Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3578L

Bridgepoint Group plc

13 May 2022

 

13 May 2022

Bridgepoint Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Bridgepoint Group plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 12 May 2022.

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each resolution was passed by the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  The results of the poll were as follows:

Resolutions		Votes For1		Votes Against		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld3
		No. of Shares	% of Shares Voted	No. of Shares	% of Shares Voted	No. of Shares	% of Issued Capital2
1	To receive the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report on those financial statements	751,343,474	99.95%	340,971	0.05%	751,684,445	91.30	57,623,920
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2021	744,090,250	99.68%	2,379,353	0.32%	746,469,603	90.67	62,838,762
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	747,619,996	99.74%	1,975,439	0.26%	749,595,435	91.05	59,712,930
4	To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next AGM at which accounts are laid	751,394,216	100.00%	0	0.00%	751,394,216	91.27	57,914,149
5	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	751,862,116	100.00%	1,429	0.00%	751,863,545	91.33	57,444,820
6	To declare a final dividend of 3.64 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2021	751,806,524	99.99%	56,450	0.01%	751,862,974	91.33	57,445,391
7	To elect William Jackson as a Director	746,719,833	99.52%	3,609,860	0.48%	750,329,693	91.14	58,978,672
8	To elect Adam Jones as a Director	747,556,066	99.99%	85,914	0.01%	747,641,980	90.81	61,666,385
9	To elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director	751,399,024	100.00%	20,407	0.00%	751,419,431	91.27	57,888,934
10	To elect Carolyn McCall as a Director	751,323,503	99.99%	95,928	0.01%	751,419,431	91.27	57,888,934
11	To elect Archie Norman as a Director	751,383,772	100.00%	35,659	0.00%	751,419,431	91.27	57,888,934
12	To elect Tim Score as a Director	750,801,514	99.92%	617,917	0.08%	751,419,431	91.27	57,888,934
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	746,548,348	99.35%	4,869,939	0.65%	751,418,287	91.27	57,890,078
14	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	748,168,743	99.57%	3,248,687	0.43%	751,417,430	91.27	57,890,935
15	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment	748,070,110	99.55%	3,345,034	0.45%	751,415,144	91.27	57,893,221
16	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	751,784,211	99.99%	62,520	0.01%	751,846,731	91.32	57,461,634
17	To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	749,591,566	99.70%	2,270,858	0.30%	751,862,424	91.33	57,445,941

1  Includes discretionary votes.

2  The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on 10 May 2022 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 823,268,774 ordinary shares of £0.00005 each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury, and so the total voting rights in the Company were 823,268,774.

3  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism . 

ENQUIRIES

Bridgepoint

Analysts and investors Adam Key [e-mail] [phone]

Media Christian Jones / James Murray [e-mail] james.murray.bridgepoint.eu [phone]

Finsbury Glover Hering (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

Charles O'Brien / 020 7251 3801 / 07825 043 656

Anjali Unnikrishnan / 020 7251 3801 / 07826 534 233

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