NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC ("the Company")
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - VOTING RESULTS
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 5 May 2010 all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote. The votes cast were as follows:
Resolution |
For/Discretionary |
Against |
Withheld |
Total |
1. Report and accounts |
376,653,005 |
2,230,557 |
687,416 |
378,883,562 |
2. Remuneration Report |
362,333,870 |
11,320,341 |
5,905,601 |
373,654,211 |
3. Elect Dean Finch as director |
377,600,748 |
1,672,844 |
182,312 |
379,273,592 |
4. Re-elect Sir Andrew Foster as director |
343,845,759 |
2,691,168 |
33,028,060 |
346,536,927 |
5. Re-elect Tim Score as director |
343,248,000 |
2,635,779 |
33,675,680 |
345,883,779 |
6. Re-appoint Auditors |
367,408.241 |
12,011,736 |
150,668 |
379,419,977 |
7. Authorise Directors to fix Auditors remuneration |
367,864,123 |
11,380,763 |
324,177 |
379,244,886 |
8. Authority to allot shares |
378,570,112 |
871,901 |
128,966 |
379,442,013 |
9. Authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
379,012,973 |
351,972 |
194,868 |
379,364,945 |
10. Authority to purchase own shares |
379,240,099 |
184,186 |
135,528 |
379,424,285 |
11. Political donations |
375,661,940 |
3,552,522 |
345,018 |
379,214,462 |
12. Adopt new Articles |
376,750,829 |
2,612,695 |
207,122 |
379,363,524 |
13. Authority to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice |
374,131,205 |
5,289,142 |
150,632 |
379,420,347 |
Two copies of the resolutions dealing with special business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority (the "FSA") and will shortly be available for inspection at the FSA Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000