REG - easyJet PLC - Result of AGM

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06/02/2020 14:05

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easyJet PLC
06 February 2020
 


6 February 2020
easyJet plc
(the "Company")
Results of 2020 Annual General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held earlier today at Hangar 89, London Luton Airport, Luton, LU2 9PF.  
 
All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Meeting, were passed with the requisite majority by means of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 18 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 19 to 21 were each passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to be passed). The polling results for each resolution are set out below:
 



Resolution


Votes For


%


Votes Against


%


Total Votes


% of ISC
Voted*


Votes Withheld**




1.


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2019


191,880,980


99.60


772,833


0.40


192,653,813


48.50%


134,312,563




2.


To approve the Annual Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration


183,893,438


94.54


10,626,149


5.46


194,519,587


48.97%


132,447,695




3.


To declare a final dividend
 


194,516,498


99.99


27,604


0.01


194,544,102


48.98%


132,423,981




4.


To re-appoint John Barton as a Director


191,636,070


98.98


1,976,108


1.02


193,612,178


48.74%


133,343,299




5.


To re-appoint Johan Lundgren as a Director


194,288,833


99.93


138,698


0.07


194,427,531


48.95%


132,528,308




6.


To re-appoint Andrew Findlay as a Director


194,243,865


99.90


185,732


0.10


194,429,597


48.95%


132,524,580




7.


To re-appoint Charles Gurassa as a Director


193,935,057


99.75


491,008


0.25


194,426,065


48.95%


132,527,956




8.


To re-appoint Dr Andreas Bierwirth as a Director


179,008,736


94.87


9,681,849


5.13


188,690,585


47.50%


138,263,436




9.


To re-appoint Moya Greene DBE as a Director


193,942,562


99.75


486,548


0.25


194,429,110


48.95%


132,525,553




10.


To re-appoint Dr Anastassia Lauterbach as a Director


194,335,633


99.95


91,208


0.05


194,426,841


48.95%


132,527,180




11.


To re-appoint Nick Leeder as a Director


194,329,517


99.95


89,726


0.05


194,419,243


48.95%


132,534,778




12.


To re-appoint Andy Martin as a Director


193,851,049


99.71


568,934


0.29


194,419,983


48.95%


132,534,680




13.


To re-appoint Julie Southern as a Director


192,125,105


99.66


653,419


0.34


192,778,524


48.53%


134,176,139




14.


To appoint Catherine Bradley CBE as a Director


194,334,572


99.95


87,532


0.05


194,422,104


48.95%


132,529,800




15.


To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company


188,767,674


97.08


5,677,326


2.92


194,445,000


48.95%


132,506,133




16.


To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration


191,112,950


98.25


3,399,132


1.75


194,512,082


48.97%


132,440,199




17.


To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure


178,833,394


92.17


15,200,010


7.83


194,033,404


48.85%


132,924,142




18.


To authorise the Directors to allot shares


194,140,734


99.84


308,500


0.16


194,449,234


48.95%


132,501,914




19.


To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)


194,088,872


99.82


355,441


0.18


194,444,313


48.95%


132,503,735




20.


To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares  (Special Resolution)


191,524,472


98.56


2,804,492


1.44


194,328,964


48.92%


132,629,175




21.


To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)


185,033,407


95.37


8,981,578


4.63


194,014,985


48.84%


132,936,211



 
* Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution
 



Votes of Independent Shareholders on the resolutions concerning the election or re-election of the independent Non-Executive Directors




Resolution


Votes For


%


Votes Against


%


Total Votes


% of ISC voted***


Votes Withheld**




7.


To re-appoint Charles Gurassa as a Director


193,935,057


99.75


491,008


0.25


194,426,065


73.42%


126,529




8.


To re-appoint Dr Andreas Bierwirth as a Director


179,008,736


94.87


9,681,849


5.13


188,690,585


71.26%


5,862,009




9.


To re-appoint Moya Greene DBE as a Director


193,942,562


99.75


486,548


0.25


194,429,110


73.42%


124,126




10.


To re-appoint Dr Anastassia Lauterbach as a Director


194,335,633


99.95


91,208


0.05


194,426,841


73.42%


125,753




11.


To re-appoint Nick Leeder as a Director


194,329,517


99.95


89,726


0.05


194,419,243


73.42%


133,351




12.


To re-appoint Andy Martin as a Director


193,851,049


99.71


568,934


0.29


194,419,983


73.42%


133,253




13.


To re-appoint Julie Southern as a Director


192,125,105


99.66


653,419


0.34


192,778,524


72.80%


1,774,712




14.


To appoint Catherine Bradley CBE as a Director


194,334,572


99.95


87,532


0.05


194,422,104


73.42%


128,373



 
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution
*** Based on total issued share capital of 397,208,133 Ordinary shares but excluding (for these purposes) shares held by the controlling shareholders
1.     Notes
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.2E, Resolutions 7-14 inclusive were approved by: (a) the shareholders of the Company; and (b) the independent shareholders of the Company.
 
The total voting rights of the Company on the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote was 397,208,133.
 
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. 
 
 
 
 
 
2.     Dividend
The timetable in relation to the dividend is as follows:
 



Ex-dividend date


Thursday, 27 February 2020




Record date for entitlement to the dividend


5.00 p.m. on Friday, 28 February 2020




Payment of dividend


Friday, 20 March 2020



 
 
In case of queries please contact:



Michael Barker, Investor Relations


07985 890939




Anna Knowles, Corporate Communications


07985 873313




Dorothy Burwell/Ed Simpkins, Finsbury


020 7251 3801



LEI: 2138001S47XKWIB7TH90
 




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