Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2009W
Drax Group PLC
21 April 2021
 

21 April 2021

Drax Group plc

(Symbol: DRX)

 

Poll Results of the Annual General Meeting

 

Drax Group plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held today, Wednesday 21 April 2021.

 

 

No.

 

Brief Description

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Votes Total

Votes Withheld

1. 

To receive and adopt the annual report and accounts of the Company

321,156,245

100.00%

400

0.00%

321,156,645

531,221

2. 

To approve the annual statement to shareholders by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the annual report on remuneration.

315,926,134

99.34%

2,084,439

0.66%

318,010,573

3,677,293

3. 

To approve the final dividend of 10.3 pence per share

321,618,517

100.00%

2,904

0.00%

321,621,421

66,445

4. 

To re-elect Philip Cox as a Director of the Company.

293,308,657

91.20%

28,292,294

8.80%

321,600,951

86,915

5. 

To re-elect Will Gardiner as a Director of the Company.

321,592,214

99.99%

13,336

0.01%

321,605,550

82,316

6. 

To re-elect Andy Skelton as a Director of the Company

320,481,122

99.65%

1,126,312

0.35%

321,607,434

80,432

7. 

To re-elect John Baxter as a Director of the Company.

319,119,762

99.23%

2,482,989

0.77%

321,602,751

85,115

8. 

To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company.

318,541,579

99.05%

3,059,922

0.95%

321,601,501

86,365

9. 

To re-elect David Nussbaum as a Director of the Company

319,110,637

99.23%

2,489,314

0.77%

321,599,951

87,915

10. 

To re-elect Vanessa Simms as a Director of the Company

319,077,547

99.22%

2,523,404

0.78%

321,600,951

86,915

11. 

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor

313,713,525

97.54%

7,896,483

2.46%

321,610,008

77,858

12. 

Authority to determine auditor's remuneration

318,397,363

99.00%

3,217,466

1.00%

321,614,829

73,037

13. 

Authority to make EU political donations to a specified limit

315,206,006

99.12%

2,803,449

0.88%

318,009,455

3,678,411

14. 

Authority to allot shares

318,555,091

99.05%

3,055,659

0.95%

321,610,750

77,116

15. 

Authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments

320,682,827

99.71%

932,404

0.29%

321,615,231

72,635

16. 

Authority to purchase own shares

315,535,538

98.24%

5,649,612

1.76%

321,185,150

502,716

17. 

New Articles of Association

321,579,837

99.99%

20,303

0.01%

321,600,140

87,726

18. 

Authority to call a General Meeting on not less than 14 days' notice

314,562,695

97.81%

7,047,997

2.19%

321,610,692

77,174

 

 

Resolutions 1 to 18 were carried.

 

The Company's issued share capital consisted of  411,732,605 ordinary shares of 11 16/29 pence each, of which 13,841,295 ordinary shares are held in treasury. Treasury shares do not carry voting rights. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in respect of these ordinary shares is 397,891,310.

 

 

 

 

Brett Gladden

Group Company Secretary

Drax Group plc

 

 

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