Compass Group PLC Result of AGM (3597C)

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RNS Number : 3597C

Compass Group PLC

07 February 2020

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 6 FEBRUARY 2020: POLL RESULTS

The Compass Group PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 6 February 2020. All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at the Meeting were passed.

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of votes withheld are set out below:

 
                                   No. of Votes              No. of               Total No.       No. of 
   Res                              'For' &                   Votes                of              Votes 
   No    Details                    'Discretionary   %        'Against'    %       Votes Cast      Withheld 
         Receive and adopt 
          the Annual Report 
 1        and Accounts               1,273,284,464   99.98       315,237   0.02   1,273,599,701    5,641,809 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Receive and adopt 
          the Directors' 
 2        Remuneration Report        1,197,897,440   93.85    78,502,084   6.15   1,276,399,524    2,841,986 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Declare a final 
 3        dividend                   1,277,672,844   99.90     1,286,566   0.10   1,278,959,410      282,196 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
 4       Elect Karen Witts           1,272,465,295   99.50     6,404,628   0.50   1,278,869,923      371,561 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Dominic 
 5        Blakemore                  1,276,101,197   99.78     2,777,051   0.22   1,278,878,248      363,106 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Gary 
 6        Green                      1,276,726,036   99.83     2,151,353   0.17   1,278,877,389      363,824 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Carol 
 7        Arrowsmith                 1,258,334,885   98.39    20,541,403   1.61   1,278,876,288      364,925 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect John 
 8        Bason                      1,276,480,518   99.81     2,396,463   0.19   1,278,876,981      364,277 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Stefan 
 9        Bomhard                    1,276,165,198   99.79     2,708,269   0.21   1,278,873,467      367,746 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect John 
 10       Bryant                     1,278,118,974   99.94       755,559   0.06   1,278,874,533      366,680 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Anne-Francoise 
 11       Nesmes                     1,270,759,346   99.37     8,114,790   0.63   1,278,874,136      367,077 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Nelson 
 12       Silva                      1,277,801,399   99.92     1,072,722   0.08   1,278,874,121      367,092 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Ireena 
 13       Vittal                     1,214,422,130   94.96    64,453,070   5.04   1,278,875,200      366,057 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-elect Paul 
 14       Walsh                      1,216,310,909   97.32    33,483,382   2.68   1,249,794,291   29,447,063 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Re-appoint KPMG 
          LLP as Company's 
 15       auditors                   1,271,429,352   99.99        79,409   0.01   1,271,508,761    7,732,548 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Authorise the 
          Audit Committee 
          to agree the Auditor's 
 16       remuneration               1,278,881,006   99.99        68,456   0.01   1,278,949,462      291,751 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
 17      EU political donations      1,229,470,361   96.59    43,375,838   3.41   1,272,846,199    6,395,014 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Approve amendment 
          to operation of 
 18       Remuneration Policy        1,275,315,390   99.94       823,446   0.06   1,276,138,836    3,102,377 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Authority to allot 
 19       shares                     1,177,522,090   92.06   101,583,535   7.94   1,279,105,625      135,588 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Authority to allot 
 20       shares for cash*           1,222,033,081   95.78    53,793,984   4.22   1,275,827,065    3,414,148 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Additional authority 
          to allot shares 
          for cash in limited 
 21       circumstances*             1,213,335,172   95.10    62,499,845   4.90   1,275,835,017    3,406,196 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Authority to purchase 
 22       shares*                    1,263,503,849   98.84    14,828,374   1.16   1,278,332,223      908,989 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
         Reduce General 
          Meeting notice 
 23       periods*                   1,169,538,598   91.86   103,620,776   8.14   1,273,159,374    6,081,884 
        ------------------------  ----------------  ------  ------------  -----  --------------  ----------- 
 

* Passed as a special resolution.

Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

A copy of the above results will shortly be available in the investor section of the Company's website

www.compass-group.com.

A copy of all of the Resolutions passed, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available to view at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

As at the close of business on 6 February 2020, the issued share capital was 1,589,736,625 ordinary shares of

11 1/20 pence each of which 1,669,543 were held as treasury shares and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) was 1,588,067,082 each ordinary share having one vote.

ENDS

Enquiries:

   Investors/Analysts:              Alison Yapp, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary 

Note to Editors: Compass Group PLC is the world's leading food service company, which generated annual revenues of GBP25.2 billion in the year to 30 September 2019. It operates in around 45 countries, employs and engages around 600,000 people and serves over 5.5 billion meals a year. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.

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