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RNS Number : 6165O  Bridgepoint Group plc  15 May 2024

 

 

Bridgepoint Group plc

 ("Bridgepoint" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Bridgepoint announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual
General Meeting ("AGM") held at 4:00 p.m. today.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each was passed by the required
majority.  Resolutions 1 to 14 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary
resolutions, and resolutions 15 to 18 (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     593,936,266    100.00%            1,442          0.00%              593,937,708    74.85%                  1,875,754
         December 2023, together with the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the
         Auditor's Report on those financial statements
 2       To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December    592,897,804    99.81%             1,138,122      0.19%              594,035,926    74.86%                  1,777,536
         2023
 3       To re-appoint Mazars LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the     594,055,548    100.00%            6,807          0.00%              594,062,355    74.86%                  1,751,107
         next AGM at which accounts are laid
 4       To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the  595,732,890    100.00%            2,777          0.00%              595,735,667    75.07%                  77,795
         auditor
 5       To declare a final dividend of 4.4 pence per ordinary share for the year ended  595,804,700    100.00%            6,093          0.00%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
         31 December 2023
 6       To re-elect William Jackson as a Director                                       582,325,002    97.74%             13,485,791     2.26%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 7       To elect Raoul Hughes as a Director                                             595,707,412    99.98%             103,381        0.02%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 8       To re-elect Adam Jones as a Director                                            595,347,857    99.92%             462,936        0.08%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 9       To re-elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director                                 587,598,812    98.62%             8,211,981      1.38%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 10      To re-elect Carolyn McCall as a Director                                        587,109,649    98.54%             8,701,144      1.46%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 11      To re-elect Archie Norman as a Director                                         577,162,795    96.87%             18,632,998     3.13%              595,795,793    75.08%                  17,669
 12      To re-elect Tim Score as a Director                                             587,653,082    98.63%             8,157,711      1.37%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 13      To re-elect Cyrus Taraporevala as a Director                                    594,127,757    99.72%             1,683,036      0.28%              595,810,793    75.08%                  2,669
 14      To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      594,804,032    99.83%             1,004,475      0.17%              595,808,507    75.08%                  4,955
 15      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                       539,958,841    90.89%             54,089,799     9.11%              594,048,640    74.86%                  1,764,822
 16      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption further for the purposes of  571,963,386    96.28%             22,085,254     3.72%              594,048,640    74.86%                  1,764,822
         financing an acquisition or other capital investment
 17      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                             595,794,593    100.00%            1,442          0.00%              595,796,035    75.08%                  17,427
 18      To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not      593,933,842    99.69%             1,874,665      0.31%              595,808,507    75.08%                  4,955
         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 13 May 2024 (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak
and vote at the AGM were required to be entered on the register) was
793,538,858 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
793,538,858.

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, a copy 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

 

 Analysts and investors                                     Media

 Adam Key                                                   Christian Jones / James Murray

 adam.key@bridgepoint.eu (mailto:adam.key@bridgepoint.eu)   christian.jones@bridgepoint.eu (mailto:christian.jones@bridgepoint.eu)

                                                          james.murray@bridgepoint.eu (mailto:james.murray@bridgepoint.eu)
 +44 7833 748010

                                                          +44 20 7034 3500

 

FGS Global (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

 

Charles O'Brien / +44 20 7251 3801 / +44 7825 043 656

Anjali Unnikrishnan / +44 20 7251 3801 / +44 7826 534 233

bridgepoint@fgsglobal.com (mailto:bridgepoint@fgsglobal.com)

 

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