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RNS Number : 3950B  SSP Group PLC  30 January 2024

30 January
2024
 
         LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

 

 

 

SSP Group plc (the "Company")

 

 

Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 30 January 2024

 

 

The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 10.00am on 30
January 2024 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      584,600,347  100.00%  25,126         0.00%   584,625,473  73.25%                           1,797,189
 2023 together with the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those
 accounts;
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30           570,455,880  97.28%   15,951,795     2.72%   586,407,675  73.48%                           14,987
 September 2023 (excluding Directors' Remuneration Policy);
 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 30           555,846,383  94.79%   30,565,097     5.21%   586,411,480  73.48%                           11,182
 September 2023;
 4. To approve the rules of the UK Share Incentive Plan and International Share   586,015,397  99.93%   387,145        0.07%   586,402,542  73.48%                           20,120
 Incentive Plan;
 5. To approve the final dividend recommended by the Directors of 2.5 pence per   586,400,079  100.00%  19,956         0.00%   586,420,035  73.48%                           2,627
 share for the financial year ended 30 September 2023 and to declare it payable
 on 29 February 2024;
 6. To re-elect Mike Clasper as a Director of the Company;                        547,412,164  93.54%   37,821,525     6.46%   585,233,689  73.33%                           1,188,973
 7. To re-elect Patrick Coveney as a Director of the Company                      582,794,760  99.38%   3,614,772      0.62%   586,409,532  73.48%                           13,130
 8. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company;                     576,330,699  98.28%   10,069,440     1.72%   586,400,139  73.48%                           22,523
 9. To re-elect Carolyn Bradley as a Director of the Company;                     572,108,790  97.56%   14,290,024     2.44%   586,398,814  73.48%                           23,848
 10. To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director of the Company;                          573,129,858  97.74%   13,266,796     2.26%   586,396,654  73.48%                           26,008
 11. To re-elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company;                        573,311,177  97.77%   13,089,759     2.23%   586,400,936  73.48%                           21,726
 12. To re-elect Kelly Kuhn as a Director of the Company;                         574,268,787  97.93%   12,124,548     2.07%   586,393,335  73.48%                           29,327
 13. To re-elect Apurvi Sheth as a Director of the Company;                       573,304,195  97.77%   13,089,759     2.23%   586,393,954  73.48%                           28,708
 14. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company;                            571,650,472  98.28%   9,990,215      1.72%   581,640,687  72.88%                           4,781,975
 15. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor;     578,379,756  98.63%   8,024,868      1.37%   586,404,624  73.48%                           18,038
 16. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations    582,614,741  99.36%   3,779,272      0.64%   586,394,013  73.48%                           28,649
 and/or incur political expenditure;
 17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the    490,768,722  83.69%   95,620,466     16.31%  586,389,188  73.48%                           33,474
 Companies Act 2006;
 18. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to       586,288,341  99.98%   116,281        0.02%   586,404,622  73.48%                           18,040
 sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (General);

 19. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to       584,785,121  99.72%   1,617,755      0.28%   586,402,876  73.48%                           19,786
 sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (Acquisition or Capital
 Investment);
 20. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares;    585,145,644  99.79%   1,227,148      0.21%   586,372,792  73.47%                           49,870
 21. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called    486,612,365  82.98%   99,806,094     17.02%  586,418,459  73.48%                           4,203
 on not less than 14 clear days' notice; and

 

 

Notes:

 

(1)   Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting dated 19 December 2023 (which is available on the Company's
website at: Shareholder centre | SSP (foodtravelexperts.com)
(https://www.foodtravelexperts.com/investors/shareholder-centre/) )
(https://www.foodtravelexperts.com/investors/shareholder-centre/) .

 

(2)   Resolutions 1 to 17 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50%
of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 18
to 21 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 798,070,196 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

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

+44 (0)20 7543 3305

 

 

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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