Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2377C

easyJet PLC

06 February 2020

 

6 February 2020

easyJet plc

(the "Company")

Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today at Hangar 89, London Luton Airport, Luton, LU2 9PF.  

All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 18 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 19 to 21 were each passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to be passed). The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

Resolution		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC Voted*	Votes Withheld**
1.	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2019	191,880,980	99.60	772,833	0.40	192,653,813	48.50%	134,312,563
2.	To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration	183,893,438	94.54	10,626,149	5.46	194,519,587	48.97%	132,447,695
3.	To declare a final dividend	194,516,498	99.99	27,604	0.01	194,544,102	48.98%	132,423,981
4.	To re-appoint John Barton as a Director	191,636,070	98.98	1,976,108	1.02	193,612,178	48.74%	133,343,299
5.	To re-appoint Johan Lundgren as a Director	194,288,833	99.93	138,698	0.07	194,427,531	48.95%	132,528,308
6.	To re-appoint Andrew Findlay as a Director	194,243,865	99.90	185,732	0.10	194,429,597	48.95%	132,524,580
7.	To re-appoint Charles Gurassa as a Director	193,935,057	99.75	491,008	0.25	194,426,065	48.95%	132,527,956
8.	To re-appoint Dr Andreas Bierwirth as a Director	179,008,736	94.87	9,681,849	5.13	188,690,585	47.50%	138,263,436
9.	To re-appoint Moya Greene DBE as a Director	193,942,562	99.75	486,548	0.25	194,429,110	48.95%	132,525,553
10.	To re-appoint Dr Anastassia Lauterbach as a Director	194,335,633	99.95	91,208	0.05	194,426,841	48.95%	132,527,180
11.	To re-appoint Nick Leeder as a Director	194,329,517	99.95	89,726	0.05	194,419,243	48.95%	132,534,778
12.	To re-appoint Andy Martin as a Director	193,851,049	99.71	568,934	0.29	194,419,983	48.95%	132,534,680
13.	To re-appoint Julie Southern as a Director	192,125,105	99.66	653,419	0.34	192,778,524	48.53%	134,176,139
14.	To appoint Catherine Bradley CBE as a Director	194,334,572	99.95	87,532	0.05	194,422,104	48.95%	132,529,800
15.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	188,767,674	97.08	5,677,326	2.92	194,445,000	48.95%	132,506,133
16.	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	191,112,950	98.25	3,399,132	1.75	194,512,082	48.97%	132,440,199
17.	To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure	178,833,394	92.17	15,200,010	7.83	194,033,404	48.85%	132,924,142
18.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	194,140,734	99.84	308,500	0.16	194,449,234	48.95%	132,501,914
19.	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)	194,088,872	99.82	355,441	0.18	194,444,313	48.95%	132,503,735
20.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares  (Special Resolution)	191,524,472	98.56	2,804,492	1.44	194,328,964	48.92%	132,629,175
21.	To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	185,033,407	95.37	8,981,578	4.63	194,014,985	48.84%	132,936,211

* Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares

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

Votes of Independent Shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-Executive Directors
Resolution		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Total Votes	% of ISC voted***	Votes Withheld**
7.	To re-appoint Charles Gurassa as a Director	193,935,057	99.75	491,008	0.25	194,426,065	73.42%	126,529
8.	To re-appoint Dr Andreas Bierwirth as a Director	179,008,736	94.87	9,681,849	5.13	188,690,585	71.26%	5,862,009
9.	To re-appoint Moya Greene DBE as a Director	193,942,562	99.75	486,548	0.25	194,429,110	73.42%	124,126
10.	To re-appoint Dr Anastassia Lauterbach as a Director	194,335,633	99.95	91,208	0.05	194,426,841	73.42%	125,753
11.	To re-appoint Nick Leeder as a Director	194,329,517	99.95	89,726	0.05	194,419,243	73.42%	133,351
12.	To re-appoint Andy Martin as a Director	193,851,049	99.71	568,934	0.29	194,419,983	73.42%	133,253
13.	To re-appoint Julie Southern as a Director	192,125,105	99.66	653,419	0.34	192,778,524	72.80%	1,774,712
14.	To appoint Catherine Bradley CBE as a Director	194,334,572	99.95	87,532	0.05	194,422,104	73.42%	128,373

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

*** Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares but excluding (for these purposes) shares held by the controlling shareholders

1.     Notes

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 7-14 inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.

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 397,208,133.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 

2.     Dividend

The timetable in relation to the dividend is as follows:

Ex-dividend date	Thursday, 27 February 2020
Record date for entitlement to the dividend	5.00 p.m. on Friday, 28 February 2020
Payment of dividend	Friday, 20 March 2020

In case of queries please contact:

Michael Barker, Investor Relations	07985 890939
Anna Knowles, Corporate Communications	07985 873313
Dorothy Burwell/Ed Simpkins, Finsbury	020 7251 3801

LEI: 2138001S47XKWIB7TH90

 

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