Result of AGM and Dividend Declaration

National World PLC

30 May 2024

 

National World plc

Result of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Declaration

The Annual General Meeting of National World plc was held via videoconference on 30 May 2024 at 11.00 a.m.

All resolutions put to members were passed on a poll, save for Resolution 14 which was withdrawn by the Chairman. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions.

The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld
Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ending 30 December 2023.	150,696,637	100	0	0.00	74,356,325
Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To approve the directors' remuneration report contained on pages 54 to 71 of the Annual Report.	150,591,637	99.93	107,250	0.07	74,354,075
Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 0.55p per ordinary share which will be paid on 10 July 2024 to all Shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 7 June 2024.	225,050,712	100	0	0.00	2,250
Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. David Montgomery as a director.	129,983,024	86.25	20,713,613	13.75	74,356,325
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. Mark Hollinshead as a director.	150,696,637	99.99	2,250	0.01	74,354,075
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. John Rowe as a director.	150,696,637	99.99	2,250	0.01	74,354,075
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. Daniel Cammiade as a director.	150,696,637	100	0	0.00	74,356,325
Resolution 8 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. David Fordham as a director.	161,468,139	75.35	52,810,175	24.65	10,774,648
Resolution 9 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. David Lindsay as a director.	150,696,637	66.96	74,356,325	33.04	0
Resolution 10 (Ordinary) To appoint Mrs. Sheree Manning as a director.	150,696,637	100	0	0.00	74,356,325
Resolution 11 (Ordinary) To appoint Mrs. Andrea Davies as a director.	150,696,637	99.99	2,250	0.01	74,354,075
Resolution 12 (Ordinary) To reappoint Crowe U.K. LLP as auditors from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the next general meeting before which accounts are laid and to authorise the directors to fix the auditors' remuneration.	150,696,637	99.99	2,250	0.01	74,354,075
Resolution 13 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, as set out in the Notice of the Meeting.	150,491,637	66.90	74,451,325	33.10	110,000

As above Resolution 3 for a final dividend of 0.55p per ordinary share has been passed by Shareholders, this will be paid on 10 July 2024 to all Shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 7 June 2024. The ex-dividend date for these purposes is 6 June 2024.

As at 30 May 2024, there were 267,663,987 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.

 

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