Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0637U

Driver Group plc

23 March 2023

 

23 March 2023

Driver Group Plc

Annual General Meeting

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Driver Group Plc was held at 110 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6EU, United Kingdom on 23 March 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

All nine resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 7 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 and 9 were passed as special resolutions.

The number of votes cast for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld
Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the reports of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2022	37,026,521	100.00	0	0.00	0
Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 0.75 pence per share	37,026,521	100.00	0	0.00	0
Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To re-elect Peter Collini as a Director	35,946,300	97.08	1,080,221	2.92	0
Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To elect Charlotte Parsons as a Director	35,944,855	97.08	1,081,666	2.92	0
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To re-appoint Kreston Reeves LLP as auditor of the Company	37,024,634	99.99	1,887	0.01	0
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor	37,018,936	99.98	7,585	0.02	0
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £69,867.28	35,940,602	97.07	1,085,919	2.93	0
Resolution 8 (Special) To disapply pre-emption rights in the circumstances set out in the Notice of AGM	35,889,859	96.94	1,131,662	3.06	5,000
Resolution 9 (Special) To authorise the Company generally and unconditionally to make market purchases in the circumstances set out in the notice of AGM	37,020,073	99.98	6,448	0.02	0

As at 23 March 2023, there were 53,962,868 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

The full text of each resolution is available in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, published on our website.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Driver Group plc	020 7377 0005
Mark Wheeler (CEO)
Charlotte Parsons (CFO)
Singer Capital Markets (Nomad & Broker)	020 7496 3000
Sandy Fraser
Jen Boorer
Alex Emslie
Acuitas Communications	020 3745 0293 / 07799 767676
Simon Nayyar	[e-mail]
Arthur Dingemans	[e-mail]

 

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