Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3934E

National Express Group PLC

09 May 2013

 



NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC ("the Company")

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - VOTING RESULTS

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 9 May 2013 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	Votes For	Votes Against	Total Votes	Votes Withheld
1.	To receive the reports of the Directors and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012.	384,571,618	14,655,954	399,227,572	6,820,055
2.	To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2012.	277,526,180	110,503,482	388,029,662	18,006,199
3.	To declare a final dividend of 6.6 pence per ordinary share.	405,993,223	26,771	406,019,994	27,033
4.	To elect Sir John Armitt as a director.	405,320,559	646,502	405,967,061	80,566
5.	To elect JackieHunt as a Director.	405,474,631	456,903	405,931,534	115,493
6.	To re-elect Joaquin Ayuso as a Director	405,370,753	557,066	405,927,819	120,613
7.	To re-elect Jorge Cosmen as a Director.	400,442,365	5,460,832	405,903,197	130,719
8.	To re-elect Dean Finch as a Director.	405,433,243	516,685	405,949,928	109,820
9.	To re-elect Sir Andrew Foster as a Director.	376,540,695	29,402,451	405,943,146	107,981
10.	To re-elect Jez Maiden as a Director.	405,382,380	559,798	405,942,178	117,570
11.	To elect Chris Muntwyler as a   Director.	405,447,902	493,131	405,941,033	107,549
12.	To elect Elliot (Lee) Sander as a Director.	395,611,806	10,314,399	405,926,205	107,526
13.	To elect Tim Score as a Director.	395,690,232	10,244,200	405,934,432	99,484
14.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company.	391,270,692	424,508	391,695,200	14,353,382

15.	To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration.	392,057,440	194,680	392,252,120	13,796,267
16.	To confer on the Directors a general authority to allot shares.	404,332,561	1,626,907	405,959,468	88,924
17.*	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights relating to ordinary shares allotted under the authority granted by resolution 16.	405,566,376	351,384	405,917,760	130,636
18.*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	404,956,895	433,484	405,390,379	658,018
19.	To authorise political donations under the Companies Act 2006.	397,168,610	8,745,544	405,914,154	134,243
20.*	To renew authority to hold general meetings other than AGMs on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	393,641,826	12,296,044	405,937,870	108,137
21.	To approve amendments to the rules of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan	299,426,247	106,436,183	405,862,430	187,907

*     Special Resolution

The number of shares in issue at the date of this announcement was 511,738,648.

In accordance with the UK Listing Authority, copies of resolutions 16 to 21 will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Michael Hampson

Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

9 May 2013

 

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