REG - National World PLC - Results of AGM and Dividend Declaration

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24/05/2023 15:00

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RNS Number : 5479A  National World PLC  24 May 2023

National World plc

Result of Annual General Meeting and Dividend Declaration

 

The Annual General Meeting of National World plc was held via videoconference
on 24 May 2023 at 11.00 a.m.

All 12 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11
were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolution 12 was passed as a special
resolution.

The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions
proposed, and the number of votes withheld was as follows:

  Resolution                                                                      Votes for    %       Votes against  %     Votes withheld
 Resolution 1 (Ordinary)                                                          125,219,488  100.00  0              0.00  0

 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ending 31 December
 2022.
 Resolution 2 (Ordinary)                                                          123,601,237  98.71   12,250         0.01  1,606,001

 To approve the directors' remuneration report contained on pages 50 to 65 of
 the Annual Report.
 Resolution 3 (Ordinary)                                                          125,217,238  100.00  0              0.00  2,250

 To declare a final dividend of 0.5p per ordinary share which will be paid on 5
 July 2023 to all Shareholders who are on the register of members of the
 Company on 2 June 2023.
 Resolution 4 (Ordinary)                                                          125,219,488  100.00  0              0.00  0

 To reappoint Mr. David Montgomery as a director.
 Resolution 5 (Ordinary)                                                          125,219,488  100.00  0              0.00  0

 To reappoint Mr. Mark Hollinshead as a director.
 Resolution 6 (Ordinary)                                                          125,217,238  100.00  2,250          0.00  0

 To reappoint Mr. John Rowe as a director.
 Resolution 7 (Ordinary)                                                          125,217,238  100.00  0              0.00  2,250

 To reappoint Mr. Daniel Cammiade as a director.
 Resolution 8 (Ordinary)                                                          73,216,813   58.47   2,250          0.00  52,000,425

 To reappoint Mr. David Fordham as a director.
 Resolution 9 (Ordinary)                                                          125,217,238  100.00  0              0.00  2,250

 To appoint Mr. David Lindsay as a director.
 Resolution 10 (Ordinary)                                                         125,217,238  100.00  0              0.00  2,250

 To reappoint Crowe U.K. LLP as auditors from the conclusion of the AGM until
 the conclusion of the next general meeting before which accounts are laid and
 to authorise the directors to fix the auditors' remuneration.
 Resolution 11 (Ordinary)                                                         123,611,237  98.72   1,606,001      1.28  2,250

 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section
 551 of the Companies Act 2006, as set out in the Notice of the Meeting.
 Resolution 12 (Special)                                                          112,866,589  90.14   12,352,899     9.86  0

 To authorise the limited disapplication of pre-emption rights pursuant to
 section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 as set out in the Notice of the Meeting.

 

As above Resolution 3 for a final dividend of 0.5p per ordinary share has been
passed by Shareholders, this will be paid on 5 July 2023 to all Shareholders
who are on the register of members of the Company on 2 June 2023. The
ex-dividend date for these purposes is 1 June 2023.

As at 23 May 2023, there were 267,663,987 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.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority
("FCA"), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting has
been submitted to the FCA 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.

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