Result of AGM

National Express Group PLC

10 May 2023

 

NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC

Result of AGM - 10 May 2023

National Express Group PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today in the Bevan Suite at BMA House, British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP at 2.00pm. All resolutions at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below.

As at 6.30pm on Friday 5 May 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 614,086,377 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll. 

Resolution		VOTES FOR		VOTES AGAINST		% of ISC voted	Number of votes withheld
		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%
1.	To receive the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2022 and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports thereon	423,161,975	100.00	16,946	0.00	68.91	394,617
2.	To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration (advisory vote only)	396,242,850	94.02	25,215,882	5.98	68.63	2,114,806
3.	To declare a full year 2022 dividend of 5.0p per ordinary share	421,401,462	99.50	2,101,079	0.50	68.96	70,997
4.	To elect Helen Weir as a Director of the Company	419,670,662	99.10	3,792,727	0.90	68.96	109,849
5.	To elect James Stamp as a Director of the Company	422,200,580	99.70	1,253,529	0.30	68.96	119,429
6.	To re-elect Jorge Cosmen as a Director of the Company	413,770,579	97.71	9,686,373	2.29	68.96	116,586
7.	To re-elect Matthew Crummack as a Director of the Company	416,991,805	98.47	6,463,786	1.53	68.96	117,947
8.	To re-elect Carolyn Flowers as a Director of the Company	416,768,561	98.42	6,688,591	1.58	68.96	116,386
9.	To re-elect Ignacio Garat as a Director of the Company	422,264,469	99.72	1,191,303	0.28	68.96	117,766
10.	To re-elect Karen Geary as a Director of the Company	417,001,473	98.48	6,448,818	1.52	68.96	123,247
11.	To re-elect Ana de Pro Gonzalo as a Director of the Company	422,300,152	99.73	1,153,009	0.27	68.96	120,377
12.	To re-elect Mike McKeon as a Director of the Company	422,293,455	99.73	1,160,671	0.27	68.96	119,412
13.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor	387,042,825	91.40	36,433,802	8.60	68.96	96,911
14.	To authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration	387,602,887	91.53	35,877,842	8.47	68.96	92,809
15.	To authorise political donations and expenditure	422,479,412	99.77	978,577	0.23	68.96	115,549
16.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	406,994,615	96.11	16,485,676	3.89	68.96	93,247
17.	To give the Directors power to disapply pre-emption rights - general	408,284,820	96.41	15,186,408	3.59	68.96	102,310
18.	To give the Directors power to disapply pre-emption rights - specific	393,834,316	93.00	29,641,326	7.00	68.96	97,896
19.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	423,333,461	99.98	80,008	0.02	68.95	160,069
20.	To call General Meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice	414,118,711	97.79	9,358,913	2.21	68.96	95,914

NOTES:  

 1.   The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairperson discretion.

2.   Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

3.   Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions which required a majority of votes cast to be in favour.  

4.   Resolutions 17 to 20 were special resolutions which required at least 75% of votes cast to be in favour.  

5.   In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

6.  The voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/investors/agm

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Company contacts:

Simon Callander, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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Gillian Saunderson, Deputy Company Secretary

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Notes

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800A8IQEMY8PA5X34

Classification: 3.1 (with reference to DTR6 Annex 1R)

 

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