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

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
UK 100

Latest directors dealings