REG - National Grid PLC - Publication of AGM Results

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27/07/2020 15:45

RNS Number : 2106U
  
National Grid PLC
  
27 July 2020
  
 

27 July 2020
 
National Grid plc ('National Grid' or 'the Company')
 
Publication of AGM Results
 
The Company announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's 2020 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held today at 1.45pm at National Grid's Office, 35 Homer Road, Solihull B91 3QJ. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions; resolutions 23 to 26 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
 



Resolution


Votes For


For (% of shares voted)


Votes against


Against (% of shares voted)


Votes Withheld**




1
 
 


To receive the Annual Report and Accounts


2,370,239,911


99.90


2,364,341


0.10


2,520,206




2
 


To declare a final dividend


2,352,146,577


99.09


21,655,368


0.91


1,325,997




3
 


To re-elect Sir Peter Gershon


2,350,837,977


99.10


21,465,138


0.90


2,824,828




4
 


To re-elect John Pettigrew


2,364,206,040


99.65


8,274,421


0.35


2,647,482




5
 


To re-elect Andy Agg


2,335,511,566


98.45


36,860,618


1.55


2,745,071




6
 


To re-elect Nicola Shaw


2,363,642,190


99.71


6,887,443


0.29


4,597,366




7
 


To re-elect Mark Williamson


2,361,625,789


99.62


9,093,522


0.38


4,402,872




8
 


To re-elect Jonathan Dawson


2,351,511,762


99.19


19,209,695


0.81


4,400,726




9
 


To re-elect Therese Esperdy


2,363,815,145


99.70


7,139,353


0.30


4,167,685




10
 


To re-elect Paul Golby


2,362,346,442


99.66


7,952,222


0.34


4,823,519




11
 


To elect Liz Hewitt
 


2,354,019,341


99.31


16,377,932


0.69


4,724,910




12
 


To re-elect Amanda Mesler


2,363,523,122


99.71


6,963,789


0.29


4,635,272




13
 


To re-elect Earl Shipp


2,362,999,504


99.69


7,369,536


0.31


3,349,143




14
 


To re-elect Jonathan Silver


2,360,068,009


99.56


10,334,594


0.44


4,718,384




15
 


To re-appoint the auditors
Deloitte LLP


2,369,468,945


99.85


3,467,423


0.15


2,185,434




16
 
 
 


To authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration


2,366,006,827


99.82


4,257,527


0.18


4,854,201




17
 
 
 


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report


2,273,916,544


96.92


72,165,518


3.08


29,038,913




18
 
 


To authorise the Company to make political donations


2,300,577,177


97.62


56,040,139


2.38


18,503,670




19
 
 


To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares


2,314,485,550


97.55


58,233,641


2.45


2,401,796




20
 
 


Reapproval of the National Grid plc Share Incentive Plan


2,355,628,504


99.36


15,119,083


0.64


4,380,356




21
 
 


Reapproval of the National Grid Sharesave Plan


2,299,020,699


96.98


71,697,082


3.02


4,410,162




22
 
 


Approval of increased borrowing limit


2,346,865,378


98.95


24,970,667


1.05


3,284,639




23*
 


To disapply pre-emption rights


2,347,855,461


99.07


21,937,889


0.93


5,328,833




24*
 
 


To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions


2,317,456,179


97.79


52,483,067


2.21


5,177,064




25*
 
 
 


To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares


2,335,095,456


98.39


38,139,762


1.61


1,880,085




26*
 
 
 


To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice


2,178,231,519


91.81


194,339,641


8.19


2,549,043



 
* Special resolution
** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
 
As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 19 and 23-26 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to the public for inspection at https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
 
The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged before the meeting will be available shortly on the Company's website https://investors.nationalgrid.com/shareholder-information/agm/2020 


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