21 May 2024
Trustpilot Group plc
(the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting held on 21 May 2024
At the Annual General Meeting of Trustpilot Group plc held earlier today (the "AGM"), all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting put to the AGM were duly passed by the requisite majority.
Each of the resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way of a poll and the results are set out in the table below. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held:
Resolution |
Total For (1) |
Total Against |
Total votes validly cast |
Total votes cast as a % of issued share capital |
Votes withheld (2) |
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No. of votes |
% of vote |
No. of votes |
% of vote |
|
|
No. of votes |
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1 |
To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and the auditors for the year ended 31 December 2023 |
280,282,415 |
100.00 |
13,524 |
0.00 |
280,295,939 |
67.42% |
154,995 |
2 |
To approve the directors' remuneration report |
238,402,275 |
88.98 |
29,521,190 |
11.02 |
267,923,465 |
64.44% |
12,527,469 |
3 |
To elect Adrian Blair as a director |
278,678,397 |
99.37 |
1,772,535 |
0.63 |
280,450,932 |
67.45% |
2 |
4 |
To re-elect Zillah Byng-Thorne as a director |
262,115,916 |
97.83 |
5,807,549 |
2.17 |
267,923,465 |
64.44% |
12,527,469 |
5 |
To re-elect Mohammed Anjarwala as a director |
278,672,662 |
99.37 |
1,778,270 |
0.63 |
280,450,932 |
67.45% |
2 |
6 |
To re-elect Hanno Damm as a director |
277,004,192 |
98.77 |
3,446,740 |
1.23 |
280,450,932 |
67.45% |
2 |
7 |
To re-elect Claire Davenport as a director |
279,767,741 |
99.76 |
683,193 |
0.24 |
280,450,934 |
67.45% |
0 |
8 |
To re-elect Joe Hurd as a director |
279,767,741 |
99.76 |
683,193 |
0.24 |
280,450,934 |
67.45% |
0 |
9 |
To re-elect Rachel Kentleton as a director |
280,128,206 |
99.88 |
322,728 |
0.12 |
280,450,934 |
67.45% |
0 |
10 |
To re-elect Peter Holten Mühlmann as a director |
278,672,291 |
99.37 |
1,778,641 |
0.63 |
280,450,932 |
67.45% |
2 |
11 |
To re-elect Angela Seymour-Jackson as a director |
260,289,888 |
92.81 |
20,161,045 |
7.19 |
280,450,933 |
67.45% |
1 |
12 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors |
280,436,160 |
99.99 |
14,773 |
0.01 |
280,450,933 |
67.45% |
1 |
13 |
To authorise the audit committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors |
280,444,882 |
100.00 |
6,052 |
0.00 |
280,450,934 |
67.45% |
0 |
14 |
To authorise the directors to allot shares |
274,771,351 |
97.97 |
5,679,581 |
2.03 |
280,450,932 |
67.45% |
2 |
15 |
To disapply pre-emption rights |
278,826,184 |
99.42 |
1,624,749 |
0.58 |
280,450,933 |
67.45% |
1 |
16 |
To disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the financing or refinancing of an acquisition or capital investment |
274,867,924 |
98.01 |
5,583,007 |
1.99 |
280,450,931 |
67.45% |
3 |
17 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
280,223,564 |
99.92 |
211,396 |
0.08 |
280,434,960 |
67.45% |
15,974 |
18 |
To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure |
280,044,723 |
99.86 |
406,211 |
0.14 |
280,450,934 |
67.45% |
0 |
19 |
To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
277,430,803 |
98.92 |
3,020,129 |
1.08 |
280,450,932 |
67.45% |
2 |
20 |
To cancel the balance standing to the credit of the share premium account |
280,444,882 |
100.00 |
6,052 |
0.00 |
280,450,934 |
67.45% |
0 |
(1) Includes discretionary votes
(2) A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
As at 17 May 2024, the Company's issued ordinary share capital consisted of 415,761,535 ordinary shares of £0.01 each, each carrying the right to one vote at a general meeting of the Company.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The resolutions carried at the AGM are set out in full in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which can be found on the Company's website at investors.trustpilot.com
Anne McSherry
Company Secretary
Enquiries:
Trustpilot: |
Anne McSherry, Company Secretary
Louise Bryant, Head of Investor Relations
+44 20 4534 5222 |
Headland Consultancy: |
Stephen Malthouse
Charlie Pepper
+44 (0)73 1136 9861 |