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RNS Number : 3578L  Bridgepoint Group plc  13 May 2022

 

13 May 2022

Bridgepoint Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Bridgepoint Group plc (the "Company") announces the result of voting on the
resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 4.00 p.m. on
Thursday 12 May 2022.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each resolution was passed by
the required majority.  Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as
ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as
special resolutions.  The results of the poll were as follows:

 

 Resolutions                                                                             Votes For(1)                      Votes Against                     Total Votes Cast                       Votes Withheld(3)
                                                                                         No. of Shares  % of Shares Voted  No. of Shares  % of Shares Voted  No. of Shares  % of Issued Capital(2)
 1       To receive the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended 31     751,343,474    99.95%             340,971        0.05%              751,684,445    91.30                   57,623,920
         December 2021, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the
         Auditor's Report on those financial statements
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors'         744,090,250    99.68%             2,379,353      0.32%              746,469,603    90.67                   62,838,762
         Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2021
 3       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                   747,619,996    99.74%             1,975,439      0.26%              749,595,435    91.05                   59,712,930
 4       To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the     751,394,216    100.00%            0              0.00%              751,394,216    91.27                   57,914,149
         next AGM at which accounts are laid
 5       To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the  751,862,116    100.00%            1,429          0.00%              751,863,545    91.33                   57,444,820
         auditor
 6       To declare a final dividend of 3.64 pence per ordinary share for the year       751,806,524    99.99%             56,450         0.01%              751,862,974    91.33                   57,445,391
         ended 31 December 2021
 7       To elect William Jackson as a Director                                          746,719,833    99.52%             3,609,860      0.48%              750,329,693    91.14                   58,978,672
 8       To elect Adam Jones as a Director                                               747,556,066    99.99%             85,914         0.01%              747,641,980    90.81                   61,666,385
 9       To elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director                                    751,399,024    100.00%            20,407         0.00%              751,419,431    91.27                   57,888,934
 10      To elect Carolyn McCall as a Director                                           751,323,503    99.99%             95,928         0.01%              751,419,431    91.27                   57,888,934
 11      To elect Archie Norman as a Director                                            751,383,772    100.00%            35,659         0.00%              751,419,431    91.27                   57,888,934
 12      To elect Tim Score as a Director                                                750,801,514    99.92%             617,917        0.08%              751,419,431    91.27                   57,888,934
 13      To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      746,548,348    99.35%             4,869,939      0.65%              751,418,287    91.27                   57,890,078
 14      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                       748,168,743    99.57%             3,248,687      0.43%              751,417,430    91.27                   57,890,935
 15      To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5    748,070,110    99.55%             3,345,034      0.45%              751,415,144    91.27                   57,893,221
         per cent for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital
         investment
 16      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                             751,784,211    99.99%             62,520         0.01%              751,846,731    91.32                   57,461,634
 17      To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not      749,591,566    99.70%             2,270,858      0.30%              751,862,424    91.33                   57,445,941
         less than 14 clear days' notice

 

1              Includes discretionary votes.

2              The total voting rights of the Company as at 6.30
p.m. on 10 May 2022 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak
and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was
823,268,774 ordinary shares of £0.00005 each.  The Company does not hold any
shares in treasury, and so the total voting rights in the Company were
823,268,774.

3              A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not
included in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that do not
constitute ordinary business at an AGM have been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

ENQUIRIES

 

Bridgepoint

 

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                           +44 (0)20 7034 3500

 

Finsbury Glover Hering (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

 

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Anjali Unnikrishnan / 020 7251 3801 / 07826 534 233

Bridgepoint@Finsbury.com (mailto:Bridgepoint@Finsbury.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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