Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0221A

easyJet PLC

13 February 2014

 



Result of AGM

easyJet plc Poll Results

Annual General Meeting 13 February 2014

easyJet announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company was held earlier today.  All the resolutions were decided by poll. 

All of the resolutions were passed at the Annual General Meeting, with the exception of Resolutions 20 and 22, which are special resolutions requiring 75% of the votes cast to be in favour. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:   

Resolution	Votes For	Votes Against	Total Votes	% of Issued Share Capital voted	Votes Withheld*
1.   To receive the annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2013	182,133,564	86,673	182,220,237	45.93%	144,658,818
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	179,101,482	146,816,506	325,917,988	82.14%	959,350
3.   To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration	181,034,255	144,889,092	325,923,347	82.14%	952,895
4.   To declare an ordinary dividend	325,948,453	21,877	325,970,330	82.16%	920,409
5.   To declare a special dividend	325,926,931	37,227	325,964,158	82.16%	923,767
6.   To elect John Barton as a Director	177,487,033	2,206,036	179,693,069	45.29%	147,182,239
7.   To re-elect Charles Gurassa as a Director	181,954,002	246,952	182,200,954	45.92%	144,674,354
8.   To re‑elect Carolyn McCall OBE as a Director	182,172,006	63,209	182,235,215	45.93%	144,644,811
9.   To re‑elect Chris Kennedy as a Director	182,139,985	80,706	182,220,691	45.93%	144,654,707
10.  To re-elect Adèle Anderson as a Director	181,846,957	359,305	182,206,262	45.92%	144,669,046
11.  To re‑elect David Bennett as a Director	181,717,063	144,080,468	325,797,531	82.11%	1,076,748
12.  To re‑elect John Browett as a Director	182,096,834	108,246	182,205,080	45.92%	144,669,135
13.  To re‑elect Professor Rigas Doganis as a Director	182,063,769	143,852,569	325,916,338	82.14%	958,970
14.  To re‑elect Keith Hamill OBE as a Director	181,834,033	371,620	182,205,653	45.92%	144,669,127
15.  To re-elect Andy Martin as a Director	182,093,294	110,418	182,203,712	45.92%	144,669,988
16.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	180,684,564	1,480,765	182,165,329	45.91%	144,707,006
17.  To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	180,648,847	1,507,877	182,156,724	45.91%	144,720,149
18.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	175,860,967	6,329,047	182,190,014	45.92%	144,688,189
19.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares	181,881,330	144,052,685	325,934,015	82.15%	943,408
20.  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights**	182,057,507	143,791,952	325,849,459	82.13%	1,021,560
21.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares**	325,466,276	470,575	325,936,851	82.15%	941,798
22.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice**	170,458,593	155,485,754	325,944,347	82.15%	925,711

*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority

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 396,767,151.

The last notification made under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules by easyGroup Holdings Ltd to easyJet of its total voting rights was on 21 January 2013 at which time easyGroup disclosed that the combined holding of the Haji-Ioannou family was 146,511,798 shares.

Speaking at the Company's Annual General Meeting in Luton today, John Barton, Chairman of easyJet plc, said:

"The Board would like to thank our shareholders for their continued support.  We look forward to delivering another successful year for them in 2013/14."

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 FSA for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do).

The timetable in relation to the ordinary and special dividends is as follows:

Shares marked ex-entitlement to the dividends	Wednesday 26 February 2014
Record date for entitlement to the dividends	5.00 p.m. on Friday, 28 February 2014
Payment of dividends	Friday, 21 March 2014

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13 February 2014

For further details please contact easyJet plc:

Investor:

Will MacLaren, Investor Relations                  [phone]

Media:

Paul Moore, Corporate Communications       [phone]

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Edward Simpkins, RLM Finsbury                   [phone]

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