Result of AGM

National Grid PLC

10 July 2024

 

10 July 2024

National Grid plc ("National Grid" or the "Company")

Publication of AGM Results

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which was held today at 11.00am at The Slate, Warwick Conferences, The University of Warwick, Scarman Road, Coventry, CV4 7SH.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution		Votes For	For (% of shares voted)	Votes against	Against (% of shares voted)	Votes Withheld**
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	3,265,192,456	99.64	11,808,563	0.36	3,635,434
2	To declare a final dividend	3,276,241,107	99.87	4,115,354	0.13	280,243
3	To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds	3,165,558,984	96.51	114,361,420	3.49	710,938
4	To re-elect John Pettigrew	3,220,577,902	98.19	59,380,025	1.81	678,756
5	To re-elect Andy Agg	3,219,289,553	98.15	60,655,331	1.85	691,762
6	To elect Jacqui Ferguson	3,277,766,456	99.94	2,118,799	0.06	745,969
7	To re-elect Ian Livingston	3,232,349,650	98.55	47,525,067	1.45	760,958
8	To re-elect Iain Mackay	3,275,996,527	99.88	3,857,093	0.12	782,374
9	To re-elect Anne Robinson	3,275,223,662	99.86	4,679,360	0.14	732,982
10	To re-elect Earl Shipp	3,221,573,782	98.22	58,299,295	1.78	762,917
11	To re-elect Jonathan Silver	3,189,879,551	97.55	79,976,697	2.45	10,770,437
12	To re-elect Tony Wood	3,230,645,484	98.50	49,253,491	1.50	737,106
13	To re-elect Martha Wyrsch	3,265,300,758	99.56	14,595,402	0.44	739,919
14	To re-appoint the auditor Deloitte LLP	3,269,095,883	99.97	947,290	0.03	10,592,513
15	To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to set the auditor's remuneration	3,277,640,388	99.93	2,359,189	0.07	634,244
16	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	3,172,752,905	96.74	106,925,290	3.26	954,574
17	To approve the Climate Transition Plan	3,088,067,262	98.95	32,842,335	1.05	159,724,101
18	To authorise the Company to make political donations	3,203,372,750	98.39	52,339,464	1.61	24,920,811
19	To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares	3,176,146,668	96.83	103,872,859	3.17	612,209
20*	To disapply pre-emption rights	3,186,679,738	97.19	92,273,605	2.81	1,677,822
21*	To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions	3,184,219,130	97.09	95,480,366	2.91	930,611
22*	To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares	3,262,733,115	99.55	14,787,488	0.45	3,089,826
23*	To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	3,071,490,760	93.65	208,357,966	6.35	760,783

*Special resolution

**A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

The percentage of Issued Share Capital voted on was 68.17%

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 20-23 (inclusive) have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

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