REG - Compass Group PLC - Result of AGM

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06/02/2025 16:45

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RNS Number : 2416W  Compass Group PLC  06 February 2025

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 2138008M6MH9OZ6U2T68

 

COMPASS GROUP PLC

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 6 FEBRUARY 2025: POLL RESULTS

 

The Compass Group PLC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 6 February
2025. 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 the Directors' Annual Report and Accounts                                                                                 0.01   1,397,885,312  82.35            7,537,252

                                                                                 1,397,722,969                            99.99   162,343

 2            Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                         1,370,177,333                            97.54   34,594,750    2.46   1,404,772,083  82.76            646,033
 3            Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                         1,369,627,681                            97.49   35,207,031    2.51   1,404,834,712  82.76            583,403
 4            Declare a final dividend                                           1,404,683,796                            99.96   586,173       0.04   1,405,269,969  82.79            151,450
 5            Elect Liat Ben-Zur                                                 1,404,623,984                            99.96   620,249       0.04   1,405,244,233  82.79            176,286
 6            Elect Juliana Chugg                                                1,399,260,658                            99.57   5,984,611     0.43   1,405,245,269  82.79            175,250
 7            Re-elect Ian Meakins                                               1,350,800,965                            96.93   42,802,575    3.07   1,393,603,540  82.10            11,816,978
 8            Re-elect Dominic Blakemore                                         1,390,438,061                            98.95   14,812,523    1.05   1,405,250,584  82.79            169,935
 9            Re-elect Petros Parras                                             1,397,581,526                            99.48   7,356,624     0.52   1,404,938,150  82.77            482,369
 10           Re-elect Palmer Brown                                              1,398,307,230                            99.51   6,939,745     0.49   1,405,246,975  82.79            173,544
 11           Re-elect Stefan Bomhard                                            1,366,621,390                            97.59   33,707,795    2.41   1,400,329,185  82.50            5,091,332
 12           Re-elect John Bryant                                               1,312,546,971                            93.40   92,700,804    6.60   1,405,247,775  82.79            172,742
 13           Re-elect Arlene Isaacs-Lowe                                        1,374,205,591                            97.79   31,040,888    2.21   1,405,246,479  82.79            174,039
 14           Re-elect Anne-Françoise Nesmes                                     1,374,977,220                            97.85   30,271,842    2.15   1,405,249,062  82.79            171,456
 15           Re-elect Sundar Raman                                              1,370,051,021                            97.84   30,278,135    2.16   1,400,329,156  82.50            5,091,362
 16           Re-elect Leanne Wood                                               1,365,275,625                            97.50   35,054,703    2.50   1,400,330,328  82.50            5,090,190
 17           Re-appoint KPMG LLP as Company's auditors                          1,352,821,360                            96.27   52,430,326    3.73   1,405,251,686  82.79            169,829
 18           Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration  1,385,353,952                            98.58   19,896,087    1.42   1,405,250,039  82.79            171,380
 19           Political donations                                                1,382,227,804                            98.74   17,599,834    1.26   1,399,827,638  82.47            5,593,780
 20           To approve amendments to the rules of The LTIP 2018                1,381,350,095                            98.32   23,578,894    1.68   1,404,928,989  82.77            492,429
 21           To approve the rules of The RSA plan                               1,388,984,757                            98.92   15,143,794    1.08   1,404,128,551  82.72            1,291,968
 22           Authority to allot shares                                          1,296,435,457                            92.26   108,816,054   7.74   1,405,251,511  82.79            169,007
 23           Disapplication of pre-emption rights *                             1,308,554,989                            93.12   96,684,450    6.88   1,405,239,439  82.79            181,080
 24           Disapplication of pre-emption rights in limited circumstances*     1,245,641,881                            88.90   155,546,385   11.10  1,401,188,266  82.55            4,232,251
 25           Authority to purchase shares*                                      1,396,747,459                            99.50   7,081,086     0.50   1,403,828,545  82.70            1,591,974
 26           Reduce general meeting notice periods*                             1,324,586,897                            94.26   80,649,173    5.74   1,405,236,070  82.79            184,448

* 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 6 February 2025, the issued share capital was
1,785,403,977 ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each of which 87,973,798 were
held as treasury shares and the total number of voting rights in respect of
these ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) was 1,697,430,179 each
ordinary share having one vote.

 

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries:

 

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

 

 

 

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