REG - Compass Group PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 5476C  Compass Group PLC  08 February 2024

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

 

COMPASS GROUP PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 8 FEBRUARY 2024: POLL RESULTS

 

The Compass Group PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 8 February
2024. All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at
the Meeting were passed.

 

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions, and the number of
votes withheld are set out below:

 

             Details                                                            No. of Votes 'For' & 'Discretionary      %       No. of Votes  %      Total No. of   % capital voted  No. of
 Resolution                                                                     'Against'                                        Votes Cast                          Votes
 No.                                                                                                                                                                 Withheld
 1           Receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts                                                                                  0.14   1,378,333,969  80.72%           13,932,754

                                                                                1,376,432,592                            99.86   1,901,377

 2           Receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report               1,330,707,235                            95.69   59,950,926    4.31   1,390,658,161  81.45%           1,608,559
 3           Declare a final dividend                                           1,390,860,193                            99.92   1,132,667     0.08   1,391,992,860  81.52%           273,959
 4           Elect Petros Parras                                                1,381,900,230                            99.30   9,757,476     0.70   1,391,657,706  81.50%           609,017
 5           Elect Leanne Wood                                                  1,383,556,024                            99.78   3,012,207     0.22   1,386,568,231  81.21%           5,698,492
 6           Re-elect Ian Meakins                                               1,351,744,151                            97.71   31,708,140    2.29   1,383,452,291  81.02%           8,814,525
 7           Re-elect Dominic Blakemore                                         1,375,339,157                            98.81   16,633,497    1.19   1,391,972,654  81.52%           294,165
 8           Re-elect Palmer Brown                                              1,377,467,593                            99.34   9,102,120     0.66   1,386,569,713  81.21%           5,697,007
 9           Re-elect Stefan Bomhard                                            1,358,581,967                            98.00   27,674,213    2.00   1,386,256,180  81.19%           6,010,543
 10          Re-elect John Bryant                                               1,156,192,872                            90.08   127,284,718   9.92   1,283,477,590  75.17%           108,789,131
 11          Re-elect Arlene Isaacs-Lowe                                        1,373,202,856                            98.65   18,769,349    1.35   1,391,972,205  81.52%           294,518
 12          Re-elect Anne-Françoise Nesmes                                     1,365,464,453                            98.50   20,792,515    1.50   1,386,256,968  81.19%           6,009,755
 13          Re-elect Sundar Raman                                              1,250,844,205                            89.88   140,814,659   10.12  1,391,658,864  81.50%           607,858
 14          Re-elect Nelson Silva                                              1,358,182,943                            97.97   28,072,839    2.03   1,386,255,782  81.19%           6,010,938
 15          Re-elect Ireena Vittal                                             1,356,686,526                            97.87   29,570,141    2.13   1,386,256,667  81.19%           6,010,053
 16          Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Company's auditors                          1,380,362,007                            99.17   11,607,587    0.83   1,391,969,594  81.52%           297,129
 17          Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration  1,391,791,218                            99.99   185,990       0.01   1,391,977,208  81.52%           289,515
 18          Political donations                                                1,372,388,484                            98.97   14,337,162    1.03   1,386,725,646  81.22%           5,540,827
 19          Authority to allot shares                                          1,278,720,552                            91.86   113,241,692   8.14   1,391,962,244  81.52%           304,475
 20          Disapplication of pre-emption rights *                             1,340,301,145                            96.67   46,168,914    3.33   1,386,470,059  81.20%           5,796,663
 21          Disapplication of pre-emption rights in limited circumstances*     1,331,672,748                            96.05   54,795,028    3.95   1,386,467,776  81.20%           5,798,946
 22          Authority to purchase shares*                                      1,383,275,182                            99.50   7,020,535     0.50   1,390,295,717  81.42%           1,971,101
 23          Reduce general meeting notice periods*                             1,317,132,855                            94.63   74,799,694    5.37   1,391,932,549  81.52%           322,625

* Passed as a special resolution.

 

The Board of Compass Group PLC is pleased to note that all resolutions were
passed at today's AGM, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our
shareholders for their ongoing support.  A copy of the above results will
shortly be available in the investor section of the Company's website
www.compass-group.com (http://www.compass-group.com) .

 

A copy of all of the Resolutions passed, will be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and in due course will be available to view at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

As at the close of business on 7 February 2024, the issued share capital was
1,785,403,977 ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each of which 78,047,636 were
held as treasury shares and the total number of voting rights in respect of
these ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) was 1,707,356,341 each
ordinary share having one vote.

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries:

 

Investors/Analysts:             Alison Yapp, Group General Counsel
& Company Secretary

 

 

 

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