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National Grid PLC
27 July 2020
27 July 2020
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 2020 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which
was held today at 1.45pm at National Grid's Office, 35 Homer Road,
Solihull B91 3QJ .
Resolutions 1 to 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions;
resolutions 23 to 26 were passed as special resolutions. The
results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
Resolution Votes For For (% Votes against Against Votes Withheld**
of shares (% of
voted) shares
voted)
To receive the
Annual Report
1 and Accounts 2,370,239,911 99.90 2,364,341 0.10 2,520,206
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To declare a
2 final dividend 2,352,146,577 99.09 21,655,368 0.91 1,325,997
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To re-elect
3 Sir Peter Gershon 2,350,837,977 99.10 21,465,138 0.90 2,824,828
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To re-elect
4 John Pettigrew 2,364,206,040 99.65 8,274,421 0.35 2,647,482
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To re-elect
5 Andy Agg 2,335,511,566 98.45 36,860,618 1.55 2,745,071
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To re-elect
6 Nicola Shaw 2,363,642,190 99.71 6,887,443 0.29 4,597,366
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To re-elect
7 Mark Williamson 2,361,625,789 99.62 9,093,522 0.38 4,402,872
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To re-elect
8 Jonathan Dawson 2,351,511,762 99.19 19,209,695 0.81 4,400,726
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To re-elect
9 Therese Esperdy 2,363,815,145 99.70 7,139,353 0.30 4,167,685
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To re-elect
10 Paul Golby 2,362,346,442 99.66 7,952,222 0.34 4,823,519
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To elect Liz
11 Hewitt 2,354,019,341 99.31 16,377,932 0.69 4,724,910
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To re-elect
12 Amanda Mesler 2,363,523,122 99.71 6,963,789 0.29 4,635,272
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To re-elect
13 Earl Shipp 2,362,999,504 99.69 7,369,536 0.31 3,349,143
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To re-elect
14 Jonathan Silver 2,360,068,009 99.56 10,334,594 0.44 4,718,384
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To re-appoint
the auditors
15 Deloitte LLP 2,369,468,945 99.85 3,467,423 0.15 2,185,434
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To authorise
the Audit Committee
to set the auditors'
16 remuneration 2,366,006,827 99.82 4,257,527 0.18 4,854,201
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
17 Report 2,273,916,544 96.92 72,165,518 3.08 29,038,913
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To authorise
the Company
to make political
18 donations 2,300,577,177 97.62 56,040,139 2.38 18,503,670
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To authorise
the Directors
to allot Ordinary
19 Shares 2,314,485,550 97.55 58,233,641 2.45 2,401,796
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Reapproval of
the National
Grid plc Share
20 Incentive Plan 2,355,628,504 99.36 15,119,083 0.64 4,380,356
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Reapproval of
the National
Grid Sharesave
21 Plan 2,299,020,699 96.98 71,697,082 3.02 4,410,162
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Approval of
increased borrowing
22 limit 2,346,865,378 98.95 24,970,667 1.05 3,284,639
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To disapply
pre-emption
23* rights 2,347,855,461 99.07 21,937,889 0.93 5,328,833
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To disapply
pre-emption
24* rights for acquisitions 2,317,456,179 97.79 52,483,067 2.21 5,177,064
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To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own Ordinary
25* Shares 2,335,095,456 98.39 38,139,762 1.61 1,880,085
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To authorise
the Directors
to hold general
meetings on
14 clear days'
26* notice 2,178,231,519 91.81 194,339,641 8.19 2,549,043
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* 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.
As required by the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct
Authority, copies of AGM resolutions numbered 19 and 23-26 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://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
The complete poll results and details of proxy votes lodged
before the meeting will be available shortly on the Company's
website
https://investors.nationalgrid.com/shareholder-information/agm/2020
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