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RNS Number : 0380E  Bridgepoint Group plc  12 May 2026

 

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 1:00 p.m. today.

 

A poll was held on each of the resolutions and each was passed by the required
majority.  Resolutions 1 to 16 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary
resolutions, and resolutions 17 to 20 (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     644,818,726    100.00%            2,236          0.00%              644,820,962    73.44%                  154,464
         December 2025, 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    639,438,234    99.15%             5,493,459      0.85%              644,931,693    73.45%                  43,733
         2025
 3       To appoint KPMG LLP as the auditor of the Company until the end of the next     644,973,444    100.00%            1,872          0.00%              644,975,316    73.45%                  110
         AGM at which accounts are laid
 4       To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the  644,973,795    100.00%            1,521          0.00%              644,975,316    73.45%                  110
         auditor
 5       To declare a final dividend of 4.7 pence per ordinary share for the year ended  644,723,945    99.96%             251,342        0.04%              644,975,287    73.45%                  139
         31 December 2025
 6       To re-elect Raoul Hughes as a Director                                          609,899,376    94.57%             35,032,461     5.43%              644,931,837    73.45%                  43,589
 7       To re-elect Ruth Prior as a Director                                            609,880,282    94.58%             34,974,613     5.42%              644,854,895    73.44%                  120,531
 8       To elect John Dionne as a Director                                              644,859,034    100.00%            23,964         0.00%              644,882,998    73.44%                  92,428
 9       To re-elect Angeles Garcia-Poveda as a Director                                 642,718,287    99.66%             2,164,711      0.34%              644,882,998    73.44%                  92,428
 10      To re-elect Carolyn McCall as a Director                                        640,238,414    99.51%             3,168,286      0.49%              643,406,700    73.27%                  1,568,726
 11      To re-elect Archie Norman as a Director                                         605,985,122    94.17%             37,498,520     5.83%              643,483,642    73.28%                  1,491,784
 12      To re-elect Tim Score as a Director                                             607,572,586    94.21%             37,310,412     5.79%              644,882,998    73.44%                  92,428
 13      To elect Michelle Scrimgeour as a Director                                      644,859,034    100.00%            23,964         0.00%              644,882,998    73.44%                  92,428
 14      To re-elect Cyrus Taraporevala as a Director                                    642,720,554    99.66%             2,162,444      0.34%              644,882,998    73.44%                  92,428
 15      To approve amendments to the rules of the Long-Term Incentive Plan              642,388,621    99.88%             770,683        0.12%              643,159,304    73.25%                  1,816,122
 16      To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      638,335,438    99.24%             4,895,562      0.76%              643,231,000    73.25%                  1,744,426
 17      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                       640,335,138    99.32%             4,364,782      0.68%              644,699,920    73.42%                  275,506
 18      To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights further for the       635,813,384    98.60%             9,055,536      1.40%              644,868,920    73.44%                  106,506
         purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment
 19      To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares                             644,589,717    100.00%            1,986          0.00%              644,591,703    73.41%                  383,723
 20      To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on not      639,186,312    99.10%             5,774,442      0.90%              644,960,754    73.45%                  14,672
         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 Friday, 8 May 2026
    (the time by which shareholders wanting to attend, speak and vote at the AGM
    were required to be entered on the register) was 878,071,547 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 878,071,547.
 3  A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not included in the calculation
    of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

 

As approved by shareholders pursuant to resolution 3 noted above, the Company
has appointed KPMG LLP as its new auditor.

 

As required by section 519 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), upon ceasing
to hold office as the Company's auditor Forvis Mazars LLP has provided a
statement of reasons (the "Statement") to the Company. The Statement will be
sent to the Company's shareholders as required by section 520(2) of the Act
and will shortly be available at www.bridgepointgroup.com
(http://www.bridgepointgroup.com/) .

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.1R and 6.4.2R respectively, a copy of
the Statement and 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

 adam.key@bridgepointgroup.com (mailto:adam.key@bridgepointgroup.com)   christian.jones@bridgepointgroup.com

                                                                      (mailto:christian.jones@bridgepointgroup.com)
 +44 7833 748010

                                                                      +44 20 7034 3500

 

FGS Global (Public Relations Adviser to Bridgepoint)

James Murgatroyd / +44 20 7251 3801 / +44 7768 254 911

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

bridgepoint-LON@fgsglobal.com

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800KFNMVI8PDZX472

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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