 0.17 | 176,451,663 | 44.42% | 601,979 |
2. To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration
| 173,273,056 | 98.09 | 3,366,581 | 1.91 | 176,639,637 | 44.47% | 413,182 |
3. To declare an ordinary dividend
| 176,735,207 | 99.99 | 14,727 | 0.01 | 176,749,934 | 44.50% | 307,927 |
4. To re-elect John Barton as a Director
| 172,818,922 | 97.80 | 3,885,959 | 2.20 | 176,704,881 | 44.49% | 349,592 |
5. To re-elect Johan Lundgren as a Director
| 176,548,741 | 99.91 | 163,589 | 0.09 | 176,712,330 | 44.49% | 342,380 |
6. To re-elect Andrew Findlay as a Director
| 176,305,500 | 99.77 | 402,947 | 0.23 | 176,708,447 | 44.49% | 344,182 |
7. To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director
| 174,312,487 | 99.64 | 632,552 | 0.36 | 174,945,039 | 44.04% | 2,108,931 |
8. To re‑elect Dr. Andreas Bierwirth as a Director
| 172,972,927 | 99.91 | 152,728 | 0.09 | 173,125,655 | 43.59% | 3,926,973 |
9. To re-elect Moya Greene as a Director
| 176,264,026 | 99.75 | 436,996 | 0.25 | 176,701,022 | 44.49% | 351,549 |
10. To re-elect Andy Martin as a Director
| 176,173,045 | 99.70 | 531,679 | 0.30 | 176,704,724 | 44.49% | 348,016 |
11. To elect Julie Southern as a Director
| 148,393,169 | 83.98 | 28,305,380 | 16.02 | 176,698,549 | 44.49% | 353,635 |
12. To elect Anastassia Lauterbach as a Director
| 176,625,286 | 99.96 | 69,957 | 0.04 | 176,695,243 | 44.48% | 357,043 |
13. To elect Nick Leeder as a Director.
| 176,532,802 | 99.91 | 161,217 | 0.09 | 176,694,019 | 44.48% | 356,903 |
14. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company
| 172,785,499 | 97.77 | 3,938,545 | 2.23 | 176,724,044 | 44.49% | 329,816 |
15. To authorise the Audit Committee, for and on behalf of the Directors, to determine the auditors' remuneration
| 175,520,311 | 99.32 | 1,197,004 | 0.68 | 176,717,315 | 44.49% | 336,656 |
16. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure
| 174,010,946 | 98.77 | 2,171,646 | 1.23 | 176,182,592 | 44.36% | 874,234 |
17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 176,491,529 | 99.86 | 239,544 | 0.14 | 176,731,073 | 44.49% | 323,023 |
18. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights ***
| 176,501,288 | 99.89 | 192,118 | 0.11 | 176,693,406 | 44.48% | 350,489 |
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares ***
| 174,723,263 | 98.70 | 2,300,602 | 1.30 | 177,023,865 | 44.57% | 31,906 |
20. To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice *** | 165,866,872 | 94.14 | 10,325,265 | 5.86 | 176,192,137 | 44.36% | 860,697 |
*Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares
**A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution
***Special Resolution requiring a 75% majority
Votes excluding controlling shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-executive Directors
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Resolution | Votes For | % of Votes cast | Votes Against | % of votes cast | Total Votes | % of ISC voted**** | Votes Withheld** |
7. To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director
| 174,312,487 | 99.64 | 632,552 | 0.36 | 174,945,039 | 66.07% | 2,108,931 |
8. To re‑elect Dr. Andreas Bierwirth as a Director
| 172,972,927 | 99.91 | 152,728 | 0.09 | 173,125,655 | 65.38% | 3,926,973 |
9. To re-elect Moya Greene as a Director
| 176,264,026 | 99.75 | 436,996 | 0.25 | 176,701,022 | 66.73% | 351,549 |
10. To re-elect Andy Martin as a Director
| 176,173,045 | 99.70 | 531,679 | 0.30 | 176,704,724 | 66.73% | 348,016 |
11. To elect Julie Southern as a Director
| 148,393,169 | 83.98 | 28,305,380 | 16.02 | 176,698,549 | 66.73% | 353,635 |
12. To elect Anastassia Lauterbach as a Director
| 176,625,286 | 99.96 | 69,957 | 0.04 | 176,695,243 | 66.73% | 357,043 |
13. To elect Nick Leeder as a Director
| 176,532,802 | 99.91 | 161,217 | 0.09 | 176,694,019 | 66.73% | 356,903 |
**** Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares but excluding (for these purposes) shares held by the controlling shareholders
2. Notes
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 7-13 inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.
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 397,208,133.
3. Board Changes
Adèle Anderson retired from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM. For the purposes of section 430(2B) of the Companies Act, she will receive her pro-rata entitlement to Non-Executive Director fees for the month of February 2019 and will not be entitled to any payments for loss of office.
4. Other
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 FCA for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website (http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM).
5. Dividend
The timetable in relation to the ordinary dividend is as follows:
Shares marked ex-entitlement to the dividends | Thursday, 28 February 2019 |
Record date for entitlement to the dividends | 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 1 March 2019 |
Payment of dividends | Friday, 22 March 2019 |
End
7 February 2019
For further details please contact easyJet plc:
Institutional investors and sell side analysts:
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Stuart Morgan | +44 (0) 7989 665 484 |
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Michael Barker
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