REG - Driver Group plc - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 0637U  Driver Group plc  23 March 2023

23 March 2023

Driver Group Plc

Annual General Meeting

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Driver Group Plc was held at 110 Cannon Street,
London, EC4N 6EU, United Kingdom on 23 March 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

All nine resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 7
were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8 and 9 were passed as
special resolutions.

The number of votes cast for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and
the number of votes withheld were as follows:

  Resolution                                                                    Votes for   %       Votes against  %     Votes withheld
 Resolution 1 (Ordinary)                                                        37,026,521  100.00  0              0.00  0

 To receive the reports of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the
 year ended 30 September 2022
 Resolution 2 (Ordinary)                                                        37,026,521  100.00  0              0.00  0

 To declare a final dividend of 0.75 pence per share
 Resolution 3 (Ordinary)                                                        35,946,300  97.08   1,080,221      2.92  0

 To re-elect Peter Collini as a Director
 Resolution 4 (Ordinary)                                                        35,944,855  97.08   1,081,666      2.92  0

 To elect Charlotte Parsons as a Director
 Resolution 5 (Ordinary)                                                        37,024,634  99.99   1,887          0.01  0

 To re-appoint Kreston Reeves LLP as auditor of the Company
 Resolution 6 (Ordinary)                                                        37,018,936  99.98   7,585          0.02  0

 To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor
 Resolution 7 (Ordinary)                                                        35,940,602  97.07   1,085,919      2.93  0

 To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company up to an aggregate
 nominal amount of £69,867.28
 Resolution 8 (Special)                                                         35,889,859  96.94   1,131,662      3.06  5,000

 To disapply pre-emption rights in the circumstances set out in the Notice of
 AGM
 Resolution 9 (Special)                                                         37,020,073  99.98   6,448          0.02  0

 To authorise the Company generally and unconditionally to make market
 purchases in the circumstances set out in the notice of AGM

 

As at 23 March 2023, there were 53,962,868 ordinary shares in issue.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes
in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of
votes for and against a resolution.

The full text of each resolution is available in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting, published on our website.

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries:

 

 Driver Group plc                             020 7377 0005
 Mark Wheeler (CEO)
 Charlotte Parsons (CFO)

 Singer Capital Markets (Nomad & Broker)      020 7496 3000
 Sandy Fraser
 Jen Boorer
 Alex Emslie

 Acuitas Communications                       020 3745 0293 / 07799 767676
 Simon Nayyar                                 simon.nayyar@acuitascomms.com
 Arthur Dingemans                             arthur.dingemans@acuitascomms.com

 

 

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