Result of AGM
Updated : 14:04
01 November 2018
The Go-Ahead Group plc (the "Company")
VOTING RESULTS OF 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at 11.00am, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:
Resolution | For | % of votes cast | Against | % of vote cast | Votes cast as % of issued share capital | Withheld | |
1 | To receive the Group's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2018 | 30,435,005 | 99.99 | 1,847 | 0.01 | 70.58% | 138,775 |
2 | To approve the directors' remuneration policy | 30,249,362 | 99.00 | 307,034 | 1.00 | 70.85% | 19,230 |
3 | To approve the directors' remuneration report | 29,886,078 | 99.03 | 291,604 | 0.97 | 69.98% | 397,944 |
4 | To declare a final dividend of 71.91p per ordinary share | 30,573,352 | 100.00 | 793 | 0.00 | 70.90% | 1,482 |
5 | To re-elect Andrew Allner as a non-executive director | 26,451,716 | 86.54 | 4,112,435 | 13.46 | 70.87% | 11,474 |
6 | To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a non-executive director | 30,465,488 | 99.68 | 98,887 | 0.32 | 70.87% | 11,252 |
7 | To re-elect Adrian Ewer as a non-executive director | 30,478,848 | 99.73 | 82,110 | 0.27 | 70.87% | 14,669 |
8 | To re-elect Harry Holt as a non-executive director | 30,481,863 | 99.74 | 80,868 | 0.26 | 70.87% | 12,896 |
9 | To re-elect Leanne Wood as a non-executive director | 30,481,767 | 99.74 | 79,709 | 0.26 | 70.87% | 14,151 |
10 | To re-elect David Brown as an executive director | 30,435,981 | 99.58 | 129,674 | 0.42 | 70.88% | 9,972 |
11 | To re-elect Patrick Butcher as an executive director | 30,422,021 | 99.53 | 142,854 | 0.47 | 70.87% | 10,752 |
12 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Group | 30,364,963 | 99.95 | 14,482 | 0.05 | 70.44% | 196,181 |
13 | To authorise the directors of the Group to agree the remuneration of Deloitte LLP | 30,484,955 | 99.72 | 85,954 | 0.28 | 70.89% | 4,718 |
14 | To authorise the Group to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 30,298,282 | 99.12 | 268,726 | 0.88 | 70.88% | 8,619 |
15 | To authorise the directors to allot shares | 30,091,933 | 98.44 | 478,068 | 1.56 | 70.89% | 5,626 |
16 | To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution) | 30,424,626 | 99.90 | 29,447 | 0.10 | 70.62% | 121,554 |
17 | To give authority to the Group to make market purchases of its own shares (special resolution) | 30,276,714 | 99.09 | 278,030 | 0.91 | 70.85% | 20,882 |
18 | To authorise the calling of general meetings of the Group by notice of 14 clear days (special resolution) | 28,779,930 | 94.14 | 1,792,956 | 5.86 | 70.89% | 2,741 |
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. 2. The Group's issued capital (excluding treasury shares) at the date of the meeting was 43,125,400 ordinary shares of 10p each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote and, therefore, at the date of the meeting there were 43,125,400 voting rights in the Group. 3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution. 4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places. |
This information will also shortly be available to view on the Company's website at: www.go-ahead.com. A copy of the resolutions relating to special business at the Annual General Meeting have today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information please contact:
Carolyn Ferguson, Group Company Secretary - 0191 232 3123
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