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RNS Number : 1958Q  SSP Group PLC  16 February 2023

16 February
2023
                                LEI:
213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

 

 

 

SSP Group plc (the "Company")

 

 

Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 16 February 2023

 

 

The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 16
February 2023 at Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AL was
successfully concluded.

 

All Resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of a poll.  The
voting results are below and will also be available on the Company's website
(www.foodtravelexperts.com (http://www.foodtravelexperts.com) ).

 

 

 Resolution                                                                     Votes For    %        Votes Against  %       Votes Total  % of issued share capital voted  Votes withheld
 1. To receive the Company's annual accounts for the year ended 30 September    575,256,865  99.95%   282,338        0.05%   575,539,203  72.26%                           423,068
 2022 together with the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those
 accounts
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30         565,593,799  98.20%   10,350,491     1.80%   575,944,290  72.31%                           17,981
 September 2022 (excluding Directors' Remuneration Policy);
 3. To elect Patrick Coveney as a Director of the Company                       575,874,040  99.99%   73,437         0.01%   575,947,477  72.31%                           14,794
 4. To re-elect Mike Clasper as a Director of the Company;                      566,842,321  98.42%   9,098,189      1.58%   575,940,510  72.31%                           21,761
 5. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company;                   567,593,373  98.55%   8,357,629      1.45%   575,951,002  72.31%                           11,269
 6. To re-elect Carolyn Bradley as a Director of the Company;                   567,307,015  98.50%   8,636,815      1.50%   575,943,830  72.31%                           18,441
 7. To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director of the Company;                         567,302,906  98.50%   8,641,377      1.50%   575,944,283  72.31%                           17,988
 8. To re-elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company;                       567,303,398  98.50%   8,642,648      1.50%   575,946,046  72.31%                           16,225
 9. To re-elect Kelly Kuhn as a Director of the Company;                        567,301,850  98.50%   8,642,648      1.50%   575,944,498  72.31%                           17,773
 10. To re-elect Apurvi Sheth as a Director of the Company;                     567,293,019  98.50%   8,651,479      1.50%   575,944,498  72.31%                           17,773
 11. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company;                          565,614,978  98.95%   5,977,900      1.05%   571,592,878  71.76%                           4,369,393
 12. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor;   572,052,369  99.32%   3,901,173      0.68%   575,953,542  72.31%                           8,729
 13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations  575,065,599  99.85%   882,229        0.15%   575,947,828  72.31%                           14,443
 and/or incur political expenditure;
 14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the  479,205,447  83.20%   96,748,959     16.80%  575,954,406  72.31%                           7,865
 Companies Act 2006;
 15. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to     575,689,147  100.00%  24,040         0.00%   575,713,187  72.28%                           249,084
 sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (General);

 16. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to     571,511,680  99.23%   4,412,894      0.77%   575,924,574  72.30%                           37,697
 sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (Acquisition or Capital
 Investment);
 17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares;  574,678,520  99.79%   1,200,062      0.21%   575,878,582  72.30%                           83,689
 18. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called  477,450,375  82.90%   98,506,835     17.10%  575,957,210  72.31%                           5,061
 on not less than 14 clear days' notice; and
 19. To approve the updated Articles of Association.                            575,926,315  100.00%  20,014         0.00%   575,946,329  72.31%                           15,942

 

 

Notes:

 

(1)   Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting dated 5 January 2023 (which is available on the Company's
website at
 https://investors.foodtravelexperts.com/investors/shareholder-information/2023.aspx
(%20https%3A/investors.foodtravelexperts.com/investors/shareholder-information/2023.aspx)
).

 

(2)   Resolutions 1 to 14 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50%
of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 15
to 19 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders' votes
to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

 

(3)   Votes 'For' include those votes giving the Chair discretion.

 

(4)   There were 796,529,196 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in
issue all of which had the right to vote. 263,499 ordinary shares were held in
treasury which do not carry voting rights.

 

(5)   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

 

(6)   Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business,
have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be
available for inspection at data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

For further information contact:

 

Fiona Scattergood

General Counsel & Company Secretary

+44 (0)20 7543 3305

E-mail: fiona.scattergood@ssp-intl.com

 

Investor and analyst enquiries

Sarah John

Corporate Affairs Director

+44 (0)203 714 5251

E-mail: sarah.john@ssp-intl.com

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