11 May 2022 16:06
NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC
Result of AGM - 11 May 2022
National Express Group PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today at Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London SE1 9DD at 2.00pm. All resolutions at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below.
As at 6.30pm on Monday 9 May 2022, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 614,086,377 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.
Resolution | VOTES FOR
| VOTES AGAINST | % of ISC voted | Number of votes withheld | |||
No. of shares | % | No. of shares | % | ||||
1. | To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2021 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon | 496,298,521 | 99.98 | 75,327 | 0.02 | 80.83% | 18,955,154 |
2. | To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration (advisory vote only) | 484,316,579 | 94.33 | 29,105,007 | 5.67 | 83.61% | 1,907,416 |
3. | To re-elect Sir John Armitt as a Director | 490,688,182 | 95.23 | 24,600,408 | 4.77 | 83.91% | 40,412 |
4. | To re-elect Jorge Cosmen as a Director | 507,409,950 | 98.47 | 7,886,997 | 1.53 | 83.91% | 32,034 |
5. | To re-elect Matthew Crummack as a Director | 509,260,812 | 98.83 | 6,028,220 | 1.17 | 83.91% | 39,970 |
6. | To re-elect Chris Davies as a Director | 514,220,021 | 99.79 | 1,079,265 | 0.21 | 83.91% | 29,716 |
7. | To elect Carolyn Flowers as a Director | 513,814,075 | 99.71 | 1,481,069 | 0.29 | 83.91% | 33,858 |
8. | To re-elect Ignacio Garat as a Director | 514,380,862 | 99.82 | 912,118 | 0.18 | 83.91% | 36,022 |
9. | To re-elect Karen Geary as a Director | 494,036,687 | 95.88 | 21,252,534 | 4.12 | 83.91% | 39,760 |
10. | To re-elect Ana de Pro Gonzalo as a Director | 510,991,034 | 99.17 | 4,298,209 | 0.83 | 83.91% | 39,759 |
11. | To re-elect Mike McKeon as a Director | 514,357,364 | 99.82 | 935,934 | 0.18 | 83.91% | 35,704 |
12. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor | 436,068,024 | 84.63 | 79,212,371 | 15.37 | 83.91% | 48,607 |
13. | To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration | 455,333,645 | 88.36 | 59,959,149 | 11.64 | 83.91% | 34,337 |
14. | To authorise political donations and expenditure | 514,852,261 | 99.92 | 436,510 | 0.08 | 83.91% | 40,231 |
15. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 503,647,133 | 97.74 | 11,645,669 | 2.26 | 83.91% | 36,200 |
16. | To give the Directors power to disapply pre-emption rights - general | 513,504,586 | 99.69 | 1,575,167 | 0.31 | 83.88% | 249,249 |
17. | To give the Directors power to disapply pre-emption rights - specific | 443,138,669 | 86.03 | 71,938,326 | 13.97 | 83.88% | 251,986 |
18. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 496,534,755 | 96.37 | 18,713,698 | 3.63 | 83.90% | 80,549 |
19. | To call General Meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice | 502,297,271 | 97.48 | 12,983,381 | 2.52 | 83.91% | 20,076 |
20. | To adopt New Articles of Association of the Company | 514,710,165 | 99.89 | 556,631 | 0.11 | 83.91% | 62,206 |
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairperson discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions which required a majority of votes cast to be in favour.
4. Resolutions 16 to 20 were special resolutions which required at least 75% of votes cast to be in favour.
5. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
6. The voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/investors/agm
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Company contacts:
Gillian Saunderson, Interim Company Secretary
Telephone +44 (0) 7506 642 348
Notes
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800A8IQEMY8PA5X34
Classification: 3.1 (with reference to DTR6 Annex 1R)