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RNS Number : 9867U  SSP Group PLC  28 January 2025

28 January
2025
 
         LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24

 

 

 

SSP Group plc (the "Company")

 

 

Voting Results of Annual General Meeting held on 28 January 2025

 

 

The Company announces that its Annual General Meeting held at 10.00am on 28
January 2025 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      573,076,987  100.00%  24,477         0.00%   573,101,464  71.59%                           464,163
 2024 together with the Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those
 accounts
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30           479,054,214  83.52%   94,495,329     16.48%  573,549,543  71.64%                           16,084
 September 2024 (excluding Directors' Remuneration Policy)
 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 30           548,455,174  95.62%   25,095,480     4.38%   573,550,654  71.64%                           14,973
 September 2024
 4. To approve the final dividend recommended by the Directors of 2.3 pence per   573,484,013  99.99%   74,783         0.01%   573,558,796  71.64%                           6,831
 share for the financial year ended 30 September 2024 and to declare it payable
 on 27 February 2025
 5. To re-elect Mike Clasper as a Director of the Company;                        550,283,515  95.95%   23,249,736     4.05%   573,533,251  71.64%                           32,375
 6. To re-elect Patrick Coveney as a Director of the Company                      569,925,830  99.37%   3,607,317      0.63%   573,533,147  71.64%                           32,480
 7. To re-elect Jonathan Davies as a Director of the Company                      559,270,785  97.51%   14,262,468     2.49%   573,533,253  71.64%                           32,374
 8. To re-elect Carolyn Bradley as a Director of the Company                      553,599,674  96.52%   19,938,673     3.48%   573,538,347  71.64%                           27,279
 9. To re-elect Tim Lodge as a Director of the Company                            556,501,932  97.03%   17,031,215     2.97%   573,533,147  71.64%                           32,479
 10. To re-elect Judy Vezmar as a Director of the Company                         558,398,723  97.36%   15,139,729     2.64%   573,538,452  71.64%                           27,174
 11. To re-elect Apurvi Sheth as a Director of the Company                        558,417,225  97.36%   15,121,122     2.64%   573,538,347  71.64%                           27,279
 12.To elect Karina Deacon as a Director of the Company                           569,981,157  99.38%   3,555,391      0.62%   573,536,548  71.64%                           29,079
 13. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company                             523,801,671  91.55%   48,351,153     8.45%   572,152,824  71.47%                           1,412,803
 14. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor      567,014,681  98.86%   6,517,589      1.14%   573,532,270  71.64%                           33,357
 15. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations    569,738,968  99.34%   3,756,901      0.66%   573,495,869  71.64%                           69,758
 and/or incur political expenditure
 16. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the    532,941,373  92.92%   40,615,691     7.08%   573,557,064  71.64%                           8,563
 Companies Act 2006
 17. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to       562,304,944  98.04%   11,231,550     1.96%   573,536,494  71.64%                           29,133
 sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006
 (General)
 18. To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to       520,552,477  90.76%   52,996,086     9.24%   573,548,563  71.64%                           17,064
 sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (Acquisition or Capital
 Investment)
 19. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares     571,267,187  99.61%   2,236,327      0.39%   573,503,514  71.64%                           62,113
 20. That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called    524,076,405  91.37%   49,481,327     8.63%   573,557,732  71.64%                           7,895
 on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

 

Notes:

 

(1)   Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual
General Meeting dated 13 December 2024 (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 16 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50%
of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 17
to 20 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 800,576,196 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

 

Investor and analyst enquiries

Sarah John

Corporate Affairs Director

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

 

Sarah Roff

Group Head of Investor Relations

Email: sarah.roff@ssp-intl.com

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