Result of AGM

Bridgepoint Group plc

15 May 2024

 

Bridgepoint Group plc

 ("Bridgepoint" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Bridgepoint announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 4:00 p.m. today.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each was passed by the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 15 to 18 (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 2023, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report on those financial statements	593,936,266	100.00%	1,442	0.00%	593,937,708	74.85%	1,875,754
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023	592,897,804	99.81%	1,138,122	0.19%	594,035,926	74.86%	1,777,536
3	To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next AGM at which accounts are laid	594,055,548	100.00%	6,807	0.00%	594,062,355	74.86%	1,751,107
4	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	595,732,890	100.00%	2,777	0.00%	595,735,667	75.07%	77,795
5	To declare a final dividend of 4.4 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2023	595,804,700	100.00%	6,093	0.00%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
6	To re-elect William Jackson as a Director	582,325,002	97.74%	13,485,791	2.26%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
7	To elect Raoul Hughes as a Director	595,707,412	99.98%	103,381	0.02%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
8	To re-elect Adam Jones as a Director	595,347,857	99.92%	462,936	0.08%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
9	To re-elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director	587,598,812	98.62%	8,211,981	1.38%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
10	To re-elect Carolyn McCall as a Director	587,109,649	98.54%	8,701,144	1.46%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
11	To re-elect Archie Norman as a Director	577,162,795	96.87%	18,632,998	3.13%	595,795,793	75.08%	17,669
12	To re-elect Tim Score as a Director	587,653,082	98.63%	8,157,711	1.37%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
13	To re-elect Cyrus Taraporevala as a Director	594,127,757	99.72%	1,683,036	0.28%	595,810,793	75.08%	2,669
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	594,804,032	99.83%	1,004,475	0.17%	595,808,507	75.08%	4,955
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	539,958,841	90.89%	54,089,799	9.11%	594,048,640	74.86%	1,764,822
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption further for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment	571,963,386	96.28%	22,085,254	3.72%	594,048,640	74.86%	1,764,822
17	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	595,794,593	100.00%	1,442	0.00%	595,796,035	75.08%	17,427
18	To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	593,933,842	99.69%	1,874,665	0.31%	595,808,507	75.08%	4,955

1              Includes discretionary votes.

2              The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on 13 May 2024 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 793,538,858 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 793,538,858.

3              A "Vote Withheld" is not 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 have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 

ENQUIRIES

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FGS Global (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

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