Publication of AGM Results

RNS Number : 2106U
National Grid PLC
27 July 2020
 

27 July 2020

 

National Grid plc ('National Grid' or 'the Company')

 

Publication of AGM Results

 

The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2020 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 1.45pm at National Grid's Office, 35 Homer Road, Solihull B91 3QJ .

 

Resolutions 1 to 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 23 to 26 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes For

For (% of shares voted)

Votes against

Against (% of shares voted)

Votes Withheld**

1

 

 

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

2,370,239,911

99.90

2,364,341

0.10

2,520,206

2

 

To declare a final dividend

2,352,146,577

99.09

21,655,368

0.91

1,325,997

3

 

To re-elect Sir Peter Gershon

2,350,837,977

99.10

21,465,138

0.90

2,824,828

4

 

To re-elect John Pettigrew

2,364,206,040

99.65

8,274,421

0.35

2,647,482

5

 

To re-elect Andy Agg

2,335,511,566

98.45

36,860,618

1.55

2,745,071

6

 

To re-elect Nicola Shaw

2,363,642,190

99.71

6,887,443

0.29

4,597,366

7

 

To re-elect Mark Williamson

2,361,625,789

99.62

9,093,522

0.38

4,402,872

8

 

To re-elect Jonathan Dawson

2,351,511,762

99.19

19,209,695

0.81

4,400,726

9

 

To re-elect Therese Esperdy

2,363,815,145

99.70

7,139,353

0.30

4,167,685

10

 

To re-elect Paul Golby

2,362,346,442

99.66

7,952,222

0.34

4,823,519

11

 

To elect Liz Hewitt

 

2,354,019,341

99.31

16,377,932

0.69

4,724,910

12

 

To re-elect Amanda Mesler

2,363,523,122

99.71

6,963,789

0.29

4,635,272

13

 

To re-elect Earl Shipp

2,362,999,504

99.69

7,369,536

0.31

3,349,143

14

 

To re-elect Jonathan Silver

2,360,068,009

99.56

10,334,594

0.44

4,718,384

15

 

To re-appoint the auditors

Deloitte LLP

2,369,468,945

99.85

3,467,423

0.15

2,185,434

16

 

 

 

To authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration

2,366,006,827

99.82

4,257,527

0.18

4,854,201

17

 

 

 

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

2,273,916,544

96.92

72,165,518

3.08

29,038,913

18

 

 

To authorise the Company to make political donations

2,300,577,177

97.62

56,040,139

2.38

18,503,670

19

 

 

To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares

2,314,485,550

97.55

58,233,641

2.45

2,401,796

20

 

 

Reapproval of the National Grid plc Share Incentive Plan

2,355,628,504

99.36

15,119,083

0.64

4,380,356

21

 

 

Reapproval of the National Grid Sharesave Plan

2,299,020,699

96.98

71,697,082

3.02

4,410,162

22

 

 

Approval of increased borrowing limit

2,346,865,378

98.95

24,970,667

1.05

3,284,639

23*

 

To disapply pre-emption rights

2,347,855,461

99.07

21,937,889

0.93

5,328,833

24*

 

 

To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions

2,317,456,179

97.79

52,483,067

2.21

5,177,064

25*

 

 

 

To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares

2,335,095,456

98.39

38,139,762

1.61

1,880,085

26*

 

 

 

To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

2,178,231,519

91.81

194,339,641

8.19

2,549,043

 

* Special resolution

** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 19 and 23-26 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at  https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism

 

The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged before the meeting will be available shortly on the Company's website https://investors.nationalgrid.com/shareholder-information/agm/2020  


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