National Express Group PLC Result of AGM (9977Y)

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RNS Number : 9977Y

National Express Group PLC

10 May 2023

NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC

Result of AGM - 10 May 2023

National Express Group PLC (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today in the Bevan Suite at BMA House, British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP at 2.00pm. All resolutions at the AGM were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed with the requisite majority. The full results are detailed below.

As at 6.30pm on Friday 5 May 2023, the time by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 614,086,377 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.

 
                                          VOTES FOR           VOTES AGAINST      % of     Number 
                                                                                  ISC     of votes 
                                                                                 voted    withheld 
                                       No. of        %        No. of      % 
            Resolution                  shares                shares 
                                    ------------  -------  -----------  ----- 
       To receive the 
        accounts of the 
        Company for the 
        year ended 31 December 
        2022 and the Directors' 
        and Auditors' Reports 
 1.     thereon                      423,161,975   100.00       16,946   0.00   68.91      394,617 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To approve the 
        Annual Report on 
        Remuneration (advisory 
 2.     vote only)                   396,242,850   94.02    25,215,882   5.98   68.63    2,114,806 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To declare a full 
        year 2022 dividend 
        of 5.0p per ordinary 
 3.     share                        421,401,462   99.50     2,101,079   0.50   68.96       70,997 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To elect Helen 
        Weir as a Director 
 4.     of the Company               419,670,662   99.10     3,792,727   0.90   68.96      109,849 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To elect James 
        Stamp as a Director 
 5.     of the Company               422,200,580   99.70     1,253,529   0.30   68.96      119,429 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Jorge 
        Cosmen as a Director 
 6.     of the Company               413,770,579   97.71     9,686,373   2.29   68.96      116,586 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Matthew 
        Crummack as a Director 
 7.     of the Company               416,991,805   98.47     6,463,786   1.53   68.96      117,947 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Carolyn 
        Flowers as a Director 
 8.     of the Company               416,768,561   98.42     6,688,591   1.58   68.96      116,386 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Ignacio 
        Garat as a Director 
 9.     of the Company               422,264,469   99.72     1,191,303   0.28   68.96      117,766 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Karen 
        Geary as a Director 
 10.    of the Company               417,001,473   98.48     6,448,818   1.52   68.96      123,247 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Ana 
        de Pro Gonzalo 
        as a Director of 
 11.    the Company                  422,300,152   99.73     1,153,009   0.27   68.96      120,377 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mike 
        McKeon as a Director 
 12.    of the Company               422,293,455   99.73     1,160,671   0.27   68.96      119,412 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Deloitte 
        LLP as the Company's 
 13.    auditor                      387,042,825   91.40    36,433,802   8.60   68.96       96,911 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Directors to fix 
 14.    the auditor's remuneration   387,602,887   91.53    35,877,842   8.47   68.96       92,809 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To authorise political 
 15.    donations and expenditure    422,479,412   99.77       978,577   0.23   68.96      115,549 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Directors to allot 
 16.    shares                       406,994,615   96.11    16,485,676   3.89   68.96       93,247 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To give the Directors 
        power to disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
 17.    - general                    408,284,820   96.41    15,186,408   3.59   68.96      102,310 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To give the Directors 
        power to disapply 
        pre-emption rights 
 18.    - specific                   393,834,316   93.00    29,641,326   7.00   68.96       97,896 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To authorise the 
        Company to purchase 
 19.    its own shares               423,333,461   99.98        80,008   0.02   68.95      160,069 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
       To call General 
        Meetings (other 
        than AGMs) on 14 
 20.    clear days' notice           414,118,711   97.79     9,358,913   2.21   68.96       95,914 
      ----------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -----  -------  ---------- 
 

NOTES:

    1.   The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairperson discretion. 

2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

3. Resolutions 1 to 16 were ordinary resolutions which required a majority of votes cast to be in favour.

4. Resolutions 17 to 20 were special resolutions which required at least 75% of votes cast to be in favour.

5. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

6. The voting results shown above are also available on the Company's website at https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/investors/agm

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Company contacts:

Simon Callander, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

[phone]

Gillian Saunderson, Deputy Company Secretary

[phone]

Notes

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800A8IQEMY8PA5X34

Classification: 3.1 (with reference to DTR6 Annex 1R)

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