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4 March 2016
SSP Group plc (the "Company")
Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 4 March 2016
The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 4 March 2016 at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1HT was successfully concluded.
All Resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll. The voting results are below and will also be available on the Company's website (www.foodtravelexperts.com).
Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Votes Total | % of issued share capital voted | Votes withheld |
1. To receive the reports of the Directors and the Auditors and the audited accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2015 | 381,838,887 | 99.92 | 322,440 | 0.08 | 382,161,327 | 80.43 | 4,802,361 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 369,713,524 | 97.57 | 9,215,498 | 2.43 | 378,929,022 | 79.75 | 8,034,666 |
3. To declare the final dividend recommended by the Directors of 2.2 pence per share for the financial year ended 30 September 2015 | 382,213,635 | 100 | 427 | 0.00 | 382,214,062 | 80.44 | 4,749,626 |
4. To re-elect Vagn Sørensen as a Director | 371,709,764 | 97.49 | 9,569,684 | 2.51 | 381,279,448 | 80.24 | 5,684,240 |
5. To re-elect John Barton as a Director | 373,083,555 | 97.61 | 9,129,263 | 2.39 | 382,212,818 | 80.44 | 4,750,870 |
6. To re-elect Kate Swann as a Director | 381,746,716 | 99.88 | 466,102 | 0.12 | 382,212,818 | 80.44 | 4,750,870 |
7. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director | 381,089,991 | 99.71 | 1,122,827 | 0.29 | 382,212,818 | 80.44 | 4,750,870 |
8. To re-elect Ian Dyson as a Director | 379,971,775 | 99.66 | 1,307,673 | 0.34 | 381,279,448 | 80.24 | 5,684,240 |
9. To re-elect Denis Hennequin as a Director | 381,867,867 | 99.91 | 344,951 | 0.09 | 382,212,818 | 80.44 | 4,750,870 |
10. To elect Per Utnegaard as a Director | 381,868,911 | 99.91 | 344,951 | 0.09 | 382,213,862 | 80.44 | 4,749,826 |
11. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors | 374,625,493 | 100 | 1,498 | 0.00 | 374,626,991 | 78.84 | 12,336,697 |
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors | 382,212,591 | 100 | 1,471 | 0.00 | 382,214,062 | 80.44 | 4,749,626 |
13. To authorise the Company to make political donations | 381,307,920 | 99.76 | 906,142 | 0.24 | 382,214,062 | 80.44 | 4,749,626 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to s551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 349,377,001 | 91.41 | 32,836,981 | 8.59 | 382,213,982 | 80.44 | 4,749,706 |
15. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to s570 and s573 of the Companies Act 2006 | 371,490,733 | 97.43 | 9,789,879 | 2.57 | 381,280,612 | 80.24 | 5,683,076 |
16. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares | 381,963,635 | 99.93 | 250,427 | 0.07 | 382,214,062 | 80.44 | 4,749,626 |
17. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 337,649,297 | 88.34 | 44,564,765 | 11.66 | 382,214,062 | 80.44 | 4,749,626 |
Notes:
(1) Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
(2) There were 475,167,350 ordinary shares in issue all of which had the right to vote.
(3) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 29 January 2016 (which is available on the Company's website at www.foodtravelexperts.com).
Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 17 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.
Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available for inspection at www.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
For further information contact:
Helen Byrne
Company Secretary & General Counsel
+44 (0)207 543 3300
Investor and analyst enquiries
Sarah John
Director of Investor Relations
+44 (0)203 714 5251
E-mail: sarah.john@ssp-intl.com