Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1958Q

SSP Group PLC

16 February 2023

 

16 February 2023        LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

SSP Group plc (the "Company")

Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 16 February 2023

The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 16 February 2023 at Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AL was successfully concluded.

All Resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll.  The voting results are below and will also be available on the Company's website ( www.foodtravelexperts.com ).

Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of issued share capital voted	Votes withheld
1. To receive the Company's annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2022 together with the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those accounts	575,256,865	99.95%	282,338	0.05%	575,539,203	72.26%	423,068
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2022 (excluding Directors' Remuneration Policy);	565,593,799	98.20%	10,350,491	1.80%	575,944,290	72.31%	17,981
3. To elect Patrick Coveney as a Director of the Company	575,874,040	99.99%	73,437	0.01%	575,947,477	72.31%	14,794
4. To re-elect Mike Clasper as a Director of the Company;	566,842,321	98.42%	9,098,189	1.58%	575,940,510	72.31%	21,761
5. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company;	567,593,373	98.55%	8,357,629	1.45%	575,951,002	72.31%	11,269
6. To re-elect Carolyn Bradley as a Director of the Company;	567,307,015	98.50%	8,636,815	1.50%	575,943,830	72.31%	18,441
7. To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director of the Company;	567,302,906	98.50%	8,641,377	1.50%	575,944,283	72.31%	17,988
8. To re-elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company;	567,303,398	98.50%	8,642,648	1.50%	575,946,046	72.31%	16,225
9. To re-elect Kelly Kuhn as a Director of the Company;	567,301,850	98.50%	8,642,648	1.50%	575,944,498	72.31%	17,773
10. To re-elect Apurvi Sheth as a Director of the Company;	567,293,019	98.50%	8,651,479	1.50%	575,944,498	72.31%	17,773
11. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company;	565,614,978	98.95%	5,977,900	1.05%	571,592,878	71.76%	4,369,393
12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor;	572,052,369	99.32%	3,901,173	0.68%	575,953,542	72.31%	8,729
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure;	575,065,599	99.85%	882,229	0.15%	575,947,828	72.31%	14,443
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006;	479,205,447	83.20%	96,748,959	16.80%	575,954,406	72.31%	7,865
15. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (General);	575,689,147	100.00%	24,040	0.00%	575,713,187	72.28%	249,084
16. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (Acquisition or Capital Investment);	571,511,680	99.23%	4,412,894	0.77%	575,924,574	72.30%	37,697
17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares;	574,678,520	99.79%	1,200,062	0.21%	575,878,582	72.30%	83,689
18. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice; and	477,450,375	82.90%	98,506,835	17.10%	575,957,210	72.31%	5,061
19. To approve the updated Articles of Association.	575,926,315	100.00%	20,014	0.00%	575,946,329	72.31%	15,942

Notes:

(1)  Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 5 January 2023 (which is available on the Company's website at   https://investors.foodtravelexperts.com/investors/shareholder-information/2023.aspx ).

(2)  Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15 to 19 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

(3)  Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.

(4)  There were 796,529,196 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue all of which had the right to vote. 263,499 ordinary shares were held in treasury which do not carry voting rights.

(5)  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

(6)  Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available for inspection at data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism  

For further information contact:

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General Counsel & Company Secretary

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Investor and analyst enquiries

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Corporate Affairs Director

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