Go-Ahead Group PLC Result of AGM (0742G)

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RNS Number : 0742G

Go-Ahead Group PLC

01 November 2018

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    Against    % of vote     Votes cast     Withheld 
                                                           cast                     cast         as % of 
                                                                                                 issued 
                                                                                              share capital 
      To receive the Group's Annual 
      Report 
      and Accounts for the year ended 30 
  1   June 2018                            30,435,005        99.99       1,847        0.01           70.58%    138,775 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To approve the directors' 
      remuneration 
  2   policy                               30,249,362        99.00     307,034        1.00           70.85%     19,230 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To approve the directors' 
      remuneration 
  3   report                               29,886,078        99.03     291,604        0.97           69.98%    397,944 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To declare a final dividend of 
      71.91p 
  4   per ordinary share                   30,573,352       100.00         793        0.00           70.90%      1,482 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Andrew Allner as a 
      non-executive 
  5   director                             26,451,716        86.54   4,112,435       13.46           70.87%     11,474 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as 
  6    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 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To re-elect David Brown as an 
      executive 
 10   director                             30,435,981        99.58     129,674        0.42           70.88%      9,972 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To re-elect Patrick Butcher as an 
 11    executive director                  30,422,021        99.53     142,854        0.47           70.87%     10,752 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as 
      auditor 
 12   of the Group                         30,364,963        99.95      14,482        0.05           70.44%    196,181 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To authorise the directors of the 
      Group to agree the remuneration of 
 13   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 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To authorise the directors to 
      allot 
 15   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 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To give authority to the Group to 
       make market purchases of its own 
 17    shares (special resolution)         30,276,714        99.09     278,030        0.91           70.85%     20,882 
     -----------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------- 
      To authorise the calling of 
      general 
      meetings of the Group by notice of 
 18   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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