Results of AGM and Dividend Declaration

National World PLC

24 May 2023

 

National World plc

Result of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Declaration

The Annual General Meeting of National World plc was held via videoconference on 24 May 2023 at 11.00 a.m.

All 12 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 12 was passed as a special resolution.

The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld
Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ending 31 December 2022.	125,219,488	100.00	0	0.00	0
Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To approve the directors' remuneration report contained on pages 50 to 65 of the Annual Report.	123,601,237	98.71	12,250	0.01	1,606,001
Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 0.5p per ordinary share which will be paid on 5 July 2023 to all Shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 2 June 2023.	125,217,238	100.00	0	0.00	2,250
Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. David Montgomery as a director.	125,219,488	100.00	0	0.00	0
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. Mark Hollinshead as a director.	125,219,488	100.00	0	0.00	0
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. John Rowe as a director.	125,217,238	100.00	2,250	0.00	0
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. Daniel Cammiade as a director.	125,217,238	100.00	0	0.00	2,250
Resolution 8 (Ordinary) To reappoint Mr. David Fordham as a director.	73,216,813	58.47	2,250	0.00	52,000,425
Resolution 9 (Ordinary) To appoint Mr. David Lindsay as a director.	125,217,238	100.00	0	0.00	2,250
Resolution 10 (Ordinary) To reappoint Crowe U.K. LLP as auditors from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the next general meeting before which accounts are laid and to authorise the directors to fix the auditors' remuneration.	125,217,238	100.00	0	0.00	2,250
Resolution 11 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, as set out in the Notice of the Meeting.	123,611,237	98.72	1,606,001	1.28	2,250
Resolution 12 (Special) To authorise the limited disapplication of pre-emption rights pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 as set out in the Notice of the Meeting.	112,866,589	90.14	12,352,899	9.86	0

As above Resolution 3 for a final dividend of 0.5p per ordinary share has been passed by Shareholders, this will be paid on 5 July 2023 to all Shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 2 June 2023. The ex-dividend date for these purposes is 1 June 2023.

As at 23 May 2023, there were 267,663,987 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.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has been submitted to the FCA 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.

 

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