Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3597C

Compass Group PLC

07 February 2020

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

COMPASS GROUP PLC          

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 6 FEBRUARY 2020: POLL RESULTS

The Compass Group PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 6 February 2020. 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:

Res No	Details	No. of Votes 'For' & 'Discretionary	%	No. of Votes 'Against'	%	Total No. of Votes Cast	No. of  Votes Withheld
1	Receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts	1,273,284,464	99.98	315,237	0.02	1,273,599,701	5,641,809
2	Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,197,897,440	93.85	78,502,084	6.15	1,276,399,524	2,841,986
3	Declare a final dividend	1,277,672,844	99.90	1,286,566	0.10	1,278,959,410	282,196
4	Elect Karen Witts	1,272,465,295	99.50	6,404,628	0.50	1,278,869,923	371,561
5	Re-elect Dominic Blakemore	1,276,101,197	99.78	2,777,051	0.22	1,278,878,248	363,106
6	Re-elect Gary Green	1,276,726,036	99.83	2,151,353	0.17	1,278,877,389	363,824
7	Re-elect Carol Arrowsmith	1,258,334,885	98.39	20,541,403	1.61	1,278,876,288	364,925
8	Re-elect John Bason	1,276,480,518	99.81	2,396,463	0.19	1,278,876,981	364,277
9	Re-elect Stefan Bomhard	1,276,165,198	99.79	2,708,269	0.21	1,278,873,467	367,746
10	Re-elect John Bryant	1,278,118,974	99.94	755,559	0.06	1,278,874,533	366,680
11	Re-elect Anne-Francoise Nesmes	1,270,759,346	99.37	8,114,790	0.63	1,278,874,136	367,077
12	Re-elect Nelson Silva	1,277,801,399	99.92	1,072,722	0.08	1,278,874,121	367,092
13	Re-elect Ireena Vittal	1,214,422,130	94.96	64,453,070	5.04	1,278,875,200	366,057
14	Re-elect Paul Walsh	1,216,310,909	97.32	33,483,382	2.68	1,249,794,291	29,447,063
15	Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Company's auditors	1,271,429,352	99.99	79,409	0.01	1,271,508,761	7,732,548
16	Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration	1,278,881,006	99.99	68,456	0.01	1,278,949,462	291,751
17	EU political donations	1,229,470,361	96.59	43,375,838	3.41	1,272,846,199	6,395,014
18	Approve amendment to operation of Remuneration Policy	1,275,315,390	99.94	823,446	0.06	1,276,138,836	3,102,377
19	Authority to allot shares	1,177,522,090	92.06	101,583,535	7.94	1,279,105,625	135,588
20	Authority to allot shares for cash*	1,222,033,081	95.78	53,793,984	4.22	1,275,827,065	3,414,148
21	Additional authority to allot shares for cash in limited circumstances*	1,213,335,172	95.10	62,499,845	4.90	1,275,835,017	3,406,196
22	Authority to purchase shares*	1,263,503,849	98.84	14,828,374	1.16	1,278,332,223	908,989
23	Reduce General Meeting notice periods*	1,169,538,598	91.86	103,620,776	8.14	1,273,159,374	6,081,884

* Passed as a special resolution.

Votes 'withheld' have not been included in the calculation of whether a resolution is carried.  Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places.

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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

As at the close of business on 6 February 2020, the issued share capital was 1,589,736,625 ordinary shares of

11 1/20 pence each of which 1,669,543 were held as treasury shares and the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) was 1,588,067,082 each ordinary share having one vote.

ENDS

Enquiries:

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

Note to Editors: Compass Group PLC is the world's leading food service company, which generated annual revenues of £25.2 billion in the year to 30 September 2019. It operates in around 45 countries, employs and engages around 600,000 people and serves over 5.5 billion meals a year. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.

 

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