Go-Ahead Group PLC Result of AGM (3939W)
22 December 2021 - 2:51AM
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RNS Number : 3939W
Go-Ahead Group PLC
21 December 2021
21 December 2021
The Go-Ahead Group plc (the "Company")
VOTING RESULTS OF 2021 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 elect Christian Schreyer as a
1 director 26,557,354 99.75 66,450 0.25 61.66% 4,343
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To elect Gordon Boyd as a
2 director 26,554,884 99.74 69,251 0.26 61.66% 4,012
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To re-elect Clare Hollingsworth
as
3 a director 26,117,268 98.10 505,854 1.90 61.66% 5,025
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To re-elect Adrian Ewer as a
4 director 6,377,853 53.53 5,536,394 46.47 27.59% 14,713,900
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To re-elect Harry Holt as a
5 director 26,271,953 98.68 351,667 1.32 61.66% 4,527
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To re-elect Leanne Wood as a
6 director 26,304,002 98.80 319,618 1.20 61.66% 4,527
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To authorise the Company to make
political donations and incur
political
7 expenditure 26,399,625 99.81 50,664 0.19 61.26% 177,858
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To authorise the directors to
allot
8 shares 26,333,061 98.91 290,040 1.09 61.66% 5,046
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9 To authorise the directors to
disapply
pre-emption rights (special
resolution) 26,571,052 99.81 51,118 0.19 61.66% 5,977
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To give authority to the Company
to make market purchases of its
own
10 shares (special resolution) 26,396,520 99.22 207,112 0.78 61.61% 24,515
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To authorise the calling of
general
meetings of the Company by
notice
of 14 clear days (special
11 resolution) 25,653,064 96.35 970,937 3.65 61.66% 4,146
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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
43,177,390 ordinary shares of 10p each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one
vote and, therefore, at the date of the meeting there were 43,177,390 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.data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
UK Corporate Governance Code statement - Resolution 4
Resolution 4 concerning the re-election of Adrian Ewer as a
director of the Company was passed as an ordinary resolution, with
53% of votes in favour. Adrian Ewer is Senior Independent Director
and Chair of the Audit Committee and the Group understands that
this voting outcome is attributable to concerns in relation to the
issues identified in connection with London & South Eastern
Railway Ltd (LSER). In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance
Code 2018, the Board will consult with shareholders and will
consider their feedback in connection with this matter. As recently
announced, the Group has appointed Dominic Lavelle and David
Blackwood as Independent Non-Executive Directors, with Dominic
Lavelle assuming the role of Audit Committee Chair Designate and
David Blackwood assuming the role of Senior Independent Director
Designate both with effect from 1 January 2022. These appointments
reflect the Board's succession planning, with Adrian Ewer reaching
a nine year term in April 2022.
For further information please contact:
Carolyn Ferguson, Group Company Secretary - 0191 232 3123
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