Result of AGM

National Grid PLC

14 July 2026

 

14 July 2026

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 2026 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which was held today at 11.00 am at King's High School, Venues & Events Warwick, Banbury Road, Warwick, CV34 6YE.

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	3,805,022,852	99.81	7,234,098	0.19	16,591,357
2	To declare a final dividend	3,820,745,696	99.82	6,927,650	0.18	1,137,707
3	To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds	3,812,186,517	99.63	14,168,541	0.37	2,406,110
4	To elect Zoë Yujnovich	3,803,770,482	99.41	22,610,508	0.59	2,390,947
5	To re-elect Andy Agg	3,790,880,428	99.08	35,289,181	0.92	2,612,994
6	To re-elect Jacqui Ferguson	3,813,851,401	99.68	12,160,582	0.32	2,754,670
7	To re-elect Ian Livingston	3,813,611,962	99.68	12,418,466	0.32	2,720,430
8	To re-elect Iain Mackay	3,814,838,770	99.71	11,212,492	0.29	2,712,056
9	To re-elect Anne Robinson	3,797,502,936	99.26	28,453,890	0.74	2,815,301
10	To re-elect Earl Shipp	3,806,026,070	99.48	19,989,056	0.52	2,764,232
11	To re-elect Tony Wood	3,664,790,200	95.79	161,161,152	4.21	2,821,616
12	To re-elect Martha Wyrsch	3,805,543,243	99.47	20,407,392	0.53	2,817,853
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor	3,817,180,643	99.75	9,605,580	0.25	2,070,620
14	To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to set the auditor's remuneration	3,809,230,812	99.56	16,944,738	0.44	2,666,856
15	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	3,634,891,850	95.53	169,916,775	4.47	23,993,222
16	To authorise the Company to make political donations	3,747,435,637	98.38	61,814,089	1.62	19,643,395
17	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	3,663,550,810	95.73	163,261,711	4.27	1,999,569
18*	To disapply pre-emption rights	3,753,765,294	98.22	68,080,214	1.78	6,980,065
19*	To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions	3,779,174,618	98.86	43,762,740	1.14	5,880,949
20*	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	3,808,767,006	99.68	12,214,892	0.32	7,836,006
21*	To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	3,563,362,876	93.13	262,989,837	6.87	2,472,955
22*	To adopt the Updated Articles	3,817,179,359	99.83	6,419,297	0.17	5,192,112

*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.

The percentage of Issued Share Capital voted on was 76.92%

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 of the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

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