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RNS Number : 9101V  National Grid PLC  10 July 2024

10 July 2024

 

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 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which was held today at 11.00am
at The Slate, Warwick Conferences, The University of Warwick, Scarman Road,
Coventry, CV4 7SH.

 

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                                      3,265,192,456  99.64                    11,808,563     0.36                         3,635,434

 2       To declare a final dividend                                                    3,276,241,107  99.87                    4,115,354      0.13                         280,243

 3       To re-elect Paula Rosput Reynolds                                              3,165,558,984  96.51                    114,361,420    3.49                         710,938

 4       To re-elect John Pettigrew                                                     3,220,577,902  98.19                    59,380,025     1.81                         678,756

 5       To re-elect Andy Agg                                                           3,219,289,553  98.15                    60,655,331     1.85                         691,762

 6       To elect Jacqui Ferguson                                                       3,277,766,456  99.94                    2,118,799      0.06                         745,969

 7       To re-elect Ian Livingston                                                     3,232,349,650  98.55                    47,525,067     1.45                         760,958

 8       To re-elect Iain Mackay                                                        3,275,996,527  99.88                    3,857,093      0.12                         782,374

 9       To re-elect Anne Robinson                                                      3,275,223,662  99.86                    4,679,360      0.14                         732,982

 10      To re-elect Earl Shipp                                                         3,221,573,782  98.22                    58,299,295     1.78                         762,917

 11      To re-elect Jonathan Silver                                                    3,189,879,551  97.55                    79,976,697     2.45                         10,770,437

 12      To re-elect Tony Wood                                                          3,230,645,484  98.50                    49,253,491     1.50                         737,106

 13      To re-elect Martha Wyrsch                                                      3,265,300,758  99.56                    14,595,402     0.44                         739,919
 14      To re-appoint the auditor                                                      3,269,095,883  99.97                    947,290        0.03                         10,592,513

         Deloitte LLP
 15      To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to set the auditor's remuneration      3,277,640,388  99.93                    2,359,189      0.07                         634,244

 16      To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                  3,172,752,905  96.74                    106,925,290    3.26                         954,574

 17      To approve the Climate Transition Plan                                         3,088,067,262  98.95                    32,842,335     1.05                         159,724,101
 18      To authorise the Company to make political donations                           3,203,372,750  98.39                    52,339,464     1.61                         24,920,811

 19      To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares                            3,176,146,668  96.83                    103,872,859    3.17                         612,209

 20*     To disapply pre-emption rights                                                 3,186,679,738  97.19                    92,273,605     2.81                         1,677,822

 21*     To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions                                3,184,219,130  97.09                    95,480,366     2.91                         930,611

 22*     To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares                   3,262,733,115  99.55                    14,787,488     0.45                         3,089,826

 23*     To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice   3,071,490,760  93.65                    208,357,966    6.35                         760,783

 

*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.

The percentage of Issued Share Capital voted on was 68.17%

 

As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, copies of
AGM resolutions numbered 20-23 (inclusive) 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://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

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