RNS Number : 2416W
Compass Group PLC
06 February 2025
 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

 

COMPASS GROUP PLC          

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 6 FEBRUARY 2025: POLL RESULTS

 

The Compass Group PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 6 February 2025. 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:

 

 

Resolution

No.

Details

No. of Votes 'For' & 'Discretionary

%

No. of Votes

'Against'

 

%

Total No. of

Votes Cast

 

% capital voted

No. of

Votes

Withheld

1

Receive the Directors' Annual Report and Accounts

 

1,397,722,969

 

 

99.99

 

 

162,343

 

0.01

1,397,885,312

82.35

7,537,252

2

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

1,370,177,333

97.54

34,594,750

2.46

1,404,772,083

82.76

646,033

3

Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

1,369,627,681

97.49

35,207,031

2.51

1,404,834,712

82.76

583,403

4

Declare a final dividend

1,404,683,796

99.96

586,173

0.04

1,405,269,969

82.79

151,450

5

Elect Liat Ben-Zur

1,404,623,984

99.96

620,249

0.04

1,405,244,233

82.79

176,286

6

Elect Juliana Chugg

1,399,260,658

99.57

5,984,611

0.43

1,405,245,269

82.79

175,250

7

Re-elect Ian Meakins

1,350,800,965

96.93

42,802,575

3.07

1,393,603,540

82.10

11,816,978

8

Re-elect Dominic Blakemore

1,390,438,061

98.95

14,812,523

1.05

1,405,250,584

82.79

169,935

9

Re-elect Petros Parras

1,397,581,526

99.48

7,356,624

0.52

1,404,938,150

82.77

482,369

10

Re-elect Palmer Brown

1,398,307,230

99.51

6,939,745

0.49

1,405,246,975

82.79

173,544

11

Re-elect Stefan Bomhard

1,366,621,390

97.59

33,707,795

2.41

1,400,329,185

82.50

5,091,332

12

Re-elect John Bryant

1,312,546,971

93.40

92,700,804

6.60

1,405,247,775

82.79

172,742

13

Re-elect Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

1,374,205,591

97.79

31,040,888

2.21

1,405,246,479

82.79

174,039

14

Re-elect Anne-Françoise Nesmes

1,374,977,220

97.85

30,271,842

2.15

1,405,249,062

82.79

171,456

15

Re-elect Sundar Raman

1,370,051,021

97.84

30,278,135

2.16

1,400,329,156

82.50

5,091,362

16

Re-elect Leanne Wood

1,365,275,625

97.50

35,054,703

2.50

1,400,330,328

82.50

5,090,190

17

Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Company's auditors

1,352,821,360

96.27

52,430,326

3.73

1,405,251,686

82.79

169,829

18

Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

1,385,353,952

98.58

19,896,087

1.42

1,405,250,039

82.79

171,380

19

Political donations

1,382,227,804

98.74

17,599,834

1.26

1,399,827,638

82.47

5,593,780

20

To approve amendments to the rules of The LTIP 2018

1,381,350,095

98.32

23,578,894

1.68

1,404,928,989

82.77

492,429

21

To approve the rules of The RSA plan

1,388,984,757

98.92

15,143,794

1.08

1,404,128,551

82.72

1,291,968

22

Authority to allot shares

1,296,435,457

92.26

108,816,054

7.74

1,405,251,511

82.79

169,007

23

Disapplication of pre-emption rights *

1,308,554,989

93.12

96,684,450

6.88

1,405,239,439

82.79

181,080

24

Disapplication of pre-emption rights in limited circumstances*

1,245,641,881

88.90

155,546,385

11.10

1,401,188,266

82.55

4,232,251

25

Authority to purchase shares*

1,396,747,459

99.50

7,081,086

0.50

1,403,828,545

82.70

1,591,974

26

Reduce general meeting notice periods*

1,324,586,897

94.26

80,649,173

5.74

1,405,236,070

82.79

184,448

* Passed as a special resolution.

 

The Board of Compass Group PLC is pleased to note that all resolutions were passed at today's AGM, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our shareholders for their ongoing support.  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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

As at the close of business on 6 February 2025, the issued share capital was 1,785,403,977 ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each of which 87,973,798 were held as treasury shares and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) was 1,697,430,179 each ordinary share having one vote.

 

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries:

 

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

                                                        

 

 

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