Result of AGM

Bridgepoint Group plc

18 May 2023

 

18 May 2023

Bridgepoint Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Bridgepoint Group plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11:00 a.m. today.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each was passed by the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  The results of the poll were as follows:

Resolutions		Votes For1		Votes Against		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld3
		No. of Shares	% of Shares Voted	No. of Shares	% of Shares Voted	No. of Shares	% of Issued Capital2
1	To receive the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report on those financial statements	660,628,649	100.00%	0	0.00%	660,628,649	81.19%	127,524,592
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022	658,932,317	100.00%	29,412	0.00%	658,961,729	80.99%	129,191,512
3	To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next AGM at which accounts are laid	660,752,432	100.00%	2,864	0.00%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
4	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	660,753,861	100.00%	1,435	0.00%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
5	To declare a final dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2022	660,754,372	100.00%	3,427	0.00%	660,757,799	81.21%	127,395,442
6	To re-elect William Jackson as a Director	651,433,297	98.59%	9,321,999	1.41%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
7	To re-elect Adam Jones as a Director	660,558,383	99.97%	196,913	0.03%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
8	To re-elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director	659,493,900	99.81%	1,261,396	0.19%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
9	To re-elect Carolyn McCall as a Director	659,477,471	99.81%	1,262,825	0.19%	660,740,296	81.21%	127,412,945
10	To re-elect Archie Norman as a Director	656,124,549	99.30%	4,615,746	0.70%	660,740,295	81.21%	127,412,946
11	To re-elect Tim Score as a Director	659,239,927	99.77%	1,515,369	0.23%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
12	To elect Cyrus Taraporevala as a Director	660,534,071	99.97%	221,021	0.03%	660,755,092	81.21%	127,398,149
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	659,511,196	99.81%	1,244,100	0.19%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945
14	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights	583,208,642	88.51%	75,742,234	11.49%	658,950,876	80.99%	129,202,365
15	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption further for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment	583,012,555	88.48%	75,938,321	11.52%	658,950,876	80.99%	129,202,365
16	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	660,727,685	100.00%	1,429	0.00%	660,729,114	81.20%	127,424,127
17	To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	660,732,800	100.00%	22,496	0.00%	660,755,296	81.21%	127,397,945

1              Includes discretionary votes.

2              The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on 16 May 2023 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 813,667,361 ordinary shares of £0.00005 each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury, and so the total voting rights in the Company were 813,667,361.

3              A "Vote Withheld" is note a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 

ENQUIRIES

Bridgepoint

Analysts and investors Adam Key [e-mail] [phone]

Media Christian Jones / James Murray [e-mail] [e-mail] [phone]

FGS Global (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

Charles O'Brien / [phone] / [phone]

Anjali Unnikrishnan / [phone] / [phone]

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