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).
|
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 2023 together with the
Directors' report and the Auditors' report on those
accounts;
|
584,600,347
|
100.00%
|
25,126
|
0.00%
|
584,625,473
|
73.25%
|
1,797,189
|
|
2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 September 2023 (excluding
Directors' Remuneration Policy);
|
570,455,880
|
97.28%
|
15,951,795
|
2.72%
|
586,407,675
|
73.48%
|
14,987
|
|
3. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Policy for the year ended 30 September
2023;
|
555,846,383
|
94.79%
|
30,565,097
|
5.21%
|
586,411,480
|
73.48%
|
11,182
|
|
4. To approve the rules of the UK
Share Incentive Plan and International Share Incentive
Plan;
|
586,015,397
|
99.93%
|
387,145
|
0.07%
|
586,402,542
|
73.48%
|
20,120
|
|
5. To approve the final dividend
recommended by the Directors of 2.5 pence per share for the
financial year ended 30 September 2023 and to declare it payable on
29 February 2024;
|
586,400,079
|
100.00%
|
19,956
|
0.00%
|
586,420,035
|
73.48%
|
2,627
|
|
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 and/or incur political
expenditure;
|
582,614,741
|
99.36%
|
3,779,272
|
0.64%
|
586,394,013
|
73.48%
|
28,649
|
|
17. To authorise the Directors to
allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act
2006;
|
490,768,722
|
83.69%
|
95,620,466
|
16.31%
|
586,389,188
|
73.48%
|
33,474
|
|
18. To authorise the Directors to
dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of
the Companies Act 2006 (General);
|
586,288,341
|
99.98%
|
116,281
|
0.02%
|
586,404,622
|
73.48%
|
18,040
|
|
19. To authorise the Directors to
dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of
the Companies Act 2006 (Acquisition or Capital
Investment);
|
584,785,121
|
99.72%
|
1,617,755
|
0.28%
|
586,402,876
|
73.48%
|
19,786
|
|
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 on not less than 14 clear
days' notice; and
|
486,612,365
|
82.98%
|
99,806,094
|
17.02%
|
586,418,459
|
73.48%
|
4,203
|
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)).
(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