Result of AGM

Bridgepoint Group plc
18 May 2023
 

 

18 May 2023

Bridgepoint Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Bridgepoint Group plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11:00 a.m. today.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each was passed by the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.  The results of the poll were as follows:

 

Resolutions

Votes For1

Votes Against

Total Votes Cast

Votes Withheld3

 

No. of Shares

% of Shares Voted

No. of Shares

% of Shares Voted

No. of Shares

% of Issued Capital2

1

To receive the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the Auditor's Report on those financial statements

 

660,628,649

100.00%

0

0.00%

660,628,649

81.19%

127,524,592

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

658,932,317

100.00%

29,412

0.00%

658,961,729

80.99%

129,191,512

3

To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next AGM at which accounts are laid

660,752,432

100.00%

2,864

0.00%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

4

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor

660,753,861

100.00%

1,435

0.00%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

5

To declare a final dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2022

660,754,372

100.00%

3,427

0.00%

660,757,799

81.21%

127,395,442

6

To re-elect William Jackson as a Director

651,433,297

98.59%

9,321,999

1.41%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

7

To re-elect Adam Jones as a Director

660,558,383

99.97%

196,913

0.03%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

8

To re-elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director

659,493,900

99.81%

1,261,396

0.19%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

9

To re-elect Carolyn McCall as a Director

659,477,471

99.81%

1,262,825

0.19%

660,740,296

81.21%

127,412,945

10

To re-elect Archie Norman as a Director

656,124,549

99.30%

4,615,746

0.70%

660,740,295

81.21%

127,412,946

11

To re-elect Tim Score as a Director

659,239,927

99.77%

1,515,369

0.23%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

12

To elect Cyrus Taraporevala as a Director

660,534,071

99.97%

221,021

0.03%

660,755,092

81.21%

127,398,149

13

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

659,511,196

99.81%

1,244,100

0.19%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

14

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights

583,208,642

88.51%

75,742,234

11.49%

658,950,876

80.99%

129,202,365

15

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption further for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment

583,012,555

88.48%

75,938,321

11.52%

658,950,876

80.99%

129,202,365

16

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

660,727,685

100.00%

1,429

0.00%

660,729,114

81.20%

127,424,127

17

To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

660,732,800

100.00%

22,496

0.00%

660,755,296

81.21%

127,397,945

 

1              Includes discretionary votes.

2              The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30 p.m. on 16 May 2023 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was 813,667,361 ordinary shares of £0.00005 each.  The Company does not hold any shares in treasury, and so the total voting rights in the Company were 813,667,361.

3              A "Vote Withheld" is note a vote in law and is not included in the calculation of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an AGM has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

ENQUIRIES

 

Bridgepoint

 

Analysts and investors

Adam Key

adam.key@bridgepoint.eu

+44 7833 748010

 

Media

Christian Jones / James Murray

christian.jones@bridgepoint.eu james.murray@bridgepoint.eu

+44 20 7034 3500

 

FGS Global (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

 

Charles O'Brien / +44 20 7251 3801 / +44 7825 043 656

Anjali Unnikrishnan / +44 20 7251 3801 / +44 7826 534 233

bridgepoint@fgsglobal.com 

 

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